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Before Speed, There Was Shine: How U.S. Regulations Accidentally Fueled American Motorsports
This episode of The Logbook, our History of Motorsport series, investigates the historical and socioeconomic impacts of U.S. regulatory changes on motorsports. Quinn Beekwilder, Assistant Professor at Belmont Abbey College, delves into how prohibition and the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act inadvertently fostered the growth of NASCAR. The presentation charts the rise of NASCAR from its bootlegging roots through Prohibition, the establishment of organized stock car racing, to the massive sponsorship and financial infusion by cigarette manufacturers following the 1970s advertising ban. The…
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