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Wendell Scott honored finally....nice..
http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/R...04/Virginia-Honors-Wendell-Scotts-Legacy.aspx
http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/R...04/Virginia-Honors-Wendell-Scotts-Legacy.aspx
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My hometown brother, had to be there Dave. My dad fabricated sheet metal for Wendell's cars. Both were WW II Navy, both good friends. Both passed away on the same day in 1990. Wendell was a quiet and good man, nothing like the Richard Pryor version. And today, I am headed up to M'ville to watch Darrell Wallace. Jr. and the Truck race. The entire street had to be closed off to accomidate the number of people at Wendell's National Plaque ceremony.
Caz
Just back from the Truck race, a good one won by Johnny Sauter. Jeb Burton and Timmy Peters were 3 and 4. And Darrell Wallace, Jr. drove to a respectable 5th place finish.
Don't get me wrong, Wendell had his tough side, he had to, think of what he had to go through in his time. But it was a tough side he rarely showed. Above all, he was tenacious and determined. He was like all men who served in WW II, a generation apart. :salute:
Just back from the Truck race, a good one won by Johnny Sauter. Jeb Burton and Timmy Peters were 3 and 4. And Darrell Wallace, Jr. drove to a respectable 5th place finish.
Dave, if Wendell had not been a gentleman, he would have never received the backing or the right to race in this area in those Jim Crow era times. He had to watch his step every inch of the way; he was a smart man, much smarter than people gave credit for a black man with only a 7th grade black school education. But you didn't accost his children or his family, that was crossing a barrier. You had to listen when he spoke, because he had a slow, soft voice. It was my privilidge and pleasure to have known him, because I had a father who threw away prejudice before WW II and taugh his children well.