Checkered Past: Dec. 1, 1963 – Wendell Scott Breaks the Barrier
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Mural of Wendell Scott Photo credit: NASCAR via Getty Images/Rainier Ehrhardt |
In October at Martinsville Speedway, Darrell Wallace Jr.
became just the second African-American driver to win in NASCAR’s top-tier
series and the first in nearly 50 years. Wallace Jr.’s historic Camping World
Truck Series victory for Kyle Busch Motorsports put him in the spotlight as the
second Drive for Diversity graduate to win in 2013, following in the footsteps
of fellow D4D grad Kyle Larson. Before Wallace Jr., Larson and other minority
drivers visited the fast tracks of NASCAR, however, Wendell Scott blazed a
trail of his own, helping them make their dreams a reality.
Wendell Oliver Scott was born Aug. 29, 1921. Due to the
segregation of the era, Scott would not get a chance to race until he was in
his 30s, spending his early years in the blacks-only section of the bleachers
in his hometown of Danville, Virginia, watching “the good ol’ boys” compete. He
competed for the first time in 1952, driving on the Dixie Circuit, then a regional
NASCAR competitor.
After competing in his first Dixie Circuit race, he took his
car to a NASCAR-sanctioned race at Winston-Salem, but NASCAR officials refused
to let him race – black drivers weren’t allowed. After this happened a second
time, Scott decided to avoid NASCAR and stick with the Dixie Circuit for the
time being, where he was rewarded with his first victory – an amateur class
heat race – just 12 days into his career.
In 1953, Scott still had NASCAR aspirations, and packed up
his car to visit the 0.25-mile dirt oval at Richmond Speedway for a
NASCAR-sanctioned race. He was granted a NASCAR license by track steward Mike
Poston, who later took heat for granting the license to Scott.
Scott spent nine years in NASCAR’s regional levels, winning
races, fans and two championships in spite of the prejudice he still faced. In
1961, he moved into the Grand National Division (now Sprint Cup Series), and on
Dec. 1, 1963, Scott took home the checkered flag from Speedway Park in Florida,
becoming the first, and thus far only, African-American driver to win in NASCAR’s
highest series.
In 13 years (1961 to 1973) in the Cup Series, Scott amassed
147 top-10 finishes. He passed on Dec. 23, 1990 from spinal cancer.
Learn more about Scott at his induction page for the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (inducted 1999).
Checkered Past: Dec. 1, 1963 – Wendell Scott Breaks the Barrier
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