I was asked not long ago if I was trying to run from the Cops I said no it would have took 10 of you to stop me if then.

I am allergic to bee stings and was trying to get help. I got stung 3 times ands spent the next 3 days in the hospital

I was Charged of driving under the influenced They were Right I had 3 bee stings and about died over some idiot cop. For one time the state was about laughed out of the courtroom and paid all my medical bills plus a decent amount I cannot disclose.

I have had one Driving under the influence, I did deserve and did not try to get out of it.... I did just get a slap, on the hand and went to a Rehab center.. I am so glad I had the recourses to do so...I stopped and went with the policeman nice enough gent and liked to talk....Age 48 all the years of hauling that junk I started drinking the store bought kind glad to be on the wagon wish more could do and live the 12 step program. 5 years now.

Us Real Moonshine Haulers. Most of us were Professional Drivers you wanted your car to look as Street as possible Family type machine. Only difference is to walk direct behind one and hear the thump through stock mufflers. Another Thing For the runners was to take a look at his tires. When I was Running Shine I drove a mom and pop looking Fury lll. Faded blue grey only chrome on those things were the bumpers. When I was driving blocker I was loud gaudy and brought attn, to myself  Car looked lower in the back from real apples pumpkins or what ever. Nothing illegal at all....While the Grey Ghosts went their merry way. If I was running light with no load in a blocker it was on with it. Nothing we was running had less than 500 hp most had lots more. The GM 471 and 571s blowers Took care of that.. The thing of any of the professional runners they were Race Cars in Street clothes so to speak. Sorry to say this now a days there isn't one real driver among the Law Enforcement Community...

I think the Racing street story of the vehicle manufacturers needs to be told.

In Rural America where I live I was brought up on moonshine cars and what made them tick.

The Engines The Cars The People.

It is now frowned upon in NASCAR these days, to even mention us old moonshine runners.

 CARS WERE HAULERS and THEY WERE FOR FUN

NASCAR was built by former moonshine haulers. Our cars were probably the fastest production vehicles to ever hit the streets. NASCAR racing as we know it today was was instituted upon the back roads of rural North Carolina. Racing NASCAR  was started as a Sunday sport after Church. These races were on the Rural Brown Dirt roads of the foothills of the blue ridge mtns. We would try and see what was our best time between two points miles away from each other. A old man and a Pickup truck a Pocket watch was our time keeper. We would not know whose car was the best until the time start and the time finished were told. Some Sunday sport (you think). It sounds primitive and it was but it worked very well. My older brother driving a 1953 Olds with a engine from a 1958 Ambulance. It was called a J2, Sporting 2, 4 bbl a cam from mail-order JC Whitney he always won. Before that it was flathead Fords. The best of these owned by my Uncle, he ran a local salvage yard. He had a 1949 Ford Coupe with a 337 CID Lincoln motor bored 60 over stroker crank with custom pistons with a LaSalle Transmission. The cubic inch displacement of this engine was 405 cid. This Engine came from his 1939 Ford Flatback which was a origin from a  large truck engine. Lincoln came out with the same engine around 1950. It ran dual overhead cams and a Offy intake manifold three 2bbl Chrysler carbs. These were liberated from Chrysler straight 8 engines and homemade headers. These cars were not the daily drivers they were built with one thing in mind and that was to haul that distilled beverage called moonshine. These men were family men trying to make a living for their families. We never knew when the depression started or when it was over.

