Natalie Decker
| Natalie Decker | |
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Decker posing in victory lane in 2016
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| Born |
July 25, 1997 Eagle River, Wisconsin |
| Awards | 2013 ARCA Midwest Tour Rookie of the Year 2015 NASCAR Drive for Diversity participant 2016 Alan Kulwicki Driver Development driver |
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |
| Truck no., team | No. 14 (MAKE Motorsports) |
| 2016 position | 118th |
| Best finish | 118th (2016) |
| Statistics current as of April 3, 2016. | |
Natalie Decker (born July 25, 1997) is an American professional driver from Eagle River, Wisconsin. She attempted to make her first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in the No. 14 MAKE Motorsports entry on April 2, 2016 in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Decker was a 2016 Alan Kulwicki Driver Development competitor and 2015 Drive for Diversity participant. In 2017, Decker is racing in three ARCA races for Venturini Motorsports.
Her father is Chuck Decker, the owner of the Eagle River Derby Track which hosts the World Championship Snowmobile Derby. Decker is the cousin of sisters Paige and Claire Decker (daughters of Allen Decker).
Her father's family raced snowmobiles; four Decker brothers raced snowmobiles in the 1970s. Allen Decker was a factory rider for Bombardier along with teammate Jacques Villeneuve for the 1979–80 season. The Decker family raced snowmobiles against the Danica Patrick family during the 1970s. Sue Decker, Natalies's aunt, introduced Danica Patrick's parents. Chuck Decker won the 1987 World Championship Derby race at Eagle River.
Decker begged her father for a go kart and received one at nine years old. Decker won 4 karting championship in two years. She began racing in 4-cylinder modified stock cars as a 12-year-old; in 2011 she moved up to the Super Stock class and won the 2012 class championship at Marshfield Motor Speedway. Decker began racing in the ARCA Midwest Tour and took the 2013 Rookie of the Year by finishing third in points. She also took third that season in a three-race Midwest Truck Series at Madison International Speedway. In 2014, she won seven limited late model features and two super late model features. She was added to the Rev Racing team in 2015 as she was named to the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program.
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