NASCAR Archives - Appalachian History

He’d seek out the sheriff and get him on a chase

Fonty Flock delivered moonshine as a teenager on his bicycle; a few years later he was making trips from Atlanta to Dawsonville hauling shine

When Louise Smith started racing cars, most girls weren’t even allowed to drive. Louise fearlessly paved the way and became a NASCAR legend.

Examining the sport from its postwar beginnings on Piedmont North Carolina dirt tracks and Daytona Beach dunes through the early 1970s.

Neal Thompson, author of “Driving with the Devil,” gives a quick overview of the wild world of early moonshiners and stock car drivers.

Before NASCAR, there were moonrunners: a delivery guy in a souped up car with a 200-gallon moonshine tank, driving at breakneck speeds.

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