In High school it never occurred to me why I was never outrun by the local hot-rodder's. Thinking about those long days past I now have a better handle upon this. I also know why I was never caught by the local constabulary. When not in my custom built 1949 Chevy I was driving those 440 Dodges from the late 60s and early 70s all these vehicles were custom built not to show if it was carrying weight or not. Horse power you bet handling you bet for the time they were the fastest things on the highway period....names like GTX Charger Fury1, FuryII,  FuryIII these were not your normal hot-roddered cars these were Race Cars that looked like street cars. They were built for one purpose one purpose only. I now think about those early years and ponder what they mean today. I was raised Brought up if you may with a wrench in one hand and a engine at my side. I was building engines before most were old enough to ride a bicycle. For instance have you ever lapped in a set of valves using a Sears 3/8 drill and some lapping paste, or cc a set of heads using a marked syringe a sheet of notebook paper a small grinding wheel. Or did a polish and port job with fingers and a piece of carbon sand paper. A balance job using a set of gram scales and a small grinding wheel. I can remember doing this to a degree of plus or minus 0 grams scale pointer straight up. Polishing each rod until there was no cast or forge marks on them this was for windage. Then sending them to get shot peened. I never had a engine to blow that I built. Home made oil pans windage trays balanced cranks, ring end gaps. Piston clearance gasket sizing. Carburetor jetting checking and making sure of flow in multi carb. set up. This was done to make sure the same air fuel mix was rendered to each cylinder. Flow Benching is now what you call it. This is the way I was taught to build a engine for the family sedan or a Farmall 130 tractor. If you were building a engine for Dirt Track, Drag Racing or Moonshine hauling you got serious about your clearances. I was shocked to see how engines were built for normal cars. You buy a piece bolt it on. I was taught to weigh every nut bolt that was put into a rotating assembly, then the assembly it self. These people call themselves a engine builder I think not. Only thing someone like a normal mechanic could do for us is remove a tire and replace it and then they have to use a torque wrench. Then there were the boys in high school whom built, put a lot of money in cars that made a lot of noise and went no where at least not real fast. I found out early on that the way to horsepower was and still is the old fashioned way with cubes with cubes. You can get cute with blowers and turbos but at what expense. Cutting your engine life short making it do far beyond what stress levels that were never intended to be. They work and they work great so said the same of nitrous oxide more on this subject in a later articles. Myself I would rather build a screaming engine out of the new blocks that have it all... Another note ARP bolts have been around for many decades so have 4 bolt main blocks and to me that is another can of worms I am going to open using this website. I am going to address, balance, line bore, cast drift, flow benching, such blasphemy for rod builders. It is either that or toss your money in the garbage can. Your Choice.....Have you ever wondered about cylinder temp and why some cylinders run cold and some run hot and that is on the same bank or same side of the engine.. For a engine to torque correct each and every cylinder has to have the same air flow, to pull the same load... Has that ever crossed your mind, a rich cylinder will run cool a lean cylinder will run hot and now what does this do to your piston and crank loads... What does it do to your Rings Valves Pistons Rod Bearings and internal load distribution. Even to this day I can hear on a race track and never will I miss to spot a car, just by the sound it makes how it will run..

My First Car High School	My Second Car: If you look close is really a 428 FORD cid Bolted to it a C6 Tranny W/shift kit and ford 9 inch rear end 356 gear ratio. Never was I outrun or caught in this car either.
This Little 49 Chevy of Mine had a 1950 converted Cadillac front end Straight bolt on under it. Sporting a 4 speed rock crusher tranny. A Chevy 12 bolt rear end.. On the Note of the Engine. The Engine started its life as a 57 caddy 2, 4 bbl batwing engine. and was a straight bolt in for the converted front end. The Transmission Rockcrusher I replaced the LaSalle tranny was bolted to the engine through a bell housing conversion kit. Stock Cadillac cross member was utilized. Brake System worked real well no fade. The Brake System was From 1955 cad front drum and rear-end housing from a 68 Chevy Impala 0 to 100 in 7 seconds.
There are 17 coats of lacquer paint hand sanded between coats. The Interior was complete rolled with pin cushion headliner this was a lot of work of a young man I was 14 when I bought this car for $15.00 I had it finished the week before I turned 16 in the spring of 1971 Now For the Engine specs The engine started its life as a 365 cid 2, 4 bbl 4 inch bore 3.625 stroke big block-- Baby I am home I remember as I pulled this engine from a wrecked car. I had it bored I stroked it making for a total of 430 cid putting in a medium overlap cam. add the Lake Pipes with no exhaust resonators. This combo in a light 49 Chevrolet made for one smooth and fast lil Chevrolet... Did I mention never was I outrun nor caught in this lil Chevy. It used to Be a Police that sat at a local grade school I would slowly go to the intersection. I would then do a few donuts just to get Trooper Easley to chase me. Talking about young and dumb. I was never caught. Talking of drifting the new kids don't know the meaning of the word....	Note I was a country boy and my girlfriends lived in the city. Those pics. were took on Cornwallis.

