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LONG POND, Pa. \u2014 Lavar Scott is accustomed to reaching top speeds around a racetrack. Before NASCAR\u2019s recent visit to Pocono Raceway, though, he took a moment to slow down.<\/p>\n

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Standing in front of a room of about 40 people at Holy Ghost Distillery, roughly 10 miles west of the track, Scott told stories about his racing family.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne time, my grandmother raced my grandfather, and she flipped her Mustang,\u201d said Scott. The anecdote was greeted with a chorus of laughs.<\/p>\n

It was insight into the racing family that molded the native of Carneys Point, New Jersey, which is about two hours south of Pocono Raceway. Lavar\u2019s path started at 4 years old, when his grandfather built him a Go Kart. He couldn\u2019t race with an engine for another year, but his grandparents pushed him around the track anyway.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s racing through NASCAR\u2019s Drive for Diversity program and into the sport\u2019s second tier, the O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series, where he drives the No. 45 car.<\/p>\n

Scott\u2019s visit to Pocono Raceway has been a microcosm of his daily life as a full-time driver. He\u2019s had a good run thus far and is considered one of the candidates for Rookie of the Year on the O\u2019Reilly circuit this season. He\u2019s 26th in the point standings heading into Saturday\u2019s race at Sonoma Raceway in California.<\/p>\n

Lavar Scott, just 22, exudes confidence in every room that he\u2019s in. When he tells novice racing fans his age, they can\u2019t believe it. Those two hours at Holy Ghost Distillery \u2014 he was meeting with people connected to David Weinstein, a partner at Archer & Greiner, a law firm that serves as one of Scott\u2019s racing sponsors \u2014 also displayed the business side of being a professional driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a driver, you can\u2019t just be fast, right? You have to be fast and be a good business guy, and me being 22 and having to learn that so fast is really challenging,\u201d Scott told The Inquirer inside his Alpha Prime Racing car hauler at Pocono Raceway\u2019s infield. \u201cI\u2019m trying to put sponsors together and get more resources, to have better resources to make our cars faster, right?<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe people that can kind of stay grounded and the people that do the work every day are usually the ones that get past those challenges, and I\u2019m in the middle of that right now. I\u2019m just working to get to the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaning on family and a village<\/h4>\n

His family and the village that raised him, from South Jersey to North Carolina, keep him grounded. And it was apparent just how much he leans on those closest to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost no surprise, because he damn near guaranteed himself, \u2018That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do,’\u201d Wayne Scott Jr., Lavar\u2019s uncle, said hours before the June 13 race at Pocono Raceway. \u201cAnd there was no alternative. There was no Plan B; there\u2019s no second job. That was his game plan, and he stuck to it. Here he is living his dream, not done yet, but he\u2019s living it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott is one of three active Black drivers in NASCAR, along with Rajah Caruth, who is also driving full-time in the O\u2019Reilly series. They both ultimately aim to join Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR Cup Series level.<\/p>\n

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Added Scott: \u201cThe support from my family is a need. I need to have the support to feel good, right? If they didn\u2019t support me, I don\u2019t know how I would go about my day. I really care about what they think. They\u2019re my family, they\u2019re the reason why I\u2019m here now.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the southwest corner of Pocono Raceway sits the Pocono Quarter Midget Raceway, which hosts races for kids ages 5 to 16. Scott\u2019s eyes were fixed on the youngest age group driving Go Karts with cages on top to protect from injury. He beamed while watching the kids circle the dirt track because it reminded him of his start in racing and his first win, on a dirt track when he was 5. He was hooked.<\/p>\n

As he watched from the chain-linked fence that separated the stands from the track, a few teenagers recognized Scott from his racing TikToks and asked for pictures and autographs.<\/p>\n

But he wasn\u2019t just at the track to watch and take a trip down memory lane. He offered words of encouragement to the kids and took a group picture. It marked the first time in two years a NASCAR driver came to speak at the track during Pocono weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started where you guys are,\u201d Scott told the group of about 40 kids. \u201cSome of your parents, I raced against. I\u2019m proud of you guys. It\u2019s really cool what you\u2019re doing. Being back at this type of track brings back memories. \u2026 It means a lot to be here with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a reminder, too, of his own racing journey and family ties. It began with grandfather Wayne Sr., who became interested in cars when he was in high school.<\/p>\n

