Paige Decker | |||||||
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![]() Decker waves to the crowd in 2013
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Born |
Eagle River, Wisconsin |
March 20, 1993 ||||||
Awards | 2013 TUNDRA Super Late Model Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 97 (Obaika Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 66th | ||||||
Best finish | 66th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2016 American Ethanol E15 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Road America 180 (Road America) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 74 (Mike Harmon Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 104th | ||||||
Best finish | 76th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2015 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 27, 2016. |
Paige Decker (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional driver from Eagle River, Wisconsin. She races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series and was a 2014 NASCAR Drive for Diversity participant.
Decker is the daughter of Allen Decker who comes from a family of snowmobile racing riders. 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, Paige's aunt, introduced Danica Patrick's parents.
Her sister Claire Decker also races for her family's Decker Racing team. They are joined on the team by their younger cousin NASCAR Drive for Diversity driver Natalie Decker. Natalie's father (and Paige's uncle) is Chuck Decker, the owner of the Eagle River Derby Track which hosts the World Championship Snowmobile Derby.
Decker is an undergraduate of University of Wisconsin–Stout and will graduate in December 2016.
Decker started her racing career in snowmobiles as a 3-year-old. When Natalie was 9 years old, Chuck bought her a kart and he bought one for Paige too.
Decker raced in asphalt short tracks in Wisconsin and gradually branched out to other tracks in the Midwestern United States. She toured in the in 2010 and 2011. Then she moved up to racing in Super Late Models. She joined the TUNDRA Super Late Model Tour in 2013. Decker became the first woman and rookie to win in the series at the Golden Sands Speedway event. Decker was awarded the tour's Rookie of the Year in 2013.