It's a little known fact...

NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow in the case of Chevrolet is an Impala. But it is not the first time General Motors used the Impala model in stock car racing. It returns today for the Nextel Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The last time an Impala won a NASCAR race has a certain degree of historical significance. Wendell Scott, the only African-American driver to ever win a major NASCAR event, won a race at Jacksonville Speedway Park in Florida 43 years ago in an Impala.
"It's not known to many people that the last win by Impala was one of great significance to the sport of stock-car racing," said Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager. "Wendell Scott's win paved the way for minority racing success."
Scott drove a 1962 Impala to victory at Jacksonville Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Fla. on Dec. 1, 1963.
Scott, a native of Danville, Va. who died in 1990, was elected into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999.