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American stock racing is purely home grown. The genesis of the sport is found in the backdrop of the bootleggers and the moonshiners of the South. The goal was to out-run the local police. Who would want to get caught with illegal booze in their car? Tinkering under the hood so those four wheels could go faster than any vehic... More..

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