Wendell Scott, to date the only African-American to win a NASCAR race in its top division, is now the first to be selected for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The Danville, Virginia, native received 58 percent of the vote cast by the Hall of Fame voting panel during its annual closed-door session Wednesday at the Charlotte Convention Center. Scott, a taxi driver by trade, competed at NASCAR's top level from 1961 through 1973, scoring his milestone victory at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964.
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