Natalie Decker Details Hospital Stay, Sets Sights on Breaking Her Own Record

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series driver Natalie Decker is well into her second part-time season of competition in the series, this time with Niece Motorsports.

Decker debuted in the ARCA Menards Series in 2017, appearing in seven races, and followed that up with a full season in 2018. The then-21-year-old scored two top-five and nine top-10 finishes, earning a seventh-place result in the standings when the season concluded for Venturini Motorsports.

After a part-time rookie effort in 2019 with DGR-Crosley’s Truck team, Decker made the move to Niece’s No. 44 truck for 2020. Her best career finish came in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway in February, where she finished fifth – the highest finish ever by a female driver in NASCAR’s Truck division. The Wisconsin native then missed the series’ event at Pocono Raceway due to hospitalization for bile…