Track officials at North Wilkesboro Speedway uncovered what many believe is evidence of a decades-old rumor linked to NASCAR's moonshining past.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Stock car racing's historical ties to moonshine have been well documented for nearly a century, and now a new chapter has unfolded with a discovery atA moonshine cave was found below the grandstands of North Wilkesboro Speedway on Tuesday, according to Speedway Motorsports. Crews were inspecting damage caused by a sinkhole when the cave was found.
The moonshine cave is around 700 square feet. Track officials say rumors have circulated for decades about its existence.“When we began renovating , we’d often hear stories of how an old moonshine still was operated here on the property under the grandstands,” said Steve Swift, senior vice president of operations and development at Speedway Motorsports.
North Wilkesboro Speedway opened in 1947 and became one of NASCAR's original tracks that decade. The track hosted a NASCAR Strictly Stock Series race in the inaugural season of 1949. NASCAR raced at North Wilkesboro until 1996 before a renovation project returned NASCAR to the track in 2023.. The underground industry flourished in places like Wilkes County in the 1930s and 1940s with many of the era's bootleggers taking their talents to the race track.
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