Tia Norfleet Aims To Become First Black Female NASCAR Driver

Addicted to speed, Tia Norfleet is set on becoming the first African-American female to compete in NASCAR. Ms. Norfleet says that although she loves racing, her principle objective is to inspire other young women to follow their own dreams.

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Her father, Bobby Norfleet, was a protege of African-American NASCAR driver Wendell Scott and has spent most of his career racing in motorcycles, drag cars and stock cars. Mr. Norfleet told Reuters: "I have been racing for all of her life and Tia decided a long time ago as a small child that she wanted to race."

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Good news. They need more black men and black women in NASCAR. I'm hoping that most people will be cool with the changes and diversification of the sport.

 

Wow, this is really great. I wonder if she's a beast.

 

don't want to be perceived as a racist troll..but i think nascar is for white folks....

i think she making a bad decision, going into some redneck sport that is hard to follow....

 

remember everything in america was once white-only...so tia is just following in the footsteps of other great blACK PIONEERS. it always takes someone to open the door.

 

Says the guy who has Hockey in his avatar...

 

There was a black male driver a few years back trying to compete, but couldn't ever get sponsorship. And I agree NASCAR is a redneck sport.

Good luck to sistagirl.

 

if she genuinely likes it and wants to do it, have at it. Like you said tho, NASCAR is a mothafuckin hick sport. if she's good, she's going to get even more resistance. Negroes doing champion laps and donuts, wtf????

pay attention mothafuckas

mothafucka got assassinated with that one:smt023

told that crusty-lipped sumbitch to go slap a hockey puck in his backyard

 

what the hell is that supposed to mean?

 

Wendell Scott

Wendell Scott started 495 Cup races in his 13-year career and is the first black driver to win a Cup race, although there was controversy surrounding it.

Scott's win came on Dec. 1, 1963, at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Fla. He was driving a self-owned Chevrolet -- No. 34 -- and started the 200-lap race 15th. Scott crossed the finish line before second-place Buck Baker, but it was Baker who was crowned the winner, leaving Scott out of Victory Lane.

NASCAR said there was a scoring error and days later announced Scott as the winner, but the fact he didn't get to celebrate his victory the way every other winner had was something that always bothered him. He would say later that NASCAR officials and promoters didn't want him "kissing any [white] beauty queens or accepting any awards."

Scott died on Dec. 22, 1990, after a long battle with spinal cancer.

In the end the issue of kissing a white woman robbed him of his glory.

 

There you go.

 

Good post. NASCAR will eventually become a more diverse sport as time passes on. It's impossible to say that NASCAR will always be a "whites-only" sport.