[h=2]Stock Car Racing: The Wendell Scott Story[/h]

NASCAR Media Group's docudrama about the first African American to win in NASCAR. The Carolina Vintage Stock Car Racing Association appeared in the film. All rights reserved to NASCAR Media Group and ESPN. I do not own this video, I just want to share it.
Visit carolinavintagestockcars.org to learn more about the filming and the cars and drivers that appeared in it.

 

Bryson Mills

I will say this...Stock car driving has came a long way but it has went in the wrong direction. It's not Stock car anymore...the only thing that changed the game over the years was money. The only thing that ties NASCAR to the modern sport is the name. NASCAR always has been a sport that one must be raised and conditioned in by money which is why there weren't that many minorities in this sport before. The older drivers were all given their opportunities by their financial backing. If anything Scott should've been taking donations from the people in his community. Back then would've been a good time to do such a thing being that this was during the time of the Civil Rights Struggle. 

 

gocardinals1985
Wendell Scott being elected to the NASCAR hall of fame not because of stats but because of PC. 1 win 20 top 5s 47 top 10s in 495 starts. To put those stats in perspective Kyle petty david Ragan derrick cope each have better stats. There are tons of more deserving candidates based solely on stats and alot of other one race wonders must now be considered if those stats are hall worthy. I feel like for anyone to even be considered hall worthy drivers must have either 20 wins or be a champion or maybe I can let those stats slide if they win NASCAR's biggest race and had a relevant career.

 

Kevin Kennedy
I know this comment is coming a bit late...Ragan, Petty, and Cope were sponsored drivers in the modern era of racing. Once they got to the top level of NASCAR, NONE of them had to turn a wrench, do their own pit stops, drive themselves to a race or have the entire field and 3/4ths of the officials against them. Wendell Scott was not elected into NASCAR's hall of fame solely on PC. He was selected for many reasons-because he was the FIRST of his ethnicity to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race (how long did it take for there to be a second competitive non-white driver-significance!)...he was also using equipment that not even a dirt track driver would want (did you happen to watch the video? How many NASCAR teams in the 60s were using all hand-me-down parts and being competitive? Top 10s in the current points style means you're at the upper echelon of race drivers! I could totally understand your point if we're talking about a driver like Derrike Cope, any of Richard Petty's children, or Dick Trickle. None of them were FIRST. Baseball, football, and basketball's Halls of Fame feature firsts among their inductees-why shouldn't NASCAR? 

 

One of Danvilles most famous native sons has a face that is recognizable not only among scholars of black history, but also among longtime NASCAR fans. Thats because Wendell Scott is known as the man who broke the color barrier in stock car racing - and he did so in 1963 when he became the first (and still the only) black driver to win a race in what is now the Sprint Cup Series.

Narrated by his son Franklin Scott, who serves as principal at a North Carolina middle school, this story looks at the highlights of Wendell Scotts racing career. Facing racial prejudice among not only some of the NASCAR fans, but also fellow drivers and NASCAR officials, Scott eventually won most of his critics over with his mild manners, his eagerness to help others, and his leave-em-in-the-dust racing skills.

 

Ride of their lives Wendell Scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUcQLP8nw0E

Some of the remarks and opinions are highly inaccurate

 

Lion Forge Films announces plans for multiple projects celebrating NASCAR legend Wendell Scott

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emailBy RACER Staff | February 11, 2021 12:03 PM

David Steward II’s Lion Forge Films and parent company Polarity, a Black-owned entertainment holding company, have inked a deal with Scott 34 Racing to create Wendell Scott Ventures. The new initiative is aimed at introducing audiences to the groundbreaking life and legacy of Wendell Scott, the iconic African-American NASCAR driver that broke records and color barriers all over the country, through films, TV series, docu-series, digital content, and games.

Born in rural Virginia in 1921 during Jim Crow times, when racial segregation was enforced by law, Scott’s love and knowledge of cars was passed down from his father, and after serving as a mechanic in WWII (in a segregated division), he was denied access to NASCAR due to the color of his skin. Scott spent nine years on the “Dixie Circuit,” a smaller, regional competitor to NASCAR, until he was finally able to persuade the stock car sanctioning body to grant him a license to race in 1953, when he broke the sport’s color barrier. Scott won the Jacksonville 200 in 1963, only to see the win given to a white driver by a “clerical error” that was later reversed.

After competing in 496 NASCAR races, with 147 top 10 finishes, a horrific near-death crash in 1973 ended his career. Scott died of cancer in 1990 and was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015, the first African-American named to the Hall.

Wendell Scott’s career was repeatedly challenged by racial prejudice and threats. However, his determined struggle as an underdog would prove to win over thousands of fans and fellow racers. Scott was, and still is, a pop culture icon who was the subject of the theatrical film “Greased Lightning” starring Richard Pryor, and inspired the character of River Scott in Disney’s animated film “Cars 3.”

Steward II and his team will work in partnership with Wendell Scott’s son, Frank Scott, and grandson, Warrick Scott, on all initiatives. Immediately being put into development by Steward II and the Wendell Scott Ventures team are a docu-series and a fictionalized limited series for television/streaming that, through the lens of Scott’s life, will cover themes of family, racism, American culture and racing. These series will tell stories of Scott’s upbringing, time in WWII, bootlegging, raising a family, battling racism, breaking color barriers, overcoming adversity, and winning.

The partnership and mission to tell Wendell Scott stories aligns squarely with Steward II’s singular mission to champion diversity and promote underrepresented faces and voices throughout the entertainment industry. Lion Forge Films was behind the 2019 Academy Award-winning film “Hair Love.”

Said Steward II, “It’s an honor and privilege to work with the Scott family to bring Wendell’s legacy to life in a multitude of ways, all of which carry the dual obligation to entertain while delivering an important message. What Jackie Robinson did for baseball in breaking the color barrier, Wendell Scott did for NASCAR. However, Wendell’s story transcends his sport, his personality, and his accomplishments to speak about the possibility of hope and drive. These are stories that need to be told – and retold.”

“Wendell Scott built a bridge to diversity in racing, so NASCAR needs to tell that story through the lens of Wendell Scott. He gave people hope because he had a big heart for everyone. He had more love in his heart than (his enemies) had hate in theirs. He did as much for race relations in the South as Dr. (Martin Luther) King,” said Warrick Scott, Wendell’s grandson.

Said Frank Scott Sr., “The creation of this venture is the realization of a dream my father had 60 years ago. It’s everything that he wanted and could never get!”

The Wendell Scott opportunity was brought to Polarity by Jimmy Thomas, a leading member of the Business Development team at Lion Forge, who has strong ties to the Scott family and will lead sales and media efforts around the joint venture.

“This is a very proud moment for me in the sense that I can now be assured that the amazing stories I’ve known about throughout my life, thanks to the bond with the Scott family, will be shared with global audiences through every medium possible,” said Thomas. “Wendell Scott was an innovator and pioneer inside the racetrack, inside the garage, with his ingenuity and inventiveness, and most certainly outside the track where his legacy transcended the sport altogether.”

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Inside NASCAR Wendell Scott Part 1

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323 subscribersOne of the highest rated program on the Nashville Network's Inside NASCAR, this feature was one Wendell Scott's last interview.