NASCAR Driver Dystany Spurlock Returns to Alma Mater Highland Springs Ahead of Truck Series Race

NASCAR driver Dystany Spurlock returns to alma mater Highland Springs ahead of Truck Series race

Richmond is more than a pit stop for NASCAR's first Black female driver Dystany Spurlock this race weekend.

Highland Springs student who became NASCAR's first Black female driver returns home

Start with Dystany Spurlock’s first name. Dystany. It’s pronounced the same as “destiny.” And though it looks and sounds dramatic, the name is not a public relations gimmick, Spurlock explained. It’s the name and spelling her mother, Robin, chose when her daughter was born in 1992.Spurlock, born in King William, grew up in the Richmond area and lives now in North Carolina to be close to the business heart of stock car racing, the sport she has c…