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50 - How Alcohol Prohibition Created NASCAR

50 - How Alcohol Prohibition Created NASCAR

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This episode is a look at how in the early to mid 1900’s the abolitionist laws banning the production and consumption of alcohol played a majorly significant role in the creation of what, today, is a veritable institution of the American South, NASCAR.

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Sources for this episode's research:


  • https://winstoncupmuseum.com/nascar-and-prohibition/#:~:text=Across%20the%20country%2C%20bootleggers%20had,cases%20of%20liquor%20as%20possible
  • https://www.history.com/news/how-prohibition-gave-birth-to-nascar
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-moonshine-bootlegging-gave-rise-nascar-180962014/
  • https://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/history/nascar-bootleggers.htm
  • https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nascar-moonshine
  • https://www.ranker.com/list/ways-people-hid-alcohol-during-prohibition/kellen-perry?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=weirdhistory&utm_campaign=wh_active&utm_content=%7Bdate%28%27yyyyMMdd%27%29%7D
  • https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-early-american-booze-consumption/rachel-souerbry?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=weirdhistory&utm_campaign=wh_active&utm_content=%7Bdate%28%27yyyyMMdd%27%29%7D
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower


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