My Third Car 69 Camaro 350 SS 300 hp later 428 cid 530 hp my favorite engine of all time 400 stroker did I mention Small Block I told all I changed it to a 327 yea monkeys fly.. At the Time. I Ate those 428 mustangs for lunch. Those Hemi Cudas Rest their souls. Every thing I could take on.. The Police was so bad on me I had to trade it same as the Mercury. Never did I get caught in any of these cars. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAMARO WAS KEEPING IT POINTED IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION.	My Fifth Car 1974 Chevy Monte Carlo 428 Stroker Small Block 400 Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. Notice I changed to small Small block engines. Tossed the orig. 350 Chevy it just wasn't a engine to build. Sick Chicken I called it, and it was. If I remember correct hp rate on it was a paltry  160 hp. I have the pictures of the rest of the cars in a box somewhere. Also The Dirt Track Race Cars.

My 1993 GMC 4x4 1500 Pick Up Jay Dalton Of Dalton Auto Tech Greensboro N.C. 336 272 1207 Almost Built this Truck It ran and pulled as it looks only better the. Job was done correct proper lift kit. 411 gears air locker front, limited slip rear Engine was modified. Minor mods to the stock 350 to numerous to list laughing. Ok How is this: Was a stock 350 block.	If You Look Close this picture was taken at Carolina Beach Notice Tire marks in the sand My 4th Car

My Little Sprint Car Ford Flathead 337 bored stroked 392 cid Points Championship Sprint 1970,1971 This is the way they ran in those days on two wheels Flatheads Forever

I won the Points Championship in this Modified 1971 1972 1973

Did I mention Lots of Blue Tire Smoke and a Huge tire bill at J.C. Gunter Enterprises

At one Time I was known as the Kid Or Brown Dirt Cowboy

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Ballad of Thunder Road By Robert Mitchum 1958 Let me tell the story, I can tell it all About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road. Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town The revenoors chased him but they couldn’t run him down Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road. (CHORUS) And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil’s thirst The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first. On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four A Federal man sent word he’d better make his run no more He said two hundred agents were coverin’ the state Whichever road he tried to take, they’d get him sure as fate. Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last The tank is filled with hundred-proof, you’re all tuned up and gassed Now, don’t take any chances, if you can’t get through I’d rather have you back again than all that mountain dew. (CHORUS) Roaring’ out of Harlan, revving’ up his mill He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynardville With T-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred. Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike, Then right outside of Bearden, they made the fatal strike. He left the road at 90; that’s all there is to say. The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day.

Martinsville 1971 4th from bottom

Glossary      View Strictly Stock / Grand National / Winston Cup / Nextel Cup / Sprint Cup driver stats at this track

