What an inspiration! Hendrick Motorsports gave Richie Parker a chance, and it's turned out to be a win-win for the NASCAR team and for a team engineer who was born without arms. Parker works at the team's North Carolina race shop. “It's very demanding," said Parker of his job working for one of the top teams in the history of the sport. "When we have somebody like [crew … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: The Awesome Richie Parker
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Friday Open Thread: African Americans in MotorSports
Happy "I Ate Too Much Now I'm Sick" Day! How many of you know about the Black Auto Racers Association? Although the organization was short-lived, its impact remains with the current crop of black racers in the word of motorsports today. Malcolm Durham, Leonard W. Miller, Wendell Scott, and Ronald Hines (l-r) of the Black American Racers Association. The Black American Racers … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans in MotorSports
Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans in MotorSports
Good Tuesday morning Obots! Today's featured legends in the world of motorsports are Charles Wiggins and Wendell Scott. Charles Wiggins was born and raised in Indianapolis, one of the hotbeds of American auto racing, but at the time – the 1920s - a city with a deeply-divided ethnic population. Despite the heavy presence of the Ku Klux Klan and racial barriers of the day, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans in MotorSports