racing

Rajah Caruth Wins Second Career NASCAR Truck Series Race In Nashville

With the win, Caruth snapped a 31-race winless streak for the No. 71 Chevrolet Silverado.
06/02/2025

Jusan Hamilton To Become First Black Daytona 500 Race Director

After a decade working for NASCAR, he is set to make motorsports history.
02/18/2022

Iowa Racetrack Fires Announcer Over His Rant About National Anthem Protests And Black National Anthem

Lon Oelke called the rant a “social service” message.
07/27/2021

Black-Owned Team Formed To Hire and Train Black Staff In Auto Racing

Force Indy will bring Black men and women into motorsports.
12/21/2020

People Dragged This Writer's Racist Tweet About The Japanese Indy 500 Winner

Fans had Takuma Sato's back.
05/29/2017

IndyCar Driver Justin Wilson Dies After Racing Crash

The 37-year-old was struck in the head by debris.
08/25/2015
O.J. Simpson - In 2008, O.J. Simpson owed over $1.4 million in taxes to the state of California.(Photo by Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images)

Sports Rewind: O.J. Simpson Hit With Tax Lien

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Pushing the Pedal to the Metal - BET.com looks back at African-Americans who blazed through racial barriers and took the racing world by storm. —Britt Middleton  Wendell Scott is regarded as the most prolific African-American racecar driver to ever hit the track. He faced great racial barriers over his career, but eventually became the first African-American to start in a NASCAR race (the Spartanburg 200 in Spartanberg, South Carolina, on March 4, 1961) and went on to compete in roughly 495 more NASCAR races from 1961 through 1973. (Photo: ISC Archives via Getty Images)

Hot Wheels: African-American Racecar Drivers Who Blazed a Path

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