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DreamSmoker

(841 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:18 PM Mar 2013

How Booze Built America

If you have not seen this??
You are in for a education BIG TIME..
Did you know that NASCAR would not exist if it was not for the Bootlegger..

http://dsc.discovery...e-built-america

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How Booze Built America (Original Post) DreamSmoker Mar 2013 OP

Yeah. I'm from the South. NASCAR would be interesting if they were actually running booze somewhere. onehandle Mar 2013 #1

Prohibition brought about the need for income tax. marble falls Mar 2013 #2

NASCAR came out of the bootleg car races, mostly Fords at the time. talkingmime Mar 2013 #3

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. Yeah. I'm from the South. NASCAR would be interesting if they were actually running booze somewhere.

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Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:38 PM

Mar 2013

Instead of driving in an oval, while the drunken crowds wait for a crash.

marble falls

(57,014 posts)

2. Prohibition brought about the need for income tax.

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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 11:10 AM

Mar 2013

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

3. NASCAR came out of the bootleg car races, mostly Fords at the time.

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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 01:34 PM

Mar 2013

Plymouth had a showing. Even still, they often put Ford engines in other bodies. I remember when NASCAR was fun, like when the Superbird was still on the track. Now all the cars look the same except for the sponsor logos and a token make plate. They're all the same. It's boring as hell. The original idea was to put cars up against other cars, not to pile them into a pool of exact specifications and limitations. What the hell happened?

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