Possible moonshine cave found under stands at Wilkesboro Speedway

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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 at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
A tunnel was found below the grandstands of North Wilkesboro Speedway on Tuesday, according to Speedway Motorsports - which some believe could be a historic moonshine cave. Crews were inspecting damage caused by a sinkhole when the cave was found.
The tunnel is around 700 square feet. Track officials say rumors have circulated for decades about its existence.
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@TalkingGIJoe Місяць тому

they know those boys ran shine... thats how NASCAR got started!

@dboogeman2002 Місяць тому

Amen

@kurtvanluven9351 Місяць тому

The actual roots of Nascar. #History

@Weezy10580 Місяць тому

Before Brian France and Steve Phelps destroyed it

@garettanderson6772 Місяць тому

For real.

@niteshades_promise 28 днів тому

stick a camera and flash light in it or dont bother reporting on it. waste of time.

@deathpunch23 25 днів тому

lol right

@roberthepburn-gr4fq Місяць тому

It's nice to see the track coming back to life And it was moonshine that got the ball rolling on NASCAR back then it was real racing not the fake car crap they have now, and that's the shame of it all

@thelivingbranch Місяць тому

jr johnson hide away - the legend lives

@EnlistedBombin Місяць тому

Would that be awesome if it was a Nascar drivers pot still.

@janofb Місяць тому

Call Geraldo Rivera. Maybe he can do another 2 hour special like he did on Capone's Vault.

@bobroberts2371 Місяць тому

He got more mileage out of that then if something was found. Don't forget the chair fight and reference to it in the movie UHF.

@katiesiouxlamoureaux7757 Місяць тому

😂😂😂

@dwilson2548 Місяць тому

Come on now that asshole has finally climbed back under a rock... Let's let him stay there this time and quietly please !!!!!!

@chasstiles7611 Місяць тому

I remember watching that lol

@katiesiouxlamoureaux7757 Місяць тому

@@chasstiles7611 same, I got to stay up late that night... For nothing

@johncurtis1472 Місяць тому

Not surprised moonshiners started nas car

@CameronShull-wb1iw Місяць тому

Why not

@veiledallegory Місяць тому

What a great marketing ploy by the Speedway!!!

@monk1776 Місяць тому

Makes sense Nascar was born from running moonshine.

@robertmiller3381 Місяць тому

Now we know whats in the NASCAR cup. White lightning!

@kurtvanluven9351 Місяць тому

That is where the original drivers got their training, running shine!

@intheshell35ify Місяць тому

And lynchings, but whose counting??

@ryanhurtt4074 Місяць тому

@@intheshell35ify *Bubba Wallace has entered the chat*

@intheshell35ify Місяць тому

@@ryanhurtt4074 I love that Bubba is out there and running good. Must really stick in your craw. Do you cheer when he wrecks? Do you yell the n word at the tv?? 😅😅 So good.

@Hoosierdaddyjones812 26 днів тому

@intheshell35ify and in today's news, you guys kill yourselves daily and make you look bad.

@dalesmith8863 Місяць тому

My wife's dad made moonshine just a couple of miles from there!

@dwade6322 Місяць тому

What's so surprising that a NORTH CAROLINA speedway would have a Moonshine secret tunnel from decades previous? Hell my father made Moonshine his entire youth in NC....WEST JEFFERSON was a dry county.😮

@mcmlxv9827 Місяць тому

Probably those who knew are deceased or old enough that they aren't likely to talk about it. Older people don't have the need to spread news like younger people do. A still was found 100' in woods behind a church in a very rural part of Tennessee. No one knew anything about it., or so they said.

@mikefrost6646 26 днів тому

Wish I could have got in contact with you to help celebrate my friend’s wedding at the Twickenham House this past weekend. Though a bunch of Floridians seeing snow for the first time was pretty good too😂

@notflanders4967 Місяць тому

man: "i don't think there's a tunnel, people would know about it." people: *know about it*

@liferlogistician6292 Місяць тому

This is old news - and by old news, I mean "known forever". 😂

@PALM311 Місяць тому

No, that’s no moonshine cave. That’s what they call,Junior Johnson racing fuel. That’s what it was made there.

@jerrycoon3369 Місяць тому

So how would you get in there? Looks to me like the bleachers are made of concrete and of course they would be hollow underneath.

