494: Dystany Spurlock on Becoming the First African-American Woman to Race the NASCAR ARCA Series

Live from SuperBowl Radio Row, on National Girls & Women in Sports Day, Joe Favorito and Scott Rosner welcome Dystany Spurlock to the show. Spurlock shares her unconventional path to stock car racing, starting on motorcycles as a kid, setting a record on a BMW S1000RR, and grinding for years while working as a tractor-trailer driver and sending sponsorship emails between loads. Now backed by Foxxtecca, she’s preparing to debut in the NASCAR ARCA Menards Series, with a clear ladder in mind: a full ARCA season, the O’Reilly Series, and ultimately the Cup Series. Spurlock breaks down what transfers from motorcycles to cars (fear management, fitness, and focus), how she trains and studies the sport “to failure,” and why understanding the engineering helps her communicate better feedback to her team. She also talks about crashes, flow state, and how she builds a following by engaging fans beyond racing, while staying authentically herself through fashion, personal branding, and her Avatar-inspired design choices.Connect with Dystany: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dystanyspurlock/Follow Dystany on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dystanyspurlock/The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR) and produced by Sam Henry (@s_henry11), LJ Holmgren (@LJ_Holmgren), and Danny Hagenlocher (@DhColumbiaSPS), with social media efforts led by Lissa Ruiz. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecuspshow.substack.com