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Jesse Jackass is being his usual opportunistic extortionist self here. Nevertheless, NASCAR's hands aren't entirely clean here, on a historical basis. Imagine Don King arranging for a black fighter to be awarded a decision over a white in order to prevent a riot by black fans, and later "correcting" one judge's ballot.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The only black driver to win at NASCAR's highest level never got a proper celebration in Victory Lane.

Wendell Scott beat the field in a 200-mile race in 1963, but as the story goes, NASCAR officials were worried about how the predominantly white crowd in Jacksonville might react to seeing a black man hoist the winner's trophy.

Buck Baker was declared the winner, and only after two hours of review -- with the crowd long gone -- was a "scoring error'' detected and Scott named the official winner.

-Eric

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Nevertheless, NASCAR's hands aren't entirely clean here.

Sounds to me like NASCAR should be forced to pay reparations to all black drivers.

...Wendell Scott ... Buck Baker...

Well, at least these folks are honored on tv promos during "Black History Month", like those Tuskeegee airplane flyers.