Os primeiros revisoresBrian Donovan

Wendell Scott figured he was signing up for trouble when he became NASCAR's version of Jackie Robinson in the segregated 1950s. His roughneck Dixie workplace provided his apprehensions correct. Competitors slammed his car into the fence. Some speedways refused to let him race. "Go home, nigger," spectators yelled. After a prejudiced promoter refused to pay him, Scott decided to speak for the first time with the sport's founder and boss. NASCAR czar Bill France Sr. made a promise Scott would never forget--that NASCAR would always treat him without prejudice. For the next two decades, Scott chased a dream whose fulfillment depended on France backing up that promise. Admiring Scott's tenacity and skills, many white drivers helped and befriended him. Persevering through crashes, ulcers, and money troubles, Scott remained convinced he had the talent to become one of NASCAR's best. Hard Driving, however, documents a previously untold chapter in the history of integration, politics, and sports in America. It details how France, founder of the multibillion-dollar NASCAR empire, reneged on his pledge and allowed repeated discrimination against Scott by race officials and other powerful figures.