@alvinmortimer7536 Місяць тому

It was a tunnel under the bleachers that collapsed like a sinkhole. Chances are the entrance was somewhere else.

@Laakona Місяць тому

Moonshine is still made in all 50 states. Even in Hawaii, Okole Hau, which means Iron Ass in Hawaiian, can be found in some rural areas.

@user-uj5zc6vx2k Місяць тому

Ya but it be done originally in them parts an such🎉

@Kerry-fw6jt Місяць тому

If there is a tunnel you can bet Junior Johnson has seen every bit it.

@kennardjohnson7875 Місяць тому

I doubt the owner of the track at the time of moonshine in its heyday wanted the feds poking around his race track,I'm sure there was plenty of shine in the parking lot,or the woods next to the track,but under the grand stand. No ,folklore yes, the owner was not stupid.

@quagmiredavis4117 Місяць тому

Wilkesboro is the moonshine capital 😊

@andrewjacobse2700 Місяць тому

Wilkes county

@waynemetevia7983 Місяць тому

I guess that explains why, back in the day, that there was always such a long line of people at the refreshment stand! L.o.l. 🍺🍻

@beneachus4901 27 днів тому

If it’s a small town it’s hard to believe that everyone in town wouldn’t know about it

@jimwilson7364 Місяць тому

Most of today's Nascar fans have no clue what moonshine is

@markhatfield1638 Місяць тому

Correct

@mikefrost6646 26 днів тому

Literally just drove right by this yesterday on the way back from a wedding in Jefferson,NC. 🤯

@jeffcrampton4771 Місяць тому

Long live POPCORN SUTTON The 1st Daytona was won by a moon shine runner

@glenjenkins920 Місяць тому

Cause like,cause like,cause like these younger generations can't make a sentence without saying cause like.

@Kerry-fw6jt Місяць тому

I was watching NASCAR on TV there with dad when it was the Winston Cup.

@backachershomestead Місяць тому

It's an old crapper tank.

@DroneVideo0412 Місяць тому

I got the poo on me…

@Ducky69247 25 днів тому

Daaaang

@foxmulder4653 Місяць тому

Moonshine was the original fuel for nascar. That's why prohibition was brought in. People making their own fuel

@tomdave42 29 днів тому

Yeah I don't think there's a tunnel underneath there I think it would have been Disturbed or destroyed during construction

@nicholascherry5962 29 днів тому

It's my tunnel. Please don't mess with it, I'll be back later today

@dmo848 29 днів тому

The guy that gets caught is going to be a legend

@FJB1776 Місяць тому

Let’s worry about more important things and leave these boys alone!! Maybe like, our corrupt government that’s involved in way worse

@akalaification 27 днів тому

Up next, moonshine tunnel denier arrested for digging moonshine tunnel.

@loricrane5315 Місяць тому

Might have to just cover it this year and have time to plan what and how to preserve it.

@superfunkymunkyman69 28 днів тому

They won't have that many people there to have to worry about using all the stands.

@jakeneal5659 Місяць тому

"moonshine" tunnels.. That's not the only thing that those tunnels were used for..

@coreyellisart6877 Місяць тому

Even if it's a tunnel why would it be a moonshine tunnel why would they do it under grandstands they used fast cars to move stuff

@michaelbabella1103 Місяць тому

Ask junior johnson, if anyone knows, he would

@saddletramp6935 Місяць тому

He's long gone knumnutz.

@crowmedicine4520 Місяць тому

Can’t ask a dead man …. Lol

@hiya2112 26 днів тому

That's not Moonshine Cave; that's the Bang Bunker.

@jaypeacock3884 Місяць тому

Anybody remembers why Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia closed down back in '67?

@tammyyplatt5995 Місяць тому

I do. I my neighborhood is across the street from the track.i have lived in the area all my life. This is bob by the way.

@jaypeacock3884 Місяць тому

@@tammyyplatt5995 I went there before and walked around and took pictures. It was some time after the Dodge commercials were filmed there. Alot of cool patina and history at that place.

@manuelferreira4345 Місяць тому

Oh man the TV show boys had a spot close to alot of noise

@LiveTUNA Місяць тому

Obviously the guy the interviewed saying "no there's no tunnel" is obviously running the moonshine tunnel 😂😅..

