NASCAR now celebrates Wendell Scott’s life on the first weekend of every March, with drivers putting a commemorative decal on their cars at a race in Las Vegas. Efforts like these were pushed by ...

This season, Wallace is scheduled to become the first full-time black driver ... More: Darrell Wallace Jr. embraces legacy of Wendell Scott More: Notable changes as NASCAR gets set to embark ...

Wendell was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame this year ... Despite that, Wendell Scott managed to be the first African-American to win the Grand National Series race — now called the ...

Named after Hall of Famer Wendell Scott, who became the first African-American to win a NASCAR Cup Series event in 1963, the award is presented to a driver based on their on-track performance in ...

When he enrolled, Caruth was also taking his first steps in NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity ... he was named a Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award recipient and was voted Most Popular Driver in the ...