History of the Stock Car Part I: Moonshine Business

The term stock car originated from the 1940 backcountry Appalachian Mountains. It was on these tree lined roads with hairpin curves that the moonshiners started what would become what we call stock car racing today. The livelihood of these moonshine...
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