Sports – Auto Racing
Hayden Swank (2001- )
Hayden Swank is African American race car driver with ambitions to race in NASCAR. He was born in Fayetteville, North...
William Durrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. (1993- )
William Durrell “Bubba” Wallace is only the second person of African descent to win a NASCAR race but he is...
Tia Norfleet (1986- )
Shaunita Latrice “Tia” Norfleet is the first and, as of 2016, only African American female to be licensed as a...
Lewis Hamilton (1985- )
Formula 1 race car driver Lewis Hamilton was born January 7, 1985, in Stevenage, Herefordshire, England, to parents Carmen Larbalestier...
Benny Scott (1945–2009)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” William Benjamin Scott, known in the racing world as “The Professor” because of his other career...
William T. “Willy” Ribbs, Jr. (1955- )
William “Willy” Theodore Ribbs, Jr. is the first African American to test-drive a Formula One car, the first African American...
Dewey Gatson (AKA Rajo Jack DeSoto) (1905-1956)
Automobile racer Rajo Jack DeSoto was born Dewey Gatson on July 28, 1905 in Tyler, Texas. (Previously published biographies have...
Wendell Oliver Scott (1921-1990)
Wendell Oliver Scott was the first African American race car driver to win a race in what would now be...
Charlie Wiggins (1897-1979)
Charlie Wiggins, known as “the Negro Speed King,” was an African American motor racing pioneer who competed in the segregated...