Race	Date	Cars	Winner	St	Make / Model	Len	Sfc	Miles	Purse	Pole	Cau	Laps	Speed	LC
1949-06	09/25/49	15	Red Byron	3	'49 Oldsmobile	.500	D	100	3,800				.000	2
1950-04	05/21/50	25	Curtis Turner		'50 Oldsmobile	.500	D	75	3,625	54.216			.000	1
1950-17	10/15/50	21	Herb Thomas	19	'50 Plymouth	.500	D	100	3,850	54.761			.000	2
1951-08	05/06/51	35	Curtis Turner	7	'50 Oldsmobile	.500	D	100	3,750	55.062			.000	7
1951-34	10/14/51	23	Frank Mundy	3	'51 Oldsmobile	.500	D	100	3,525	56.109			.000	4
1952-05	04/06/52	22	Dick Rathmann	9	'51 Hudson	.500	D	100	3,500	54.945	4		42.862	7
1952-31	10/19/52	29	Herb Thomas	2	'52 Hudson	.500	D	100	3,675	55.333			47.556	7
1953-11	05/17/53	35	Lee Petty		'53 Dodge	.500	D	100	3,760				.000	2
1953-36	10/13/53	26	Jim Paschal		'53 Dodge	.500	D	100	3,600	58.958			56.013	2
1954-12	05/16/54	24	Jim Paschal		'53 Oldsmobile	.500	D	100	3,800		3		46.153	2
1954-36	10/17/54	44	Lee Petty	1	'54 Chrysler	.500	D	83	3,800	53.191	3		44.547	4
1955-15	05/15/55	27	Tim Flock	4	'55 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,085	58.823	2		52.554	2
1955-42	10/16/55	28	Speedy Thompson	17	'55 Chrysler	.500	P	100	4,285		3		.000	7
1956-18	05/20/56	35	Buck Baker	1	'56 Dodge	.500	P	250	10,275	66.103	7	20	60.824	5
1956-54	10/28/56	40	Jack Smith	23	'56 Dodge	.500	P	200	11,739	67.643	4		61.136	7
1957-17	05/19/57	24	Buck Baker	14	'57 Chevrolet	.500	P	221	12,240	65.693	3	51	57.318	5
1957-49	10/06/57	40	Bob Welborn	2	'57 Chevrolet	.500	P	250	15,350	65.837	4	14	63.025	6
1958-12	04/20/58	47	Bob Welborn	20	'57 Chevrolet	.500	P	250	12,525	61.166	4		66.007	5
1958-49	10/12/58	40	Fireball Roberts	4	'57 Chevrolet	.500	P	175	15,540	67.950			64.344	1
1959-13	05/03/59	40	Lee Petty	24	'57 Oldsmobile	.500	P	250	12,115	66.030	3		59.512	4
1959-41	09/27/59	47	Rex White	14	'59 Chevrolet	.500	P	250	15,925	69.471	7		60.500	6
1960-10	04/10/60	37	Richard Petty	4	'60 Plymouth	.500	P	250	12,175	69.150	8		63.943	8
1960-40	09/25/60	31	Rex White	2	'60 Chevrolet	.500	P	250	11,550	68.440			60.439
1961-13	04/09/61	27	Fred Lorenzen	2	'61 Ford	.500	P	75	6,545	70.280	2		68.366	1
1961-18	04/30/61	30	Junior Johnson	17	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	250	11,610	71.320	1	6	66.278	2
1961-47	09/24/61	29	Joe Weatherly	4	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	250	14,800	70.730	7		62.586	9
1962-15	04/22/62	32	Richard Petty	7	'62 Plymouth	.500	P	250	14,265	71.287	2		66.425	6
1962-50	09/23/62	37	Nelson Stacy	3	'62 Ford	.500	P	250	15,850	71.513	2		66.874	4
1963-19	04/21/63	33	Richard Petty	8	'63 Plymouth	.500	P	250	15,625	72.000	5		64.823	3
1963-48	09/22/63	36	Fred Lorenzen	2	'63 Ford	.500	P	250	15,825	73.379	5	18	67.486	3
1964-19	04/26/64	33	Fred Lorenzen	1	'64 Ford	.500	P	250	16,450	74.472	2	14	70.098	5
1964-56	09/27/64	40	Fred Lorenzen	1	'64 Ford	.500	P	250	17,580	74.196	6	28	67.320	6
1965-12	04/25/65	36	Fred Lorenzen	2	'65 Ford	.500	P	250	20,725	74.503	5	49	66.765	6
1965-50	09/26/65	37	Junior Johnson	3	'65 Ford	.500	P	250	21,470	74.503	3	19	67.056	5
1966-14	04/24/66	40	Jim Paschal	1	'66 Plymouth	.500	P	250	21,900	76.345	1	6	69.156	6
1966-46	09/25/66	40	Fred Lorenzen	2	'66 Ford	.500	P	250	22,147	75.598	4	26	69.177	6
1967-14	04/23/67	37	Richard Petty	2	'67 Plymouth	.500	P	250	21,350	77.319	8	57	67.446	11
1967-45	09/24/67	40	Richard Petty	5	'67 Plymouth	.500	P	250	22,350	77.386	7	43	69.605	3
1968-12	04/28/68	40	Cale Yarborough	3	'68 Mercury	.500	P	250	24,082	78.230	10	72	66.686	9
1968-44	09/22/58	40	Richard Petty	6	'68 Plymouth	.500	P	250	24,176	77.279	7	60	65.808	11
1969-16	04/27/69	40	Richard Petty	6	'69 Ford	.500	P	250	40,885	78.260	8	61	64.405	11
1969-46	09/28/69	40	Richard Petty	6	'69 Ford	.500	P	250	41,795	83.197	11	61	63.127	11
1970-18	05/31/70	39	Bobby Isaac	2	'69 Dodge	.525	P	198	44,415	82.609	7	46	68.584	4
1970-45	10/18/70	30	Richard Petty	4	'70 Plymouth	.525	P	263	46,825	82.167	5	32	72.235	5
1971-15	04/25/71	30	Richard Petty	3	'71 Plymouth	.525	P	263	27,300	82.529	1	3	77.707	10
1971-26	09/26/71	30	Lester Brown	1	'71 Dodge	.525	P	263	28,300	83.635	3	33	73.681	10
1972-10	04/30/72	36	Richard Petty	3	'72 Plymouth	.526	P	263	41,710	84.163	4	24	72.657	15
1972-27	09/24/72	36	Richard Petty	4	'72 Plymouth	.525	P	263	46,650	85.890	8	58	69.989	13
1973-09	04/29/73	34	David Pearson	1	'71 Mercury	.525	P	263	58,681	86.369	7	49	70.251	11

