Twenty-year old rookie driver Natalie Decker will wrap up her whirlwind season when she takes the wheel in Friday night’s ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Kansas 150 season finale at Kansas Speedway.
Decker, a favorite among fans of all ages, returns to the seat for the seventh time this season. Despite having raced Pocono’s superspeedway twice this season Kansas marks just the second time the magnetic driver will race on a mile and half surface so far during her young career.
Sporting a new look, the Eagle River, Wisconsin native will unveil support from Alex Hoffman’s Yo Cool Frozen Yogurt on the side of her pinked-out No.25 Venturini Motorsports prepared Toyota Camry.
“This has been a dream season for me and I couldn’t be more excited to finish the year at Kansas Speedway,” says Decker.
Decker went on to say, “Preparing for this race (Kansas 150) has been priority number one since leaving Kentucky. Besides watching film and going over my last race at Kentucky with my crew chief (Dave Leiner) I took advantage of some seat time in Toyota’s race simulator last week. On-track testing has been limited so getting behind the wheel of the simulator gives me a realistic view of what to expect next week at Kansas.”
Decker, a popular Midwest late model driver, jumped onto the ARCA scene in May finishing 11th in her series debut at Toledo Speedway. In six ARCA national touring events the dynamic female driver has posted two top-10 finishes highlighted by a career best seventh place finish at Road America.
“We’ve run a bit of everything the (ARCA) series offers – short tracks, an intermediate track, Pocono and of course the road course race at Road America. I’m still learning a lot – I feel we’ve made huge gains from the beginning of the season and as I continue to log laps and gain valuable experience the more I’m adapting to feel of the ARCA car.”
Natalie Decker Unveils Multiple Caused-Based Social Message at Kansas Speedway
Combining multiple caused-based messages on her Kansas Toyota race car the Eagle River, Wisconsin native will highlight several national public awareness initiatives which include Yo Cool Frozen Yogurt, Breast Cancer Awareness and distracted driving.
Yo Cool Frozen Yogurt comes aboard as part of an alliance with Decker’s primary sponsor, N29 Capital Partners. Based in Menomonee Falls, WI, Yo Cool Frozen Yogurt is a non-profit food service retail location created specifically with the goal to give 100% of profits back to the community and promote positive change for local residents.
The creation of local businessman and entrepreneur, Alex Hoffman, the single retail location was developed after Hoffman’s twenty-one year old son died of a drug overdose in 2013. Serving as a way to memorialize his son and bring necessary awareness and support to an ever increasing epidemic, Hoffman has rededicated his professional life to give back to the community.
An interactive regional force, Yo Cool Frozen Yogurt has supported numerous local organizations including schools, churches, sports teams and countless other personal and charitable events in central Wisconsin. You Cool Frozen Yogurt is located at N78 W14579 Appleton Avenue, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. For more information visit http://www.yocoolfrozenyogurt.
“I’m really fortunate and proud of the work I do off the track to help support great some great causes. My Kansas car will represent groups I care about and spend time supporting when I’m not racing. I’m really lucky to have such great support behind me – N29 Capital Partners and Musselman’s Apple Sauce have really stepped up this year allowing me to showcase such great causes such as the work Yo Cool Frozen Yogurt and People Against Distracted Driving (PADD) are doing to help create conversation and national awareness to important social issues plaguing young people in our country.”
Natalie Decker TV Appearance on Kansas City Live Morning Show
Natalie will make a local Kansas City television appearance on Kansas City Live morning program on Thursday, October 19. Kansas City Live which airs on the local NBC affiliate – channel 41 KSHB, is an hour long show that spotlights the people, places, trends and local attractions in the Kansas City area. Natalie will join hosts Michelle Davidson and Joel Nichols for a segment highlighting ARCA’s return to Kansas Speedway.
Kansas City Menards Store Appearance
Natalie Decker will join fellow VMS rookie teammates Spencer Davis and Cole Rouse on and off the track at Kansas. Prior to Friday’s main event the trio will join Monster Energy NASCAR Cup driver Paul Menard for a special fan autograph meet and greet appearance on Thursday, October 19 (6:30pm-7:30pm) at the area Menards store located at 8901 N Greenhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri.
Venturini Motorsports History at Kansas Speedway
Venturini Motorsports with 44 all-time ARCA Racing Series team victories has earned one win at Kansas Speedway with driver Alex Bowman in 2011. The team has also won (4) General Tire Pole Awards at the 1.5 mile track with drivers Mikey Kile (’10), Max Gresham (’11), Dylan Kwasnewski (’13) and Daniel Suarez (’15).
Kansas ARCA 150 Kicks Off Triple-Header Weekend
The Kansas 150 also serves as the show-opener for big triple-header weekend of racing to include the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 Saturday and the Monster Energy Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 Sunday.
The Kansas 150 marks the 17th consecutive ARCA race at Kansas since the series debuted on the 1.5-mile superspeedway in 2001. Practice for the Kansas 150 is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 20, followed by General Tire Pole Qualifying at 2:30 p.m. The 17th Kansas ARCA 150 is scheduled to get the green flag at 7:47 p.m. Friday night, with live coverage on FS2. ARCAracing.com will also feature Live Timing and Scoring and Live Chat of all on-track activities.
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