Officials at the North Wilkesboro Speedway found a likely moonshine cave under the grandstands while performing a maintenance inspection.
In 1920, when the Volstead Act made getting a Friday-night buzz illegal, folks who blurred the line between entrepreneurs and criminals fought back by distilling bootleg liquor. Staying out of jail required keeping a low profile; moonshine reportedly got its name because it was usually made at night. The North Wilkesboro Speedway has found what could be a secret moonshine cave under its grandstands.
"We haven't found a still yet, but we've found a small cave and an interior wall that would have been the perfect location to not only make illegal liquor but to hide from the law as well. We don't know how people would have gotten in and out, but as we uncover more there's no telling what we might find," explained Steve Swift, the senior vice president of operations and development at Speedway Motorsports.
Adding credibility to the track's story is the link between Prohibition and racing. To avoid getting caught by law enforcement, bootleggers learned how to tune an engine to make a car go faster, and they learned how to drive a car at its limits. Both of these skills could also be applied to racing. Junior Johnson, one of the best NASCAR drivers in the 1950s, was also"the best-known bootlegger in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
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