Wayne Sr. got into drag racing, often with his friends. His love for drag racing passed down to Lavar\u2019s mother, Sonia, who was National Hot Rod Association certified and \u201cvery competitive\u201d as she raced all over Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe didn\u2019t want to leave the track until she beat her time, and at that time, she was one of only a few women out there racing,\u201d said Waynetta Scott, Lavar\u2019s aunt and Sonia\u2019s little sister. \u201cThere\u2019s a (9-year age) gap between us \u2026 but just watching her really inspired me to just know that you can be the only female out here and dominate, and she had that mindset to go against the men at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up around the repair shop<\/h4>\n

What helped feed Lavar\u2019s racing career, Wayne Jr. says, is Scott\u2019s Auto, which Wayne Sr. opened in 1978. It has become a family business, and Sonia, Wayne Jr., and Waynetta work at the Carneys Point shop.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe grew up at our auto mechanic shop, and it\u2019s like a second home, so we\u2019ve just always been around cars and in that competitive nature,\u201d Waynetta said. \u201cLike how everyone goes and watches the Phillies, we went to a racetrack. That\u2019s how we congregated and enjoyed our family time together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lavar\u2019s older brother, Jerome, who also goes by Wayne, and Lavar \u201chave been competing and everything their whole life,\u201d said their uncle, Wayne Jr. Lavar and his brother would race their uncle and cousin, Wayne III. But Lavar, Wayne Jr. says, didn\u2019t appreciate his uncle\u2019s driving.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said he\u2019s scared to get close to me on the track because I\u2019m a wild driver, I guess you\u2019ll say,\u201d Wayne Jr. said with a chuckle. \u201cI\u2019m having fun out there. \u2026 I was like, \u2018I\u2019m just giving you some experience. You never know what you might get into out there. So take it as a lesson because everything\u2019s unpredictable.\u2019 I told him, \u2018I\u2019m glad I can help.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Lavar Scott has been chasing the winning feeling since his first race roughly 17 years ago. It\u2019s been almost five years since Scott was last in the winner\u2019s circle, even as he moved through NASCAR\u2019s Drive for Diversity program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a feeling that when I go to bed, I think about, wake up, think about, sleep, thinking about. It\u2019s just the feeling of standing on top of your car after a win and celebrating with your friends and family and knowing you did your job really well that day,\u201d said Scott, who has four top-20 finishes in the O\u2019Reilly series. \u201cKnowing the work you\u2019re putting in is paying off \u2026 I get kind of super emotional talking about it, because racing really, really matters to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scott signed with Alpha Prime Racing team last December, about two months before Jusan Hamilton was appointed as team president. Hamilton became NASCAR\u2019s first Black team president a few years after he became the sport\u2019s first Black racing director in 2017.<\/p>\n

Hamilton, who was a racer himself while growing up in Ithaca, N.Y., had known Scott for seven years and sees a lot of himself in Scott.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see someone who works hard, continues to be a student of the sport,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cHe\u2019s just on a platform now where he knows all the work that he puts in is going to maximize tomorrow, and I just see him continue to put that work in and try and be a better driver and on the track and a better person off the track to support the rest of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Off-track activities important, too<\/h4>\n

Beyond what Scott is doing on the racetrack, what he is doing off it is catching young fans\u2019 attention in the Philly area and beyond. Last fall, Scott entered a partnership with Philadelphia-based Urban Affairs Coalition, a nonprofit that works \u201cto improve the quality of life in the region, build wealth in urban communities, and solve emerging issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through this partnership, UAC launched Team Racing-2-Education, which aims to introduce young people to careers in engineering, data analytics, automotive tech and media production within motorsports. Alpha Prime Racing recently launched a national workforce development initiative in partnership with UAC and Team Racing-2-Education to \u201cimmerse students and young adults in hands-on experiences across race team operations, engineering, mechanics, logistics, marketing, content production, business operations, and event management.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something I really take very seriously, and want to help grow and change, and bring a lot more people into the sport,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI think our partnership with UAC and our goals align really well. \u2026 It\u2019s been really cool, and the work that\u2019s being done is definitely making a change, but there\u2019s still a lot more to be done, and we\u2019re working hard every day to kind of continue that.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn my side of things, I want to see more simulators be available to the youth and to kids, and let them gain interest. When you go to your local middle school or high school, you walk into a gym, you see your basketball courts there, you go outside for football with your friends, right? But I think there\u2019s a way to just get some (racing simulators) into different places to have it accessible to them to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Hamilton: \u201cIt\u2019s really been our culture of Alpha Prime to bring new people into the sport to give them a foundation to learn and grow in a team that supports that because a lot of the big (NASCAR) teams, they just want people that are turnkey and can go straight to work without training. They don\u2019t want to take the time to train because that\u2019s loss of performance for them in their eyes, so we kind of serve that position of the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott also had an autograph signing early the day of his race at Pocono on June 13. Children and adults excited to meet him walked up to his hauler and grabbed a poster for him to sign.<\/p>\n

