Can I Tell You Something?

25 | How Prohibition Bootleggers Created NASCAR

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You may be familiar with NASCAR, you may also be familiar with Prohibition, but how did these two worlds collide? This week Brendan and Claire take you deep into Appalachia where between 1919 and 1933, outlaws hired the best drivers to deliver their Moonshine, birthing the culture that would one day become NASCAR.

Sections

  • 00:00 - Intro

  • 00:55 - Prohibition & NASCAR

  • 18:22 - Debrief & Discussion

  • 37:09 - Announcements

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    Featured images

    • [03:01] Cop demonstrates a “bootlegging” technique

      • Flashback: Oklahoma moonshiners and bootleggers whiskey stash raids

    • [07:16] Wrecked bootlegger cars (Ford Model-T)

      • The Dry Years: Selected Images Relating to Prohibition (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)

    • [22:56] NASCAR fire suits

      • Evolution of fire suits in NASCAR

      Sources

      • [History Channel] History of Stock Car Racing

      • [Study.com] Bootlegging & the Prohibition | History & Facts

      • [Britannica] Bootlegging | Definition, History, & Facts

      • [NASCAR Hall of Fame] NASCAR’s Moonshine Roots

      • [The Mob Museum] NASCAR Rooted in Prohibition Bootlegging

      • [University of North Carolina] Prohibition, Bootlegging, & the Origins of NASCAR | Understanding the American South

      • [History Channel] President Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio | April 1, 1970

      • [Truth Initiative] What do tobacco advertising restrictions look like today?
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