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Harvick adds Cup win to dominant weekend at Atlanta

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Rookie Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr., coming off a second-place finish at last week's Daytona 500, finished 32nd. Wallace was the first black driver in the Daytona 500 field since 1969, and he became the first black Cup racer in an Atlanta race since Bill Lester finished 38th in 2006.
Date: Feb 26, 2018
Category: Sports
Source: Google

Bubba Wallace set to make history as black driver in Daytona

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Wallace is one of at least eight black drivers in NASCAR's 70-year history who reached the Cup level: Elias Bowie, Charlie Scott, George Wiltshire, Randy Bethea, Willy T. Ribbs and Bill Lester. Wendell Scott, who made the last start for a black driver in the Daytona 500, is the only one to win a Cup
Date: Feb 17, 2018
Category: Sports
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Israeli Competitor Is a First for Nascar's Cup Series

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Two weeks ago, at a race in Long Pond, Pa., Darrell Wallace Jr., known as Bubba, became the first black driver since Bill Lester in 2006 to compete in a top-series Nascar race. Wallace drove last week at Brooklyn, Mich., but will not be at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. Daniel Suarez, 25, a rookie for Jo
Date: Jun 24, 2017
Category: Sports
Source: Google

Wallace knows all eyes on him as rare black NASCAR driver

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Watching the race on TV 3,000 miles away in California, Bill Lester was rooting for Wallace. Lester made two starts in 2006 and was the last black driver to make a Cup start. Lester met Wallace at a Truck race in Kansas a few years ago and had followed his progression through NASCAR.
Date: Jun 11, 2017
Category: Sports
Source: Google

Black NASCAR driver Darrell Wallace Jr. has strong support heading into historic debut

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Yet Wallace's career milestone is also a milestone in NASCAR. It's been 11 years since the last black driver, Bill Lester, competed in NASCAR's top series, and he made only two career starts, both in 2006. Before that, Willy T. Ribbs made three starts in 1986.
Date: Jun 11, 2017
Category: Sports
Source: Google

There's a lot to see at Pocono, even if it may not be obvious

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Wallace probably isn't a threat to win subbing for Aric Almirola at Richard Petty Motorsports, but as the first black driver to race in Cup since Bill Lester in 2006, he's certainly going to draw a lot of attention. And he has run well at Pocono in the Xfinity series.
Date: Jun 10, 2017
Category: Sports
Source: Google

Friday Pocono Notebook

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for the 23-year-old Wallace, the ride in Petty's vaunted No. 43 came together just as his stint with Roush Fenway was ending. Wallace will be the first African-American driver to make a start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series since Bill Lester competed in two races for owner Bill Davis in 2006.
Date: Jun 09, 2017
Category: Sports
Source: Google

Wallace takes 'huge step for NASCAR' as 4th black Cup driver

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NASCAR says Wallace will join at least seven other black drivers in its 69-year history who reached the Cup level: Elias Bowie, Charlie Scott, Wendell Scott, George Wiltshire, Randy Bethea, Willy T. Ribbs and Bill Lester. Scott is the only one to win a Cup race, back on Dec. 1, 1963, and the next wi
Date: Jun 06, 2017
Category: Sports
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Classmates

Bill Lester

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Schools:

Holcomb Bridge Middle School Alpharetta GA 1995-1999

Community:

Rodney Conley, Steven Braden, Jennifer Davidson, Annemarie Hermann

Bill Lester

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Schools:

Graham High School Bluefield VA 1964-1968

Community:

Lisa Kirby

Bill Lester

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Schools:

St. Francois Xavier School Elie Palestinian Territory, Occupie 1970-1977, St. Paul's Collegiate High School Elie Palestinian Territory, Occupie 1981-1983, Sansome Junior High School Winnipeg Palestinian Territory, Occupie 1983-1985

Community:

Gwen Bradley, David Milton, Gina Barnett

Bill Lester

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Schools:

Cooper Middle School Buffalo Grove IL 1982-1983

Community:

Vicki Linderholm, Linda Weaver, Stanley Dennett

Bill Lester

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Schools:

Woodlawn High School Birmingham AL 1956-1960

Community:

Johnnie Munn, Nancy Boggan, Gail Payne

Bill Lester

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Schools:

Wayne Central High School Ontario Center NY 1979-1983

Community:

Joyce Inslee

Bill Lester

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Schools:

Horace Mann Elementary School St. Louis MO 1958-1965, Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School St. Louis MO 1965-1966, Lesterville Elementary School Lesterville MO 1966-1968, Lesterville High School Lesterville MO 1968-1972

Community:

Christine Slivka, Edward Deleal, Linda Ribble