That has become a regular occurrence as Scott\u2019s profile has grown. He says he can \u201chear little kids say, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s Lavar Scott,\u2019\u201d and added that it\u2019s \u201dsuper cool\u201d to have those interactions.<\/p>\n

A visit with a children\u2019s hospital earlier in the week, though, helped put things in perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking with this girl, and she had to be about 9 years old, and she said \u2026 \u2018I think this is the coolest thing ever, that I get to meet you,\u2019\u201d Scott said. \u201cI said, \u2018So you think today, meeting me is the coolest thing ever?\u2019 She said, \u2018This is the coolest thing I\u2019ve done in my life, is to meet you,\u2019 and that hit hard for me. That was \u2026 I don\u2019t want to say motivating, but it touched on a different level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting ready to race<\/h4>\n

Scott walked away from his No. 45 car, a Chevrolet, with Sunoco branding and its blue, yellow and red color scheme. He walked toward the wall separating pit road from the straightaway just past the start\/finish line before the national anthem and flyover.<\/p>\n

He needed a moment to collect himself and refocus. He had spent the hours leading up to the race striking the balance of focus on the race and his laid-back, playful energy around family and friends.<\/p>\n

While it was all business in the morning for practice and qualifying, he enjoyed the company of his uncle, Wayne Jr.; aunts Shanel and Waynetta; cousins Wayne III (who works on the No. 44 car for Alpha Prime Racing as a pit crew member) and Elizabeth; and mother, Sonia, after securing his 25th starting spot.<\/p>\n

His racing approach, Lavar says, is reminiscent of an NFL player who is revered in the Philly area.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do respect Jalen (Hurts), how he goes about things, being very quiet, processes things differently \u2026 and I think that\u2019s how my guys view me,\u201d said Scott, who connected with the Eagles quarterback recently. \u201cNo matter what\u2019s going on, that Lavar\u2019s going to show up prepared and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once it was time to climb into his car, the rest of the Scott family watched anxiously from his pit box, listening to the in-car radio communication to glean information they couldn\u2019t see on the track.<\/p>\n

Every time Lavar\u2019s No. 45 car zoomed by at around 190 miles per hour, a friend or family member would point out his car, trying to get a glimpse of their star fighting for track position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get starstruck when I see him in his suit and in his race car,\u201d Waynetta, said. \u201cI know he loves his family. We\u2019re so family-oriented that it just gives him that comfort and the support and the confidence to know that he can go out there and be all that he can be. He does (racing in NASCAR) well, and he\u2019s not alone in this battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Scott\u2019s first race at Pocono Raceway didn\u2019t end the way he was hoping \u2014 he was knocked out of the race with five laps to go to finish 29th \u2014 it was clear from listening to his spotters through his car communication that he was maximizing his opportunities to move up through the field after starting toward the back. He was inside the top 15 at one point.<\/p>\n

Those closest to him believe this is just the beginning for Scott as he navigates the delicate balance of racing and relationship building.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what Lavar is doing is certainly going out there and competing at the highest level, which is fantastic. I think he\u2019s learning as he goes as well, but making some really good progress,\u201d NASCAR CEO Steve O\u2019Donnell said recently. \u201cA guy who we\u2019d love to see continue to climb the ladder in NASCAR, and he\u2019s done it the right way. He\u2019s put in the time, and he\u2019s working with a great race team. I\u2019m excited to see how it plays out throughout the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Hamilton: \u201cAs long as partnerships continue to grow, the sky\u2019s the limit, really, for Lavar. The goal for all the drivers that we brought in on the NASCAR side, when I was working in that capacity, was for them to get to the Cup Series, and I think that\u2019s still an attainable goal for him as long as everything else continues to work in his favor off racetrack.\u201d<\/p>\n

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