Bootleg Liquor: White Lightning and Popcorn Sutton

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Originally Posted by M1903A1

About ten or so years ago, I read a really fascinating magazine article on the 'shine industry and its role in American history. I would love to find it again.

I seem to remember hearing somewhere that NASCAR's founding was intimately tied with the bootlegging industry in some fashion, but I can't recall any more details or where I heard it, or, if it's even true.