{"id":1572909,"date":"2023-06-22T08:14:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1572909"},"modified":"2023-06-22T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:14:18","slug":"nascar-trailblazer-wendell-scott-career-ended-after-the-big-1-at-talladega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/nascar-trailblazer-wendell-scott-career-ended-after-the-big-1-at-talladega\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Trailblazer Wendell Scott\u2019s Career Ended After \u2018The Big 1\u2019 at Talladega"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There has never been any such thing as a routine NASCAR<\/a> race, and the 1973 Winston 500 reminded us that the superspeedways are the most unpredictable tracks of all. NASCAR\u2019s first Black driver competed one more time, but that day at Talladega<\/a> all but ended Wendell Scott\u2019s<\/a> racing career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendell Scott raced his way into NASCAR history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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.@BubbaWallace<\/a> becomes the first Black driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race since #NASCARHOF<\/a> inductee Wendell Scott in 1963. pic.twitter.com\/5lVzMFxjnB<\/a><\/p>— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>