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LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 16: A general view of Las Vegas Motor Speedway as US Air Force Thunderbirds perform a flyover over the American flag during the singing of the National Anthem before the start of the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race on March 16, 2025, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Jack Geissinger/LVMS/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If you’ve been a NASCAR fan for a while and remember when drivers still smelled faintly of leaded fuel and engine grease, you’ve probably heard of the 1958 film Thunder Road starring Robert Mitchum. Its tie to the sport’s early days is undeniable. The plot centers on outlaw drivers running moonshine in highly modified Chevys and Fords through the twisting backroads of the South in the 1940s and ’50s. Put someone like Junior Johnson in the lead role, and it would read like a documentary. Those same moonshine runners, half criminal, half folk hero, took their souped-up cars and raw driving talent from the hills to the dirt ovals, and eventually to the paved tracks that gave birth to NASCAR. Johnson himself reportedly served as an unofficial technical advisor for the film, because, frankly, he’d lived it. Now, a new Thunder Road is being fired up, this time as a scripted series for AMC. Unlike its 1958 predecessor, it won’t focus on just moonshine runners but will instead expand to stock car racing itself and the families who live in it. Thunder Road, poster, Robert Mitchum, 1958. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images) LMPC via Getty Images This marks another NASCAR attempt at a scripted series, following the short-lived Netflix comedy The Crew starring Kevin James. But this time, it’s not laughs they’re after — it’s legacy. The project will…

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