Kenneth W. Wright is a former race car driver and mechanic for, among other teams, Black American Racers, Inc., the first African American auto racing team to acquire national sponsorship in the Unite
Wright in 1970 with Mr. Diplomat, the Miller Brothers 1955 Chevy station wagon drag racer
Leonard W. Miller
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Leonard W. Miller is one of two black motor racing pioneers living in the United States.
Ken Wright (auto racing mechanic)
…first African American auto racing team to acquire national sponsorship in the United States. Wright's friendship with the Miller brothers—Dexter G. and Leonard W.—began at age five. His love of hot rods and race cars began in earnest at age 13, when Leonard would visit his community in a 1940 Ford hot rod…
African American auto racing pioneer Leonard W. Miller
Malcolm Durham, Leonard W. Miller, Wendell Scott, and Ronald Hines (l-r) of the Black American Racers Association
Tommy Thompson, Leonard W. Miller and Ron Hines at the Milwaukee Mile, September 1978