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The story of Wendell Scott | Column | Articles

The story of Wendell Scott | Column | Articles

Whenever we post something on the Grassroots Motorsports Facebook page, it’s a total guess as to how it will do. Something we actually spent some time and brain power crafting? Never know, it could blow up and succeed like the latest cat video or it might go over like Crystal Pepsi. 

A while back I posted a silly meme showing a bunch of Spec Miatas flowing through Mid-Ohio’s Turn 7. One Miata stands out, though, because it’s catching air while cutting through the sand trap. The caption: “We all have that one friend…”

For some reason, that meme struck a chord. The last time I checked, the post went to some 2.6-plus million people. 

So when I posted a link to the StoryCorps animated short about NASCAR legend Wendell Scott, I wondered how it would fly. Did our readers even remember him? The post kind of took off, and that made me happy. 

 

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