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Welcome to racing. It never was simply about "driving civilian cars fast", it was about skirting rules, in this case, alcohol prohibition. They were always mod
by itomato 3y ago
Welcome to racing. It never was simply about "driving civilian cars fast", it was about skirting rules, in this case, alcohol prohibition.
They were always modified to be faster and to hide booze.
From day one.
- fragmede 3y agoRacing predates prohibition, and even cars. Ever since humans could move on two feet there have been contests to see who can go faster. Hell, the origin of racing even predates humans, where the deer that could run faster than the wolf got to survive. Thus young animals race just to develop survival skills. Car racing then, is as old as cars, the first of which came out in 1885, by Mr. Benz. The first recognized car race was in 1890's France, before gangsters were racing cops during prohibition, which started in 1919. Nascar got its start where you state, but racing is bigger and started earlier than Nascar.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoWhy is that relevant 100 years after prohibition ended?
- rascul 3y agoIt's not really, except historically. The early stock car racing drivers in the USA were often bootleggers who transported illegal liquor so had fast cars to run from the police. Eventually they organized and that led to the forming of NASCAR.