@creative_mindsrus1541 Місяць тому

Let's take a look at what's under Arizona then if this is such a big deal.

@crewmax4240 Місяць тому

Get Geraldo to investigate.

@sethsisneros6630 Місяць тому

Thats badass! Them boys still runnin shine!

@WeThePeople-bv9qq 29 днів тому

It needs to be current and operational. Every legal alcohol is toxic. Good ole 3-5 ingredient shine is healthy

@ryanjohnson3615 27 днів тому

It's poor soil compaction before construction.

@flagman515 Місяць тому

A track historian has shown pictures of the old track and that is where an old entrance was. Erosion has caused this dirt to was away. Nice story though.

@bustownbc2787 29 днів тому

In other words...they found a hole and str8 away they went 2....it must be a moon shine tunnel!!!! But havent found 1 bit of proof

@christinetaylor1453 29 днів тому

THATS CRAZY

@gamez4420 Місяць тому

I wouldnt be surprised if this was the track owners or one of the workers. iirc, the track was opened BY bootleggers.

@user-cl5vx9em4e 27 днів тому

LoL me thinking the moonshine tunnel was recently active and there was a chance that I could possibly get my hands on some old timey bootleg liquor for a low low price.

@tammyyplatt5995 Місяць тому

Middle georgia raceway in byron ga had a still under turn 3 back in the early 70s. Lol. Nascar used to race there. Also in July of 1970 jimmie hendrix played before his largest U S crowd there. Estimated crowd of 300000 to 500000 at the second atlanta pop festival. I live near there. I was 10 back then. This is bob not tammy.

@RM-th8ol 24 дні тому

Slow fukn news day. Water is wet, the sky is blue.

@HonorablesirGolfer Місяць тому

I found out my family has drug tunnels in they’re property

@sandraspears6389 Місяць тому

This is so funny, Running shine is how NASCAR got started. Just some good ole boys having a little fun trying to see who had the fastest car, and trying get away from the feds.

@eddieohh6627 25 днів тому

Make the moonshine tunnel a bar

@1BrianSawyer Місяць тому

Humpy Wheeler has got something to do with this story lol

@VaderisOne Місяць тому

It could be, but seems to be more gin up some free press. There is no doubt moonshine was a part of extremely old school ( stock car ) nascar, but that was 50plus years ago easy. Just a feel good harm no one story.

@lostpony4885 Місяць тому

No view inside just word on the street?

@steelcityspeedshopj.r6942 Місяць тому

Been knew about this . Man i heard this a long long time ago. Well before Nascar stopped racing there i. Mid 90’s

@markgaudreau8053 Місяць тому

if their is shine, it is worth a fortune!!!

@g-dcomplex1609 Місяць тому

even if they made this sh!t up, don't fu@k with it, home made liquor and fast cars kick a$$

@user-ui8it3bw5x 26 днів тому

:) i just drank a moonshine cocktail. Not bad. I love moonshine.

@user-kp1un6yp3v Місяць тому

Can you get a liquor license and put it back in there

@JoeBidenIsGreat 26 днів тому

Moonshine is a nice spin. We know today's kids go breaking bad in these hideouts. The best homemade shine is from Texas due to geography reasons.

@DriveSMR Місяць тому

Just the good ole' boys, never meanin' no harm

@KustryRuntz Місяць тому

Maybe that’s where all the stands and fans went? Maybe it’s a Kool-aid cave he was planning on blasting out of when track gets a real race back?!

@AdakStillStands Місяць тому

Just the good ol' boys, never meaning' no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with law since the day they was born. Making their way the only way they know how and that's just a little bit more than the law will allow. -Waylon Jennings

@CatScratch244 Місяць тому

Cheers 🥃 To Nascar and the Moonshiners!

@Joethemodelbuilder Місяць тому

This is old news. Dale Jr covered this on his lost speedway show.

@jamesappling1212 Місяць тому

Aww! If there is an old still down there. Leave it alone. It's memorabilia from a long gone era. Maybe White Lightening is why those old cars really were so fast.🤔😁

@chevyvangundy4290 Місяць тому

There’s not a tunnel anymore it’s now a sinkhole lol

@lareneandpipsqueeksully Місяць тому

Gotta love history ❣️❣️

@JamesEmery Місяць тому

.................like that track isn't already cool enough !!!!

