The history of stock car racing is inextricably intertwined with bootlegging during the Prohibition era. In the 1920s and early 1930s, bootleggers used modified cars that required skilled drivers to transport illegal alcohol. Those driving skills and the advent of high-speed vehicles led to the birth of stock car racing
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Winston-Salem Dash pay tribute to Windy City with Italian Beef alternate
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is not exactly known for its Italian beef, but the High-A Winston-Salem Dash will wear jerseys featuring the sandwiches later this season. Italian beef sandwiches—made of slow roasted beef and giardiniera, an Italian relish of pickled vegetables—are a signature food item in Chicago, where the Dash’s parent
Winston-Salem Dash to play as Hype Hens
Last year, the High-A Winston-Salem Dash rebranded as the Hyphens on Salute to Winston-Salem Night. It was a response to a decade and a half of grammar nerds (myself included) pointing out that the piece of punctuation that conjoins Winston and Salem is in fact not a dash, but rather
Winston-Salem Dash salute North Carolina, to play as Tobacco Beetles
The Winston-Salem Dash are following in the storied footsteps of baseball teams who have featured annoying and destructive pests in their brands. Like the erstwhile Sugar Land Skeeters, Piedmont Boll Weevils, and Savannah Sand Gnats before them, the Dash will play as the Winston-Salem Tobacco Beetles for one game this
Winston-Salem Dash to play as grammatically correct Hyphens
The High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has gone by the nickname Dash since 2009. It’s an homage to the piece of punctuation that unites the two towns that have been officially merged as one since the late 1800s. The problem is, grammar nerds (of which
Minor League Baseball Launches Ten New Team Names, Logos for Copa 2022
Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión is back with eight new teams joining the fun, and two other teams coming back with entirely new Latino-inspired looks. The eight new teams joining Copa are the Fort Wayne Tin Caps, Frisco RoughRiders, Great Lakes Loons, Quad Cities River Bandits, Somerset Patriots,
Winston-Salem Dash unveil new logo
The Class A Advanced Winston-Salem Dash have ditched their grimacing, speeding, cartoon baseball primary logo in favor of a rounded, classic-feeling WS. The unveiling of the new mark, which was created by the Winston-Salem-based design firm The Variable, was something of a surprise, as there had not been much fanfare