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How did Nascar get started?

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NASCAR stands for National Associatoin for Stock Car Auto Racing. A mechanic from Atlanta named Red Vogt came up with the acronim and the name. Red Vogt was the mechanic for Red Byron, NASCAR's first champion. it started from moonshiners . from Dawsonville ga into atlanta could get their cars "supped up" to outrun the law. The owner of Red Byrons car was Raymond Parks a known moonshiner who still owns a liquor store on Northside drive in Atlanta. Parks, Byron and Vogt were NASCARs first 'team'. these men all met with Bill France in Daytona at Hotel on the beach. They all came together to form the oganization that we all know as NASCAR today. If this interests you please find a book called DRIVING WITH THE DEVIL. It tells the early history of NASCAR and is an easy read.

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Bill France Sr. *Note: "NASCAR" started out when moonshiners, back after prohibition started racing their cars to see who had the faster car. Bill France Sr. only organized it and gave it the name "NASCAR".

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back in the moonshinen days. The cops were chasin the moonshiners. B. France Sr. started Nascar in 1948, many promoters in early racing would run off with the gate proceeds and not pay the drivers, thus Mr. France started Nascar and guaranteed the purses.

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Bill France Sr. founded the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

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William France Sr. founded NASCAR on February 21, 1948.

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