@chazmichaelmichaels88 Місяць тому

Slapshoes is about to lose it.

@markhatfield1638 Місяць тому

In the early days of nascar the legend Junior Johnson primary income was running moonshine. However there is no official records of that. Junior Johnson was never caught.

@johnnywalker640 Місяць тому

Spent time in prison

@NASCAR_Junk Місяць тому

Hell yeah

@thecameramantraveler4830 Місяць тому

so does this mean that North Wilkesboro speedway will go out of business again?

@zackerykoroskenyi2745 Місяць тому

oh heck no it will not

@lmao-ev6nz Місяць тому

I don't think moonshine from 80 years ago is going to close the race track down

@mikecross4350 Місяць тому

This is not even news

@emmjensen8816 Місяць тому

😂 Wilkes Counties finest.. so glad I finally got out of there. How gullable these people are. Mountain folk building their mole hills up.

@backachershomestead Місяць тому

Call Geraldo!

@marcocolo2954 27 днів тому

UKposts bogus wit these Israel adds. Guess I’m watching bootleg movies

@galewinds7696 Місяць тому

Wilkesboro should have a moonshine day.......with an hands on demonstration of how it's made.

@Kerry-fw6jt Місяць тому

Junior Johnson’s name is mentioned in a lot of the posts. 😂🤣🇺🇸

@co59720 25 днів тому

Massive nerve paralysis blindness deafness fatal poisoning fetal alcohol poisoning drunk driving death by family members yeah moonshine is just a wonderful old happy knee slap let's just all have a get around and have a cup of Kool-Aid

@WeThePeople-bv9qq 29 днів тому

Too bad they can't just mind their own business and let the non toxic shine flow! Do be a legal distiller... You're forced to make toxic product. Good home distilling is the best way to go. Always has been, always will be

@ATK10155 Місяць тому

Maybe that was the only reason the track was even there. Nobody would think to look.

@lc3853 Місяць тому

Excellent cover for regional distribution. "Naw officer, that 500 gallon tank is full of RACING FUEL. Some folks.... think it smells like alcohol."

@michaeldaltonsr8954 29 днів тому

Du ya thank?!? Origin of Nascar was Ridge Runners!! Proud to say, that is checked off my Bucket List! Not in N.C./little ways North. Paid twice what I wudda made working/ afford better car/FUN! Dada-dot-dot-dah, dotta-dot-dot-da-daa!

@ranndomundead9112 Місяць тому

a smart nascar would make it a tourist destination. a dumb nascar is gonna destroy it all. pretty sure we got a dumb nascar

@MarkTurner-vs7uc Місяць тому

That is so cool. America, God I miss it.

@streetlegalsprintcar Місяць тому

That's where the barrels of hotdog ketchup, catchup, katsup, catsip, cotsup, kotchup, kitsip, catsoup, katshoup was stored.

@ryanhurtt4074 Місяць тому

"Yeah, haha, ther ain't ner tunnel. Oh that tunnel over yonder? Yeah that ain't no tunnel. What? Yeah I see that tunnel, but I'm tellin YOO: they ain't no tunnel over thar. " Sounds like this is gonna be a "Tell me your pappy ran moonshine outta N Wilksborough Speedway without telling me your pappy ran moonshine outta N Wilksborough Speedway. XD

@rawbacon Місяць тому

Getting drunk and watching cars drive around in circles.

@saddletramp6935 Місяць тому

Another hater.

@Weezy10580 Місяць тому

You like kids to much

@mountaingreen8360 Місяць тому

Apparently you don't know anything about team sports.

@howardtabor7211 Місяць тому

That is great news

@610LaurelStreet Місяць тому

Geniuses 🙄

@crowmedicine4520 Місяць тому

Ask an old timer !!

@user-fq7vs8dl5k Місяць тому

I was doing some work at a guys house. He gave me a glass of coconut moonshine. I took one sip. When no one was looking I poured that disgusting junk out.

@dwilson2548 Місяць тому

Get Dale Earnhardt Junior involved in this he's a good old boy he'll pick up some money I'm sure he would be very interested also... Like I said he's a good old boy. 😁👍👍