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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Well then I guess you don't cotton to NASCAR much. The entire existence of the sport owes itself to the drug-smuggling trade. The drug of choice in the case of NASCAR: moonshine whiskey. NASCAR is the child of the prohibition. Not an adopted child, not a step-child, not a "distant relations" child. But the direct descendant. It began with moonshine runners racing each other on the roads to their destinations. They continued smuggling the stuff even after the 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment, and eventually became a sport even after the smuggling business lost its attraction.
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Missed the mark again with the facts. The moonshiners were not racing each other they were racing to outrun the people chasing them to arrest them for breaking the law.