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Day # 26 Willy T. Ribbs  is a legendary American race car driver from San Jose,California. Ribbs is the first Black race car driver to qualify for Indianapolis 500 as well as the first to drive a Formula One car. Referred to as the Jackie Robinson of car racing, Ribbs integrated the all white sport, against alot of opposition. Ribbs did it by destroying the competition, race by race. He was often referred to as "Uppity" because of his confident, bold and charming demeanor. He figured "your gonna have to beat me, if you want to kick me out of racing, racing is the best thing next to heaven" Ribbs was called racial slurs, recieved death threats and his race car was often times vandalized and engine sabotaged. With all this, Ribbs still made it out victorious, going on to compete in many forms of auto racing, like the Trans-Am Series, IndyCar, Champ Car, IMSA, the NASCAR Cup Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Ribbs at one time was the overall top money earner in SCAA series history. Soon after retiring from professional car racing he became a sport shooter in the National Sporting Clays. #BHMChallenge2020 #blackhistorymonth #blackpower #blackexcellence #staywoke #powertothePeople #blackandproud #blackisbeautiful #legend #willytribe #transamseries #nascar trans-amseries (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9CTydhhwM6/?igshid=1gunoaf2wpkm3