Scott Bates

Scott Bates is an American racing driver from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He races for Team EFR in the TM Master Cup series, typically driving the #88 (though he will switch to #6 in 2019). Following the retirement of Dale Roswell, he is the oldest and longest-tenured full-time driver in the series.

Bates is known to be very fast at superspeedways, having won the Round of Daytona five years in a row from 1990 to 1994, and winning at Talladega a record nine times. Bates has won more races at Daytona than any other driver, claiming 9 wins at the track.

He has also become a skilled road racer in recent years, capturing the first ever race held in Russia and repeatedly showing speed at the Decatur Raceway, where he won in 2011. Bates has been a supporter of MS research, which he advertised on his 2011 car. He is also a United States military veteran, one of two in the Master Cup series along with Greg Woodard.

He was often considered the greatest driver to have not won a TM Master Cup championship, before finally winning it in 2015.