Former NASCAR driver busted for making moonshine
Like a blast from the past a former NASCAR driver and crew chief for the legendary team owner Junior Johnson was arrested last week after a still used to make moonshine were found on his property. Dean Combs, 57, was charged last Friday with making non-tax paid liquor, as well as one count each of possessing, possessing ingredients to manufacture and possessing equipment to manufacture non-tax paid liquor. Combs property sits near the abandoned North Wilkesboro Speedway in Wilkes County North Carolina. Agents from the State Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement along with deputies from the Wilkes county Sheriffs Office raided the property and found a still that had a capacity of 300 gallons per run, with about 1,150 gallons of corn mash in the “working” stage in preparation for another run in two to three days. Agents said the still was warm from a run of corn liquor the day before. – Examiner