1971 3rd Rockingham

1971 2nd North Wilkesboro

1972 3rd North Wilkesboro

1972 8th Charlotte

1972 11th Richmond VA.

1972 2nd Bristol

I only run 8 NASCAR Races got caught in a big old wreck at in 1971 at Talladega was running 4th lap traffic messed up our first 5 lol DNF

1972 9th Place Darlington I lost a cylinder or I would have won this one. I also got black flagged on last lap OIL ON the track. But Still 9th Bless NASCARS hearts

I was the Fill in man For John Holman and Ralph Moody Racing I did win a spot to drive for them. They wanted me to Drive Grand National and their Sprint Micromidgets Which I also won in. At once upon a time in my life I was known as one of the better wheel men around.

I also Got to Run with Wendell Scott one heck of a driver and gent also. Wendell Scott was one of the very Few Black men to really run well in anything he drove. Also I ate at his home. One of the Few White men that can say that.

Here is another I got pissed at old Diamond Speedway and a Now Friend Marion Johnson He got in the middle of the track with crossed black flags also I was going the wrong way on the track. Thank goodness he could climb a fence really fast.

Another time at a local place called Short Sugars a Car parked behind me two people got out said there is one of those Brown Boys lets whip him. I pulled out the old 357 and blasted thru the passenger window at the gent. In the process busted my girlfriends ear drums. then shot thru my rear quarter glass at the guy with the hammer. Then Cranked up Backed into about a 72 nova I think. The guy that was getting out of the car I almost severed both of his legs. Any way I had the car at Galloway Buick next day being repaired. I had the car back by Wed. Oh My Girlfriend never spoke to me again.. The Cops came asking Questions there was no damage to my car at all. Not a sliver of glass nor a big dent I had a bumper replaced with a used one that had a small dent in it in the middle cost of that Job on my car was 3100.00 which in 1973 was a ton of money.

The Reason I stopped Racing and Running Shine I got Saved I have never regretted not racing again.. The Christian way is not to run Shine nor to cuss and fight. I am proud to be a Christian to this day. Thru Jesus Christ I see Prayers answered. Some I am glad he has answered. Others I think the answer of them was a lesson taught. These days I pray in earnest and for others not much for myself. Stopping earning that kind of cash was the hard thing to do. God has made a way for me. Thru Jesus Christ AMAN. Only thing I regret is getting a few people into racing.