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PETE DANIEL:

There's a part of the '50s and, I guess, the '60s that isn't generally known to a lot of people except those who really follow races, and that was the fact that Wendell Scott raced all through that time even though it was a very, sort of tense time as far as race relations. That's an interesting thing because a lot of times people think of racers as kind of a closed minded people and all that. How was that era when he was driving? Was he welcomed or was he just kind of, how did that go?

JUNIOR JOHNSON:

He was certainly welcomed everywhere he went. All the people that I know helped Wendell in many, many ways. I know my crew and I did a lot of things for Wendell. We give him parts and stuff to try to help him along the way. He was a very well mannered gentlemen, and he didn't try to present a problem around the race track. He wanted to be part of our sport, and he was part of it. Wendell was very limited in his resources and things he could do and all. I don't know if I could have lived underneath the strain that Wendell lived under and kept on racing. I think I would have quit. You gotta give him credit for keep plugging away at it and trying to come up with a professional organization where he could go out and really show his talents and stuff. I think if he'd had the right situation, he could have been pretty successful.

PETE DANIEL:

I got the impression from what I've read that his reason for driving was just like what you said about everybody else - he wanted to race. He felt compelled to go out and race.

JUNIOR JOHNSON:

Yeah.