Ghosts of North Wilkesboro - SB Nation
The law had hauled some fella in, and he started talking to save himself: I know a guy who’s making white liquor up in Wilkes County. Dean Combs. One of Junior Johnson’s crew chiefs… His dad used to own that old NASCAR track up in North Wilkesboro … you know, the North Wilkesboro Speedway … the one that’s closed up. Shon Tally, the state Alcohol Law Enforcement agent, called up a... Go up to Dean’s place on Speedway Road, Tally said. When Dean opened the door, he said, the fumes were so strong that they almost knocked him over. A few hours later, Tally and another agent showed up at Dean’s garage out behind an abandoned go-kart track, a couple hundred yards behind turn three. They went back and forth for a bit — yes you do, no I don’t — before Dean wore down. When Dean drained the water out of the still, steam rose up. Agents seized 200 gallons of corn liquor. They seized an old Ryder truck used to haul it. They seized 3,000 pounds of sugar and donated it to the local school district. Aww, let me help, Dean said. That’s where Tally’s guys blew it up. People a dozen miles away felt the boom. “Dean is a nice guy,” says Tally. “He really is. ”. Ask around about Dean Combs in Wilkes County, in northwest North. Source: www.sbnation.com
