{"id":2086,"date":"2020-05-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/36143f96-96de-4954-9d9c-2c3ab266523e"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:40:21","slug":"l-w-wright-nascar-legend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2086","title":{"rendered":"L. W. Wright, Nascar Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1982 a man in Nashville managed to con enough people to earn a spot in the Nascar race in Talladega, Alabama.\u00a0 He made it a few laps, earned a little prize money, then vanished, leaving behind several bounced checks and no clue who he really was.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Today we tell you the story of a man who called himself L. W. 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