DECKER DOUBLE SLATED FOR THIS WEEKEND
In her ongoing quest to reach the next level, Natalie Decker is expanding her racing diversity and enters in the upcoming Trans-Am race at Road America this Saturday, August 25th. She will be piloting an 850 horsepower Corvette out of the Tony Ave stables. Ave Motorsports is highly recognized in the Trans Am world and touted as one of the best motorsports companies in the Industry. With the car being 2800 pounds (so about 500 pounds lighter than a stock car) they will be the fastest cars at Road America this weekend.
When asked his thoughts on Natalie’s performance thus far Tony replied “I was very impressed with her at the test. Most drivers take awhile to get used to the horsepower to weight ratio of these cars, and she was hard on the throttle right away. I would also say she is the most receptive driver we have ever worked with. She is like a sponge if she thinks the information will make her faster. No ego which is rare and will serve her well. We are more selective with who we run in our house cars because my business has grown to where I have a lot of responsibilities away from the track now, and originally I put Natalie in a couple of my cars not only because I thought she did really well at Road America in ARCA with no experience, but also to sort of repay the Deckers for helping me quite a bit when I was racing Formula 1 snowmobiles. However after working with her, now we are actively working on raising the budget to run her in as many races as we can, in a variety of venues.”
High praises coming from Tony gives Natalie added courage. She says ” I’m so grateful to Tony for the opportunity and that he believes in me. He has so much knowledge and amazing cars along with being a fantastic coach, I’ve learned so much!”
The Trans Am race starts at 10:10 am. From there she jets over to Berlin for the ARCA make up race that was rained out at Berlin Raceway in MI. Grinning from ear to ear with her signature smile, Natalie comments “I am so lucky to be able to do all this racing from the dirt race, to testing the next day at Lucas Oil Speedway, and now testing 2 days at Road America, and then race Saturday morning in Trans Am race, then flying with my sponsors and family to make it to the ARCA race that evening. This is crazy and so fun and a dream to be driving all these different cars and different tracks in less than a week.”
It will certainly be a whirlwind day for Team 25 and Natalie Nation!
Soooooo excited for Natalie! I hope she has a couple of awesome races on Saturday!
Continued support from Wisconsin, hope you have a great day of racing. Hope you continue to gain experience to further your racing career.
So happy for , hope all your dreams come true!
We’ll be at R.A. on Saturday representing Vilas County! Good luck in the Vette!
Is this Saturday’s race televised or streamed? If so, where?
I have all the faith in Natalie in what she wants to do in her career as a race car driver. She has the ability to become one of the best race car driver ever….
Pray and hope you have a top 3 or even better a win. Need more woman in Racing, go gett’em girl.
Go Deck go
Go get’em Nattie!!! Love watching you race! You’re doing great!
Danica suffered because she did not get the great experience you are now getting by racing in different cars and on different road surfaces, including dirt. This is the best thing that could ever happen for you and it really will help you when you race against the guys in NASCAR in a year or so. Get the experience now, don’t jump too soon because when you do get there, you will kill it.
Girls who Race – Natalie Decker at Mid America with her 850hp / 2800lb Trans-am Corvette! That 370hp more than the GT LeMans factory Corvettes.Awesome! 🙂