NASCAR 75: No. 16 in a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR.
At the time of his 1963 win at Jacksonville Raceway Park, Scott was the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level.At first, though, officials gave the victory to Pontiac driver Buck Baker, a popular star and two-time series champion.
It was a bittersweet moment, that Sunday evening in December of 1963 when Virginia native Wendell Scott got his first and only NASCAR Cup Series victory. It was sweet because Scott, a 42-year-old former Army mechanic and fiercely determined Black family man, had devoted much of his life to overcoming racial prejudices and becoming a successful racer.
It was bitter because it seemed everyone at Jacksonville Raceway Park wanted to deny Scott his well-earned victory, much less that he’d lapped the field twice in so doing. At the time, Scott was the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level. . For years he maintained and drove underfunded No. 34 Chevrolets and Fords against stock car racing royalty. After runaway leader Richard Petty slowed and was lapped toward the end that night in Jacksonville, second-running Scott led the final 26 laps on the bumpy, rutty, poorly-lit half-mile dirt track.
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