Dawsonville Moonshine Festival Guide
The Festival Journal
One festival question at a time: which day to go, bringing the kids, the people who turned moonshine running into NASCAR, and life in Dawsonville after the crowds go home.
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Raymond Parks, Roy Hall and the Elliotts: Dawsonville’s road to NASCAR
Dawsonville’s NASCAR story is about people. Raymond Parks financed early racers, his cousins Roy Hall and Lloyd Seay drove, mechanic Red Vogt named NASCAR at the 1947 Daytona Beach meetings,…
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A race fan’s walk in Dawsonville: Pool Room, Hall of Fame and courthouse
Four downtown stops tell Dawsonville’s racing story: the Dawsonville Pool Room (9 Bill Elliott Street, since 1966, home of the Elliott victory siren), the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame (415…

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