"Gentlemen, start your engines" is a very familiar phrase and one that creates a thunderous, heart-thumping beginning to a thrilling event. The streets of Dawsonville hum with racing stories from all eras during the Mountain Moonshine Festival weekend, and the history of racing never ceases to amaze the visitors to our town. The moonshine-era cars parked in town proudly represent the beginning of NASCAR racing, most of which occurred here in Dawsonville.