It Took 58 Years For The Only Black NASCAR Cup Winner In History To Get His Trophy

On December 1st of 1963, Wendell Scott won the Jacksonville 200. He didn’t win by two tenths or even two seconds, he won by two laps. In what has been alleged a callous racist bullshit move, the trophy that night was presented to second-place finisher Buck Baker. A few hours after the event ended, race officials…

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