{"id":449494,"date":"2024-04-03T16:11:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=449494"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:11:34","slug":"nascar-conspiracy-a-moonshine-cave-discovered-underneath-the-grandstands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nascar-conspiracy-a-moonshine-cave-discovered-underneath-the-grandstands\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Conspiracy: A Moonshine Cave Discovered Underneath The Grandstands?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the concrete grandstands of a North Carolina NASCAR racetrack, there may have been a moonshine cave.<\/p>\n<h2>NASCAR Conspiracy: A Moonshine Cave Discovered Underneath The Grandstands?<\/h2>\n<p>According to WBTV, the find was uncovered last week at the famed North Wilkesboro Speedway, which was constructed in 1947 and has long been the subject of suspicions of a covert moonshine operation.<\/p>\n<p>After a sinkhole opened, track workers discovered the secret cave while inspecting the grandstands for damage. An open space that appeared as they took out the chairs to examine the location more closely is thought to be an underground cave where bootleggers formerly brewed hooch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Secret &quot;Moonshine Cave&quot; Has Been Discovered Under The Stands Of A NASCAR Track <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6yiHr8cjGM\">https:\/\/t.co\/6yiHr8cjGM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NvpPYURowG\">pic.twitter.com\/NvpPYURowG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1773471385819414665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some thought it was a moonshiners cave, which would validate a long-standing conspiracy theory among tin-foil NASCAR fans that the land was originally used to both hide from the police and produce illegal moonshine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We haven\u2019t found a still (yet), but we\u2019ve found a small cave and an interior wall that would have been the perfect location to not only make illegal liquor, but to hide from the law as well,&#8221; the Speedway said in a statement after digging up the old cave.<\/p>\n<p>That was a week ago. Finally, last night, North Wilkesboro made the decision to peek inside.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Possible moonshine cave discovered below grandstands at historic NASCAR racetrack <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U28SrJjZa8\">https:\/\/t.co\/U28SrJjZa8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/58u8qDqtfg\">pic.twitter.com\/58u8qDqtfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1773551561009959162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we began renovating and restoring North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2022, we\u2019d often hear stories of how an old moonshine still was operated here on the property under the grandstands,\u201d Steve Swift, senior vice president of operations and development at Speedway Motorsports, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know how people would have gotten in and out, but as we uncover more, there\u2019s no telling what we might find.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Possible moonshine cave discovered at N.C. NASCAR track <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y85nFeJPvX\">pic.twitter.com\/Y85nFeJPvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mintoo News (@MintooNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MintooNews\/status\/1773260737911062769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Where is the smallest NASCAR track?<\/h3>\n<p>The NASCAR Cup Series has only held races at Martinsville Speedway, which was founded in 1947 by the late H. Clay Earles, every year since the division&#8217;s founding in 1949. Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, measuring just.526 miles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS | Sinkhole unearths rumored moonshine cave underneath front stretch grandstands. \ud83c\udf16\ud83e\udd43<\/p>\n<p>FULL STORY \ud83d\udcf0: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iri8nwI9Nt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iri8nwI9Nt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1IXPnANdc\">pic.twitter.com\/V1IXPnANdc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; North Wilkesboro Speedway (@NWBSpeedway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWBSpeedway\/status\/1772760481003905187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>What&#8217;s the biggest NASCAR track?<\/h4>\n<p>Talladega Superspeedway, located in Talladega, Alabama, is the largest NASCAR oval. It is 2.66 miles long. Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, is the longest NASCAR track. The road track, which is 4.048 miles long, holds the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series once a year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rumored &#39;Moonshine Cave&#39; Found Underneath Stands at Legendary NASCAR Track in North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Ra0JGmL86\">https:\/\/t.co\/1Ra0JGmL86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1773453020656767355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What is the oldest NASCAR race?<\/h3>\n<p>The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, also known as NASCAR, is founded. NASCAR, FEBRUARY 15, 1948 uns its first race in Daytona Beach at the beach road course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What\u2019s The Fuss Going Around LSU &amp; The National Anthem?\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/whats-the-fuss-going-around-lsu-the-national-anthem\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What\u2019s The Fuss Going Around LSU &amp; The National Anthem?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the concrete grandstands of a North Carolina NASCAR racetrack, there may have been a moonshine cave. NASCAR Conspiracy: A Moonshine Cave Discovered Underneath The Grandstands? According to WBTV, the find was uncovered last week at the famed North Wilkesboro Speedway, which was constructed in 1947 and has long been the subject of suspicions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":439434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5224],"tags":[26053,26054,26055,18460],"class_list":["post-449494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","tag-nascar-conspiracy","tag-nascar-conspiracy-cave","tag-nascar-moonshine-cave","tag-nascar-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}