BOOTLEGGING

10 ways to become a successful bootlegger.

1.Identify the chief inspector and watch him closely
2.Know your local revenuer so you know when he's coming

3.Keep an eye on the Women's Temperance League
4.Know how to make a still

5. Hide your liquor in creative ways
6. Recycle liquor that the Feds throw out

7. Create cow shoes
8. Get a fast car

9. Avoid storing contraband in obvious places
10. If your alcohol stash is confiscated restock as soon as possible

BOOTLEGGER CARS

Runners would outsmart and outrun the law most of the time

Runners would upgrade their cars to out run Feds and fellow runners
They would have informal races to see who was the fastest

This is the start to NASCAR which by the end of the 1940s became a organized sport.

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• It was mostly because of one driver named Big Bill France
• Big Bill organized a meeting of drivers car owners and mechanics at the art-deco style Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Fla. on December 14, 1947 to establish standard rules for racing.

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• February 15, 1948, the first official Nascar race was held on the beach in Daytona. Red Byron won it in his Ford.
• Big Bill was appointed as the leader of NASCAR