True story. Junior Johnson was a moonshine runner and early champion stock car racer. He was sitting in a bar talking to one of the revenuers who had tried to catch him without success. The revenuer suggested that he go to one of race tracks in NC and sign up as a driver. He did, and was so successful, he gave up running moonshine. Not sure if he was a Baptist:
"Johnson was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the fourth of seven children of Lora Belle Money and Robert Glenn Johnson, Sr. His father, a lifelong bootlegger, spent nearly twenty of his sixty-three years in prison, as their house was frequently raided by revenue agents. Junior spent one year in prison in Ohio for having an illegal still, although he was never caught in his many years of transporting bootleg liquor at high speed.[1] In 1955, Johnson began his career as a NASCAR driver. In his first full season, he won five races and finished sixth in the 1955 NASCAR Grand National points standings.....snip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Johnson#Presidential_pardon Gerry Rich Thomas wrote: > All them ol boys were the ones who had already started drankin and > runnin shine > --R > On 2/5/15 12:02 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > > > > No, I think Baptists love stock car racing. > > The south is full of Baptists and that is where stock car racing came > > from. > > > > RB > > > > On 05/02/2015 8:17 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > >> Stock car racing could lead to dancing, perhaps even drinking and > >> s-x, so it is verboten. > >> > >> --R > >> > >> > >> On 2/4/15 9:46 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >>> Had no idea there was a stock car race track. I guess baptists > >>> don't do stock cars? > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4281/9062 - Release Date: 02/05/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
