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The Jack Scott Pages
Jack Scott campaigned the Datsun roadster with some
success in the late 1960s. |
Along with Corky Bell, Jack Scott, from Dallas, was one of a number of Texas Datsun Roadster racers who competed in the late 1960s. Always competitive, Jack scored some impressive results in the two years that he raced his black 1967 Datsun 2000, resulting in two appearances at the ARRC. |
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Running in the fiercely competitive C Production in 1968, with minor sponsorship from The New Datsun Co. Inc in Dallas, Jack qualified from the SCCA's South West division with Dan Parkinson (Datsun) and John Hancock of Austin, Texas (Lotus Elan). In 1969 he moved to the more competitive Hitachi SU set up in D Production, qualifying for the ARRC with Corky Bell and Willie McKemie (Elva Courier). His results appear below. |
Left: Jack's logo, which appeared on the rear quarters of the 2000, was Casper. |
JACK SCOTT AT THE ARRC |
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YEAR/CAR |
ARRC PLACING |
1968 (C Production - Datsun 2000) |
13th |
1969 (D Production - Datsun 2000) |
7th |
Story told by Jerry Cox, Jack's Mechanic and Crew
Jack was married to my sister Lee Cox - everyone called her Scotty. Our father died when I was 12, and when I was 14 I was recruited by Jack and Lee to be their live in baby-sitter for his daughter Leann and my niece Charlotte. Their girls were both ten years younger than me - Scotty was 10 years older than me and Jack was ten years older her.
I was kinda responsible for getting Jack into racing. Slotcar racing was a big deal at the time when I moved in with Jack & Lee. He started coming to the races with me. He immediately started modifying the little motors and competing with me. Next thing I knew he was going real racing. I have a lot of great memories.
Jack was a a man of many talents and very intelligent. He was an ex-marine scared of no one. He read everything he could find on driving and taught himself to drive. He took college courses and could converse about any subject.
I was proud of what we accomplished. We did it without the Datsun support that others got. We only got what Lee Wylie from Nissan sent us (Datsun Competition awards) after a race. We certainly didn't have salt water cars or lightweight parts and no-one was sharing any secrets with us. We did all the work.
I remember at Daytona when ask edby Datsun's Japanese personnel "who was the mechanic?", Jack pointed to me (17yr old with a buzz haircut just like Jack's) . They then asked him where his crew was and he pointed to me again! I still have the Geisha Girl Trophy. I can't remember if we got it at Riverside or Daytona. After Datsun he went on to a B Sedan BMW 2002ti and ran it a couple more seasons. I had to go to college and find my own way to race later.
Jack and Lee were like Mom & Dad. They're both gone now. Jack had high blood pressure and died from a stroke. Lee died later that same year of cancer - she was 49. I was really fortunate to have spent those early years with them. Jack was a good influence on me.
Jerry
Cox
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Jerry himself has been racing for many years and has qualified for two of the new ARRC events at Road Atlanta. He continues the Datsun tradition in a 510 in ITC and has won 5 regional championships. |
Should you have any further information or images which you think would benefit these pages please E-Mail me.
Rob Beddington
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Jack
was featured in this Texas SCCA Newsletter after his first race with a new
Solex-Mikuni U-20 engine, in 1968. It said:
"Probably the biggest surprise to most spectators was how Jack Scott led Dan Parkinson (both in CP Datsuns) until making a slight bobble which resulted in a flat tire. The Scott car was clearly faster than the Californian's, which was a surprise, especially to Parkinson. Jack reported that this was the first time out for a brand new engine, and it looks like the new setup will be a real headache to other C Production drivers. "Corky Bell won F Production on his new engine and, like Scott's, this new combination looks stronger than the one it preceeded." In the same year, Jack was also mentioned in the first 1968 Datsun Competition Report. |
Texas SCCA Newsletter, 1968 |
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