Major Accomplishment

Those that know me know that I am not in any way a fan of NASCAR. Yet there was a story worth mentioning coming from the Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend.

On Friday driver Bill Lester qualified to drive in the Golden Corral 500 race. He was the fastest driver out of fifteen trying to qualify for the race.

What is special in Bill Lester’s making it to the final race is that he is the first African American driver to qualify for a NASCAR final in nearly twenty years. The last to do so was in June 1986 when Willy T. Ribbs raced at the Michigan International Speedway.

This accomplishment is a culmination of a long career for Lester, who wants to race among the best that NASCAR has to offer.

Lester will have the 19th position at the Golden Corral 500 and hopes to have a very good showing racing among some of NASCAR’s best drivers.