Better hope you don’t get a flat.
NASCAR driver Natalie Decker recently got personal when answering questions from fans, revealing exactly how much she spent on…her breast implants.
If you’re not familiar with the part time driver, Decker made her first start in NASCAR in 2019, and ran most of the 2019 and 2020 seasons in the Truck Series, while also making a handful of starts in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (then known as the Xfinity Series).
Her best finish in the Truck Series came in 2019 when she finished 14th at Chicagoland Speedway, and she has a best finish in the O’Reilly series of 18th at Daytona in 2024.
She’s also become a controversial figure in the sport for some of the boneheaded decisions she makes on the track.
Despite her limited starts in NASCAR, Natalie has caused more than her fair share of crashes over the years. Who can forget this hilarious moment from Bristol a couple of years ago when she got wrecked by a tow truck pushing her back to the garage?
Even her spotter and crew chief were sick of her, with her spotter eventually just walking away:
“I’m completely f—ing lost right now. I don’t even know why I’m up here. She’s out, I’m taking my s— off. See you guys later.”
But the latest controversy involving Decker came during the season opener at Daytona during the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race. A massive crash caught up several drivers, including Sam Mayer. Decker was well behind the wreck, but instead of slowing down, she seemingly held the gas and ended up plowing right into the side of Mayer as he spun back up the track a full 16 seconds after the crash.
And after the crash, she blamed it on the wrecked car of Mayer for rolling back up the track, rather than herself for barreling into the wreck three business days after it started:
The commentators were as diplomatic as they could be when discussing the accident:
“You also have to be slowed down. When the caution comes out, cars are wrecking, there’s no reason to be at any rate of speed at that point.”
The wreck came at the end of a week when Decker had already made headlines for her behavior off the track. Of course there was the interview where she discussed her now-husband sliding into her DMs when she was only 14 years old, but aside from that, many in the NASCAR community weren’t happy with a photo she shared on Instagram of herself pulling down her firesuit to pose beside a shirtless Bert Kreischer.
Decker has long been known for her modeling career and posting sexualized photos on social media, but as many in the comments pointed out, doing things like pulling down your firesuit for an Instagram photo is only making it harder for other women to be taken seriously in the sport.
The whole thing led to a lot of commentary about the image that Decker gives to female race car drivers. There are a lot of talented women in the sport, names like Isabella Robusto, Jade Avedisian and Taylor Reimer, who are working to do things the right way and make a name for themselves on the track and not for what they do and say on social media.
It seems like Decker, though, has chosen a different route, which drew criticism at the time from several female racers – including Karsyn Elledge, the granddaughter of Dale Earnhardt:
“It’s honestly embarrassing. It’s embarrassing for the women who have worked hard to have a place in this sport, to be taken seriously, to be seen as an equal competitor.”
Well I regret to inform you that it doesn’t seem like the criticism meant much to Decker, because she was back at it again on social media this week talking about her boobs.
In answering a question from a fan, Decker revealed exactly how much she spent on…her breast implants:
“Well, it depends on who your surgeon is. Mine cost a set of tires. In NASCAR, not Super Late racing. Wait, actually it might cost two sets of tires. They were expensive.”
Good to know, I guess.
And hey, it’s working for her. She keeps getting sponsorships and endorsement deals, and will be making at least a couple more O’Reilly Auto Parts Series starts this season.
But I have a feeling her fellow female drivers wish she would spend more time on the track and less time on social media.
