Wendell Scott

Before Bubba Wallace made history at Talladega in October 2021, Wendell Scott blazed a path on the race track for African-Americans.

Wendell Scott was a pioneering figure for NASCAR as the first Black driver to earn a NASCAR license. Scott’s accomplishments on the racetrack will finally be recognized after he was announced as the first Black NASCAR Hall Of Fame inductee for its 2015 class. Scott was born August 19, 1921 in Danville, Va. He grew […]

Today, nearly 25 years after his passing, Wendell Scott, the first African-American driver to secure a victory at NASCAR’s top level, continues to make history.…

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Darrell Wallace Jr. became the second black driver to win on NASCAR’s national level and first in a half-century, taking the Truck Series race Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. Wendell Scott won in Jacksonville, Fla., in December 1963 in what is now known as the Sprint Cup Series, the highest of NASCAR’s […]

This week, the Commonwealth of Virginia honored black race car driver Wendell Scott with his own highway marker in Danville. In 1953, Wendell Scott became the first African American to obtain a NASCAR racing license. In 2012, Scott was also the first black race car driver on the nomination ballot for the NASCAR Hall of […]

Wendell Scott became the first African-American to obtain a NASCAR racing license in 1953. Now, decades after making history, Wendell Scott is the first black racecar driver on the ballot for the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Scott will be on the 2013 ballot and fans can vote for him on NASCAR.com. Wendell Scott was the […]