Have you heard the story about the Fords and Lincolns setting the pace? All of those stories are based on fact. Our current day muscle cars had a shady past in transporting bootleg alcohol during Prohibition. On top of high output engines: the steering and suspension did not yield to modifications. Yes, your brand-new muscle cars’ grandparents were rum runners with a historical value laced into American’s rich blood of fighting spirit for rebellion. What better way of showing anti-establishment mindset than transporting bootleg alcohol in hopped up garage built cars.
At the turn of the twentieth century, anti-alcohol lobbyist put forth strong propaganda towards their cause of banning alcoholic beverages, these groups protested and advocated false and slanders materiel to the public, as well as, convincing congress that the esoteric group held a moral high ground in the subject matter. They pushed a thought of old ideas that which they held impart to the preconceived notion that alcohol is, and was a gateway to anger, gluttony and unfaithfulness. With this ideology, many people faced imprisonment and in the extreme cases where the United States government …show more content…
One of the first organized stock car races took place on June 19, 1949, set up by NASCAR National Stock Car Auto Race. (www.history.com). Some of the most talented and highly revered drivers came from early stock car racing, names like Red Byron, Louis Ossinski, Fonty Flock, and Paul Pappy. Along with NASCAR, some other racing associations that came from the bootlegger community were; National Hot Rod Association, National Auto Sports Association, and the Automobile Racing Club of America. All of these groups have in some way share or form has a connection to the small races held by