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Racing Against the Odds: The Story of Wendell Scott, Stock Car Racing's African-American Champion
Racing Against the Odds The Story of Wendell Scott Stock Car Racing's AfricanAmerican Champion
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Wendell O. Scott made history as the only black driver to win a race in a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) division. Born in Danville, Virginia, he scrimped and saved to buy his first car, a Model T, at age fourteen. Although he "loved to turn the wheel of a racecar, work magic on an engine, and then push it faster than it was ever meant t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780761454656
ISBN-10: 0761454659
Publication Date: 10/20/2009
Pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb
Book Type: Hardcover
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