How can i become a nascar driver and make history?

Question

im a 17 year old african-american male and i want to be the very first african-amercan nascar driver...

what should i do?

Answer 1

Be one

get a license and a car

Answer 2

You maybe too late to claim that title? Willy T. Ribbs doesn't want to make history--he wants to race cars. But when you're the first African-American to secure a permanent NASCAR ride in almost 30 years, it's impossible not to make a mark

WILLY RIBBS IS MORE INTERESTED in winning races than making history. But in order to accomplish the former, Ribbs is destined to do the latter. This year, the 42-year-old racer has become the first black driver to compete full-time in any major NASCAR series in the sport's modern era (post-1971). Sorry! Dude

Answer 3

ask wendell scott

Answer 4

you wouldnt be the first. sorry.

but you should probably learn more about nascar before you want to be a member.

Answer 5

You go there buddy!

Answer 6

Go to sleep and have a very long and exciting dream because if you are not into some kind of racing by now you will never even get near a racecar. Most of these guys started at the ripe old age of 10 or so if not younger

Answer 7

practise driving

Answer 8

Be very very ambitious, don't let anyone tell you "you can't" or "will never"

join track racing courses for young riders (they're out there... just look)

Study cars (NACAR cars specifically... DUH)

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and let it become a hobby/passion/life

it's the only way to let something so hard become... simplicity

oh... and go online and get tickets to lots of NASCAR RACES and see if any drivers will allow you to talk to them for 3 minutes of their time... ask them where they practice, how they practice, time, money, everything... slowly and little by little not all at once... but you have to be patient... as celebrity racers are extremely well guarded and swarmed by fans... but don't just go to the winners... ask the last man on the track... he got there whether he finished first or last... he got farther than those who didn't make it at all...

Answer 9

Like they said, you wouldn't be the first. Besides that, I'm afraid it's too late for you.. To be able to reach the elite level of racing now, you have to...  A, Start when you are 5-10 years old. Go karts, quarter midgets, or mini stock cars are your best bet.  Then by 15-17 you have to have a steady late model ride.  By 18 you had better be in ARCA or some other  big time racing series(Legends, outlaws, one of the regional nascar series).  If you don't make it to a truck ride or a nationwide ride by 22, you'll never reach the top cup level(sprint cup).  This isn't the only way, but its the most likely way to get looked at.

Answer 10

you're 17 so you should know how to drive and you should have your license thats all you need lmao nascar's pathetic i hate that **** and im white apparently the only qualification is that you can drive

Answer 11

Eat lots of pork rinds and drive like maniac.

Just to practice.

Answer 12

Your path is Paved in  Gold!.. NASCAR diversity program is  you one stop shop!.   http://www.diversityinternships.com/stud...  good luck.  

Answer 13

Sorry, but you won't be the first as there have already been several African American Nascar drivers. If you want to race, go for it! Being a race car driver can be expensive, you'll probably have to start out at some smaller tracks. A lot of racetracks have racing schools or classes.

Good luck, you can do whatever you set your mind to. :o)

Answer 14

There have already been african-american drivers in NASCAR, so you won't be the first.

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1. Charlie Scott — His one appearance in NASCAR’s top division came in 1956

2. Wendell Scott-- raced in NASCAR’s premier ranks from 1961-72

3. George Wiltshire — Made two starts, completing only two laps of the 1971 Islip (N.Y.) 250 and “flagged” out of the 1975 Purolator 500 at Pocono

4. Randy Bethea — made his NASCAR start in the 1975 World 600 at Charlotte. Driving a car owned by D.K. Ulrich, finished 33rd.

5. Willy T. Ribbs — made three NASCAR starts in 1986 for DiGard Racing. He competed in 23 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events for Bobby Hamilton Racing in 2001, never finishing better than 13th and never leading a lap.

6. Bill Lester — a full-time Truck racer since 2002. He’s won three pole positions and twice finished as high as fifth, with a best points finish of 14th. Lester will pursue the 2007 Truck title for Billy Ballew Motorsports. Last year, Lester became the first black since Ribbs to qualify for a Cup race, making fields at Atlanta and Michigan, finishing 38th and 32nd.

Ones to watch:

Chris Bristol : Diversity program for the second season and will race in NASCAR’s Grand National East division for Fitz Motorsports. Bristol made history in 2004 when he became the first black driver to win at Hickory Motor Speedway:

Marc Davis — Davis, 16, is a high school student from Mitchellville, Md., who won six times last year at Hickory in the Limited Late Model division. He’s part of the Joe Gibbs Racing Drive for Diversity team

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Credit to gloria_512 for the c/p from an answer already posted.

Answer 15

sorry, you wont be the first. but go to racing school and than you will start in a lower field. win, and work your way up. oh yeah, and make sure you have a couple hundred grand to get you through your rookie career till your in nascar haha

Answer 16

get into competitive go-karting, win races, attract attention, move up in the "minor leagues" of racing eventually get a shot at the big time... of course if you don't have talent then all bets are off.

Answer 17

get a s*x change

Answer 18

drive, drive, drive...

And find a sugardaddy willing to pay, pay, pay...