Dystany Spurlock was set to become the first Black woman to compete in one of 狈础厂颁础搁鈥檚 three national series in her debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday, according to NASCAR.com.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 - Practice DOVER, DELAWARE - MAY 15: Dystany Spurlock, driver of the #69 Foxxtecca Ford, looks on in her truck during practice for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway on May 15, 2026 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 - Practice DOVER, DELAWARE - MAY 15: Dystany Spurlock, driver of the #69 Foxxtecca Ford, drives during practice for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway on May 15, 2026 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 - Practice DOVER, DELAWARE - MAY 15: Dystany Spurlock, driver of the #69 Foxxtecca Ford, looks on during practice for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway on May 15, 2026 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
DOVER, Del. (AP) 鈥� Dystany Spurlock was set to become the first Black woman to compete in one of three national series in her debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday, according to NASCAR.com.
Spurlock, 34, will race in the No. 69 MBM Motorsports Ford at the track in Delaware.
鈥淚t feels so amazing,鈥� Spurlock said in a recent 鈥淕ood Morning America鈥� interview. 鈥淏eing a first is never what I strived to be. I just so happened to be that. But being able to be that example for other little girls and little boys that look like me is amazing. I didn’t have that representation when I grew up, and this road has not been easy.鈥�
She made her stock car racing debut in March, finishing seventh in the ARCA Menards Series East 鈥� one of NASCAR’s developmental series 鈥� while driving the No. 66 MBM Ford at Hickory Motor Speedway in North Carolina.
In 2025, she made her pro stock motorcycle debut, becoming the second Black woman in history to compete in the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
