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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 09:37 PM
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Space, Nice clips of old stock car's ..
I like this one.
 
Old Dec 16, 2012 | 07:04 AM
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Hi `Jerry,
My grandfather & I watched several of those last eve & we had a super time 2gether...My grandfather really enjoyed them & it brought up some good memories for him.

I'm so thankful to have access to the `web & all the entertainment & history it provides to the users...

Now he is going to share those links with some other seniors to enjoy...He said "those were the good old days" 4-Sure
 
Old Dec 16, 2012 | 11:10 AM
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It's just amazing what NASCAR used to run on... maybe a tent for a garage for your car, open trailers to take it to the track.... some of those early tracks were crude to put it mildly....
 
Old Dec 16, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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Hi `Duane,
I found the YouTube vids on past old time racing very entertaining & fun & so did my grandfather & serveral of his senior friends....He was on his computer this morning with a few of his friends watching them & looked up Jr Johnson...
Below is a article on him that was in Hot Rod Magazine on him.
I thought you & our NASCAR member's might enjoy
Moonshine Runners, History, and Their Cars

Equipped with extra-stiff springs to conceal the weight of the load, a'40 Ford could carry up to 22 cases of liquor, each holding 12half-gallon glass jars of moonshine.

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Tom Wolfe Dubbed Junior Johnson and the North Carolina Moonshine Runners the Last American Heroes and We All Know Their Connection to NASCAR. But Who Were These Guys? And What Did They Drive?

Moonshine Runners & Cars They Drove - History - Hot Rod Magazine < Click Link 2 View
 

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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 03:11 PM
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There is a guy here in town who restored a '38 Ford that used to run moonshine. The owner was murdered in Florida on a run and the man who killed him confessed on his death bed what he had done and where the body was...... solving a 40 year old murder case. Interesting stories...

Of course, ol' Junior is, I believe, the only major NASCAR stars to ever serve a prison sentence..... busted by the reveneurs....
 
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