Natalie Marie Decker (born June 25, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 53 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in both series. She has also previously competed in the NASCAR Truck Series and the Trans-Am Series. Decker was a 2016 Alan Kulwicki Driver Development competitor and 2015 Drive for Diversity participant. She is the cousin of Claire Decker and Paige Decker who have also competed in NASCAR. Racing career Local and regional racing Decker won 4 karting championships 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. NASCAR and ARCA 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. Decker was 38th fastest in qualifying and her MAKE Motorsports entry did not make the field. 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