Willy T. Ribbs....race car driver....look him up.
ETA: Charlotte Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler entered Ribbs to drive a Winston Cup car owned by Will Cronkite in the 1978 World 600 at the Charlotte track. After Ribbs skipped two practice sessions and was arrested for evading police when he drove the wrong way down a one way street, Cronkite replaced him with Dale Earnhardt.[1]
....and as they say, the rest is history.
...and he was not the first black NASCAR driver, Wendell Scott was.