Photo Submitted to the Times Observer Jim Scott had a rich racing career from 1956 to 1976. In his retirement, Scott and his wife purchased Stateline Speedway in 2015. Here, Scott can be seen in a number 3 car which he first drove in 1960 when he was driving for Smokey Branchard.

“We don’t golf, we don’t fish… all we do is work on race cars.”

— Jim Scott

These words depict the desire and tenacity competitors and race fans saw in the driving career of Jim Scott, a former racer at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y./Pa. border from 1957 to 1976.

The Robert H. Jackson Center, Jamestown, N.Y., will be premiering “Jim Scott,” a documentary film chronicling Scott’s legendary racing career. The premier is this Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m.

The movie is written and produced by Randy Anderson, Greg Peterson, and Randy Sweeney. It highlights the rich stock car racing achievements of Scott, “one of the most popular and accomplished personalities in the 60-plus years of Stateline Speedway.”

The film uses video interviews with Scott, his family members, the picture collections of racing photographers Gordon Mahan and Olen Seidler, and vintage home movies.

“The filmmakers have brought to the screen the fantastic life of the man known far and wide for his talent behind the steering wheel of a stock car, and his unrelenting devotion to the sport,” according to the filmmakers.

Following the viewing of the film — 88-minutes long, Scott will make an appearance for a question-and-answer session with the audience.

Scott was enshrined in the Warren County Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 in recognition of his racing career.

He began racing at the age of 18 in 1956 in a 1947 Ford numbered 30/30 at the Roll-O-Bowl Speedway in Watts Flats.

In a 1940 Ford numbered 68, Scott won his first feature at Sulphur Springs Raceway in Findley Lake, N.Y.

In 1956 and 1957, Scott competed at several tracks around the area including Coon Road in Westfield, N.Y., Van’s Speedway in Arkwright, N.Y., Skyline Speedway in Sugar Grove, Roll-O-Bowl, and Sulphur Spring.

He bought his first late model from Emory Mahan, a fellow racer. It was a 1955 Chevy in which Mahan had won the first race held at Stateline.

Scott first appeared in a number 3 car in 1960 when he drove for Smokey Branchard.

Scott’s first apparent late model win cam in a 100-lapper at Stateline Speedway in 1964, but a controversial scoring recheck took the win away and gave it to another racer. His first official late model win came in 1966 at Eriez, after which his career took off.

“It took me a while to learn how to win, but once I did, it got a whole lot more fun,” he said.

Scott went on to win 16 late model races at Stateline and 13 at Eriez during his driving career. His specialty was longer-distance races winning 10 races of 50 or more laps.

He took his talents to Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the United States Auto (USAC) club stock car circuits, racing in almost 20 races in the circuit between 1966 and 1975. Among the tracks on which he competed were Daytona, Talladega, Pocono, Milwaukee, DuQuoin, Springfield, Salem, and Trenton.

Scott’s passion for racing did not stop with his retirement. He became an integral figure in his sons’ racing careers, David and Chevy, and his grandsons, Ryan, Kyle, and Wyatt.

In 2015, at the age when most others are “kicking back and taking it easy,” Scott and his wife, Jean, purchased Stateline Speedway. They immediately began improvements to the racing facility.

“Jim Scott is a man who has lived and breathed racing for over six decades. His accomplishments as both a driver and a track owner are impressive,” said the press release.

“It’s not about me. It’s about my children, my grandchildren, and my great-grandchildren,” he said.

The “Jim Scott” film is the fifth auto racing film from Anderson, Peterson, and Sweeney.

Previous documentaries from them are “Stateline Speedway — The First Ten Years, 1956-1964” (2010), “Squirt” (2013), “Busti Bobby” (2015), and “Sammy” (2016).

The film is a production of the Stateline Legacy Fund in cooperation with the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and the Chautauqua (N.Y.) Sports Hall of Fame.

There will be no charge for admission to the film viewing.