Natalie Decker

Decker was 38th fastest in qualifying and her MAKE Motorsports entry did not make the field.

Natalie Marie Decker Lemke (born June 25, 1997) is an American racing driver.

She competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 36 Chevrolet Camaro for DGM Racing.

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 a 2015 NASCAR Drive for Diversity participant and 2016 Alan Kulwicki Driver Development competitor.

She is the cousin of Claire Decker and Paige Decker who have also competed in NASCAR

Decker won 4 karting championships in two years.

She was added to the Rev Racing team in 2015 as she was named to the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program.

She was one of seven drivers to compete in the 2016 Alan Kulwicki Driver Development program; she was awarded $7,777.

Decker joined her cousins Paige Decker and Claire Decker in attempting to make the field for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway on April 2, 2016.

In 2017, it was announced that she would drive in three ARCA races for Venturini Motorsports (Elko, Toledo, and Pocono).

Decker made her ARCA debut at Toledo Speedway.

After spending much of the race in the Top 10, she finished eleventh on the lead lap.

Venturini later announced that they had signed Decker to drive the full 2018 ARCA schedule.

Decker began the season by winning the pole at the season opening race at Daytona; she would finish fifth in a crash-filled race.

Later on in the season she was injured via hernia, and was forced to start the race and have Brennan Poole jump in, in which he would finish the race in 8th.

She finished the season 7th in point standings, which was last among drivers who competed in every race.

On November 30, 2018, DGR-Crosley announced plans for Decker to run a partial Truck Series schedule for the team in the 2019 season, along with some ARCA and K&N Pro Series events.

Decker's Truck series debut at Daytona saw her No. 54 Toyota cut a left front tire and rupture an oil line, setting the truck on fire on the first lap.

At Kentucky Speedway in July, Decker was involved in an on-track incident with Spencer Boyd, eliminating both drivers from the race.

Later, in the truck garage, Decker took Boyd’s hat off his head and slammed it on the ground before being verbally warned by a NASCAR official stating "that's enough".

She was escorted away by her team.

She missed the Pocono race after being hospitalized for bile duct complications related to her gall bladder surgery in December 2019.

On September 25, Decker was not medically cleared to race at Las Vegas after experiencing a high heart rate and high blood pressure; because her truck had cleared inspection and was placed on the starting grid, she was credited with a last-place finish in the race.

Decker later pinpointed high blood pressure as the cause for fatigue, but with a deeper cause undetermined, she also missed the following race at Talladega Superspeedway, where Kaz Grala took the seat.

On February 5, 2021, it was announced that Decker would make her debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, driving the No. 23 for RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing in at least five races beginning at the Daytona Road Course with sponsorship from Red Street Records, who will highlight the musicians they work with on the car, Jason Crabb being one of them.

She remained in the No. 23 after Our Motorsports assumed operations.

In 2022, she attempted the Daytona season-opener with the No. 33 for Reaume Brothers Racing, but failed to qualify.

However, she did qualify for the April Martinsville race, driving the No. 28 RSS Racing Ford in a collaboration with RBR.

She also failed to qualify for the spring race at Talladega driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports.

Decker was also going to run the race at Daytona in August driving the No. 5 for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.

However, her sponsor, Diesel Beverages, was not approved in time for the race.

Diesel Beverages is a hemp/CBD product, which NASCAR had to examine if it would be approved as a sponsor.

She would be replaced in the car by Patrick Emerling.

Decker stated that she hoped to run a different race later in the season if the sponsor is approved.

Decker signed with Niece Motorsports for the 2020 season.

On February 14, 2020, she finished fifth at Daytona, becoming the highest-finishing female driver in Truck Series history.