Actor Richard Pryor played [Wendell Scott] in the 1977 film "Greased Lightning." The movie focused on Scott's racing career, which began in 1949 when the owner of a Danville race track, seeking to boost attendance, went to the police station looking for names of blacks with speeding records. Police gave the owner Scott's name. Even Scott's greatest victory was tainted. In 1963, he won the Jake 200, a race in Jacksonville, Fla., for the Grand National division, what is now the Winston Cup series. But Buck Baker, whom Scott had lapped three times, was given the winner's trophy.
Full text: Austin American Statesman, Dec 24, 1990
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