Yes, Bill Lester raced in the Truck Series.
There is also Derek Strong, former NBA player for L.A. Lakers, L.A. Clippers and Orlando Magic, among others. Derek Strong is the only NBA player to successfully transition into stock car racing as a driver. He is part owner of his team, Strong Racing.
Don't forget Marc Davis who drives Nationwide races.
Yes, Bill Lester. There are also some coming through development currently. The first African American driver was Wendell Scott in the 1960's. Richard Pryor made a movie about his life called "Greased Lightning". It's worth watching if you ever get the chance.
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One of the drivers names was Bill Lester. The first one was Wendell Scott. You can watch the movie "Greased Lightning" starring Richard Pryor, it tells his story. He even supervised production to make sure it was accurate.
I think it depend on the contract and sponsors
There are no African American, Asian American, Latin American, or Women NASCAR drivers, so ther can be no ratio that doesn't involve company, wins, starts, crashes, dnfs, age...
Currently, there are no black drivers in any of the top three Nascar racing series.
The Sporting News would be an excellent resource for someone wanting to see a current list of NASCAR drivers. This resource also lists if the drivers are full or part-time, how many races they have won, and how much money they have made driving for NASCAR.
there have been 847 drivers in nascar
Current Nascar drivers, Jeff Burton and Elliott Sadler, were born in Virginia. Denny Hamlin was born in Florida, but was raised in Chesterfield, Virginia.
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In a Nascar Cup and Nationwide Series race there are 43 drivers. In a Nascar Truck Series race there are 36 starting drivers.
Current: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.Former: Dale Earnhardt Sr., Richard Petty and David Pearson.This is an opinionated question. There are many good current drivers as well as former drivers.
43 drivers are in one Nascar Sprint Cup Series race.
In 2011, Nascar had 30 drivers start all 36 Cup Series races.
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