Wendell Oliver Scott (August 29, 1921 – December 23, 1990) was an American
stock car racing driver. He was the first African-American driver in
NASCAR, and the first African-American to win a race in the
Grand National Series, NASCAR's highest level.
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Only seven other African-American drivers are known to have started at least one race in what is now the Monster Energy Cup Series: Elias Bowie,
Charlie Scott,
George Wiltshire,
Randy Bethea,
Willy T. Ribbs,
Bill Lester[
citation needed] (in 2006), and most recently
Darrel "Bubba" Wallace,[
citation needed] in 2017. Those drivers have made a combined eleven Cup starts.