Benny Scott
February, 1976
It's not that blacks can't drive fast. It just costs so much to buy and maintain a competitive machine that nobody gets ahead in racing minus big-time sponsorship--which wasn't happening for any black driver until 1974, when L.A.'s Benny Scott signed on with the Black American Racers team. The 28-year-old Scott, who hopes to reach Indy by 1977, was to the manner born; his dad, Bill "Bullet" Scott, raced sprint cars and midgets on the Southern California dirt tracks in the Thirties. And...
