When Scott finished the final lap ahead of the other drivers ... “It’s obviously clear that Wendell Scott won the race,” said Brandon Thompson, NASCAR’s current vice president of diversity ...

At the time of his 1963 win at Jacksonville Raceway Park, Scott was the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level. As evidence would clearly show, there was no doubt Scott had won the race.

To others it was about race. Wendell Scott avoided controversy ... While others argued about the final results and whereabouts of the trophy, Scott and Baker remained not only driving competitors ...

“Richard Petty also came to us and he handed Daddy 500 dollars and said if there was anybody who can’t afford not to race it’s you,” said Wendell Scott Jr. He finished sixth in the final ...

December 1, 2021, marks the 58th anniversary of the late Wendell Scott ... unpredictable racing. Wallace’s victory came in the track’s 105th Cup race, his eighth there. Scott’s victory ...

On Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 Wendell Scott will be inducted into ... the 15th spot and led 27 laps in the race, but as he drove his now famous No. 34 to the final laps, the official withheld the ...

The award is named for Wendell Scott, a Virginian who on December 1, 1963 became the first, and to date only, African-American driver to win a race in NASCAR ... Division I final points standings.

This week's StoryCorps tells the story of Wendell Scott, who drove during the Jim Crow era and was the first African American to win a race at NASCAR's elite major league level. It's Friday ...

Wendell Scott had to spend a career doing more with less. AP Photo Since Scott drove his final race in 1973 there have been only four other black drivers in a combined seven Sprint Cup races ...

After serving in World War II as a mechanic for three years, he started his racing journey at the Danville fair. Though Wendell Scott hit many roadblocks due to racism and discrimination ...

Wendell Scott is a pioneering NASCAR racer who drove in the Cup Series throughout the 1960s. Scott has etched his name in history as the first African-American to race in the premier series and is ...

Wendell Scott died in 1990. His son, Frank, and grandson, Warrick, sat down to remember him for StoryCorps. FRANK SCOTT: He started racing in 1952 ... may not be in its final form and may be ...