8. NASCAR’S Roots
To move booze without getting caught, one had to stay ahead of the cops. That meant moving product by clever means, at night, and sometimes at high speeds. Specially designed sleeper cars looked like otherwise normal cars, not hotrods. Under their hoods, they housed souped up engines. They were also lighter without seats, which made more room for bottles. The drivers of these cars would race each other in their spare time, a sport which continued after Prohibition ended. When NASCAR founded in 1947, some of the first drivers had been rum runners.