The old days

[lowdrag]

I'd recorded a programme and here are two shots from it. Could you imagine seeing that today?

[aeropilot]

Most of the early NASCAR racers were Bootleggers, that's essentially how the whole thing it started.

Junior Johnson is still brewing 'shine to this day.

[grumpy52]

American Pickers ?
As others have said most of the old racers were bootleg runners .
Some of the history of the good ole boys was fascinating.
They had the first street sleepers , cars that didn't attract attention but had bigger modified engines and hidden storage .
Boys being boys it soon led to competition between drivers which led to races .

[roscobbc]

Not trying to be 'picky' - but but were the photo's supposed to be of the real event? - 'cos the Olds is a '48 and the Ford a '49

[sim16v]

Still happens today....;)


BTCC over the last 20-30 years, teams, drivers etc were known drug dealers, doing most of their testing overseas.

[grumpy52]

sim16v said:

Still happens today....;)


BTCC over the last 20-30 years, teams, drivers etc were known drug dealers, doing most of their testing overseas.

Not just those from the BTCC ,
Having mates who work for HMRC I have heard of more than a handful of them getting caught , the quantities of naughty substances is quite staggering.
The HMRC exhibition trailer was the one seized from a BTCC team .
You would think that if you claim to be testing it would be an idea to check that the venue was running tests or even open and not being re-surfaced .

[Longnose]

These days, I think police cars should chase Lewis Hamilton for crimes against men's fashion.

[iSore]

Longnose said:

These days, I think police cars should chase Lewis Hamilton for crimes against men's fashion.

And music.