Lavar Scott (born September 6, 2003) is an American professional

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driver who competes full-time in the

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

, driving the No. 6 Chevrolet SS for

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. He is also a current member of NASCAR’s

Drive for Diversity The Drive for Diversity (D4D) program is a development system instituted by the American auto racing league NASCAR. The program's purpose is to attract minority and female individuals to the sport, primarily as drivers, but also including ownersh ...

program.

Racing career

Early career

Scott started racing at age five in

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cars at Airport Speedway in

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(near his hometown of Carneys Point Township) alongside his older brother. After that, he would start competing in dirt racing events. At

Penns Grove High School Penns Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Penn ...

, he competed in wrestling. In 2021 and 2022, Scott drove for

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and

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at tracks such as

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. He won his first late model race in 2021 at Hickory. He competed in two FB Bhon Mikel's Truck Series races in Mexico in 2021 (alongside his Rev Racing/Drive for Diversity teammate Regina Sirvent) and won one of those races.

ARCA

On January 13, 2023, it was announced that Scott would drive full-time in the

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

and part-time in the main

(as a result of the East Series having four combination races with the main Series) in 2023, driving the No. 6 car for Rev Racing. He would also compete in one non-combination main ARCA race in the season-opener at Daytona, replacing

Andrés Pérez de Lara Andrés Pérez de Lara González (born April 2, 2005) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He completes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet SS for Rev Racing. He is a former champion of the NASCAR Mike ...

in Rev's No. 2 car due to Pérez de Lara, the full-time driver of that car, still being 17 and therefore ineligible to run the race.

Personal life

Scott is from Carney's Point, New Jersey. His mother was a

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driver and obtained a license to drive in the

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and his grandfather also raced cars. His older brother raced in

events at nearby Airport Speedway in nearby

at a young age. He has been inspired by fellow African-American NASCAR driver

Bubba Wallace William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity S ...

Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson is the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champ ...

, who started his career racing on dirt tracks and for Rev Racing/in the Drive for Diversity program like Scott, and

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, who competed in local short track races in the

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early in his career like Scott. In addition, Scott is close friends with fellow NASCAR driver

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. The two of them, both African-Americans, were part of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program for Rev Racing together. Scott graduated from

in 2021 and was on the school's wrestling team and outdoor track teams according to ''

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''.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

Season still in progress

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Lavar 2003 births Living people NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Penns Grove High School alumni People from Carneys Point Township, New Jersey Racing drivers from New Jersey Sportspeople from Salem County, New Jersey 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American racing drivers