The ECOSAVE 200 at Dover, Delaware begins Friday night with Dystany Spurlock, Natalie Decker, and Toni Breidinger driving in NASCAR’s Truck Series. Spurlock and Breidinger are guaranteed starting spots because only 36 trucks are entered, matching the maximum grid size. The race will be the first time since 2020 that at least three women have competed in the same event within NASCAR’s top three touring series. Spurlock will become NASCAR’s first Black woman driver in one of the top three touring series. Decker returns more than a year after giving birth and will race in a truck for the first time since 2020. Breidinger is known for combining racing and modeling.
"Spurlock and Breidinger are both guaranteed spots to start the race this weekend because there are only 36 trucks entering the race, which is the maximum grid size. While six women entered various races at Daytona earlier this year, the ECOSAVE 200 will mark the first time since 2020 that at least three women have competed in the same race in one of NASCAR's top three touring series."
"Spurlock is NASCAR's first Black woman driver, and will also be marking the milestone of being the first Black woman to race in one of NASCAR's top three touring series. (These include the Cup series, the Xfinity series, and Craftsman Truck series.) Speaking to Good Morning America about her experience earlier this week, she said, "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 growing up, and being in this role is not easy.""
"Just one woman, Katherine Legge, has raced in the Cup Series since Danica Patrick retired in 2018. Legge will become the first woman to attempt The Double - racing in the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day - later this month."
"Alongside Spurlock will be Decker, who's returning to the track more than a year after giving birth and who will be racing a truck for the first time since 2020; and Breidinger, a self-titled "real life Hannah Montana" who's doubled as a racer and a model."
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