Myles Rowe, driving for the African American-owned Force Indy team, made history Sunday by becoming the first Black driver to win an INDYCAR-sanctioned race when he captured the second leg of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix... 

 He did it on the centennial birthday of NASCAR Hall of Famer Wendell Scott!

Myles Rowe is a New York native who drives for Force Indy, a newly formed team created last year as a part of IndyCar’s Race for Equality and Change to bring more Black people to racing, NBC Sports reports.

Myles Rowe became the first Black driver to win in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship, completing a thrilling last-lap pass for victory in the middle race of a series tripleheader Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey.

Two weeks before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, a junior professional series called USF2000 tweeted what its ambitious demographic might qualify as the ultimate thirst trap, a short video from the podium at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the caption: 

 INDIANAPOLIS — Most people walking around Indianapolis Motor Speedway don't look like Michael Pinner. Not the drivers, not the engineers, not the broadcasters, not the people in yellow shirts, not the pit crew, not even most of the fans. 

 To simply say Rod Reid is more than ready would be a gross understatement. You can see the anticipation in his facial expressions when discussing the debut of Force Indy’s USF 2000 race team at Barber Motorsports Park this weekend. 

On a snowy February afternoon, Myles Rowe met up with some friends to go sledding in Central Park. Like many young men his age, the 20-year-old Pace University student is an avid skateboarder. For him, slushing through the snow is a nice twist on an activity he loves. 

 Myles Rowe is approaching his first season in the USF2000 much like his Force Indy team is viewing its push to diversify motorsports. “I’d say progression,” Rowe said Friday when asked about his 2021 goals in an interview with NBC Sports (watch the video above). “You can always say you want to win a championship. I can always say I want to win 5, 6, 7, 8 races. But we have to think realistically. The goal in life is progression. 

 Following his initial test in July on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, where Team Penske driver Will Power helped coach him through his first day back in a race car in two years, Myles Rowe was named the full-season 2021 driver for Force Indy, a new USF 2000 team...

 In December of 2020, IndyCar announced that its Road to Indy program would be bolstered by a new all-Black racing team designed to feed promising Black drivers, mechanics, and more into the top level of the series. Now, that team—called Force Indy—has signed its first driver: Myles Rowe. 

 The NTT IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s new Race for Equality & Change program sparked to life on Monday at IMS as young open-wheel hopeful Myles Rowe completed a USF2000 test with Cape Motorsports. 

Myles Rowe, the first driver chosen to participate in the NTT IndyCar Series’ new Race for Equality & Change program, completed his second USF2000 test on Tuesday.

The film student, who attends university in New York, turned laps on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with ongoing support from the Cape Motorsports team. Penske Corporation president Bud Denker...