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0wVWA TIL of LW Wright, a man who conned and lied his way into an official NASCAR Race in the spring of 1982. He immediately vanished after the race and hasn't been seen since because there are warrants for his arrest.
XE8Y8 TIL 1979 LeMans winners bought a racetrack (Road Atlanta) and started landing weed-smuggling planes on the straightaway at night to finance their multiple racing teams.
GYj9j TIL That Reverse Racing was a huge and very challenging motor sport in the Netherlands thanks to the sale of DAF cars that had no speed limit for driving in reverse. It was eventually stopped because those cars were becoming collectors items and the sport was considered too dangerous.