EXCLUSIVE: David Steward II’s Lion Forge Films, which won an Oscar last year for short film Hair Love, has inked a deal with Scott 34 Racing to make films, TV series, digital content and games based on the life of sporting pioneer Wendell Scott, NASCAR’s first Black racer and owner.Scott’s story is a remarkable one.
Born in rural Virginia in 1921 when racial segregation was enforced by law, his love and knowledge of cars was passed down from his father, and after serving as a mechanic in WWII (in a segregated division), he was denied access to NASCAR due to the color of his skin.Scott spent nine years in the “Dixie Circuit,” a smaller regional competitor to NASCAR, until he was finally able to persuade the organization to grant him a
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