Ex-Drive for Diversity graduate hints NASCAR’s inclusiveness policy is a “public bullshit” in her deleted Social Media post

Drive for diversity is a NASCAR program that attracts minority and female individuals to the sport.

Ex-Drive for Diversity graduate hints NASCAR’s inclusiveness policy is a “public bullshit” in her deleted Social Media post

Natalie Decker

NASCAR has long been a male-dominated racing series, just like most of the prominent racing series in the world. Other than a handful of female racers, such as Janet Guthrie, Patty Moise, and Danica Patrick, who made it to the premier tier, and other than Patrick, none on the list had raced for a team capable of winning races week in and week out.  

The sanctioning body has been implementing numerous policies to support female racers and to make the sport more inclusive. NASCAR risked outrage from its loyal supporters while giving female racers preference in their development programs. But the sport is yet to see another racing superstar take over the place of Danica Patrick. Hailee Deegan is making waves in the Truck series, but she has yet to prove herself on track.

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Now to the shock of NASCAR and fans, former Drive for Diversity graduate Natalie Decker has posted a video on TikTok criticizing the sport. She posted a video where she is sitting with a sad face with the caption, “POV: you sacrificed and worked your whole life to compete in this sport that feeds you and the public bullshit that they support women,”.

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Her post creates confusion as she hasn’t specified whether her words were aimed at the sanctioning body or any sponsor that backed her racing venture. She missed the opportunity to race in the second Daytona Truck race for BJ McLeod in 2022 after her sponsor failed to get approval. Decker hasn’t announced her 2022 racing plans.

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NASCAR announces 2023 Drive for Diversity Development Program

Andrés Pérez de Lara
Andrés Pérez de Lara

Rev Racing has announced eight driver line-ups for the 2023  Development Program. The list includes seven male and one female racer who wished to make it to the top of NASCAR. Bubba Wallace, Daniel Suárez, and Kyle Larson are some of the most prominent graduates of the program. The program’s latest graduates, Nick Sanchez and Rajah Caruth will make their NASCAR full-time debut this year.

Mexico’s Andrés Pérez de Lara and Lavar Scott from New Jersey will represent Rev Racing in the ARCA Menards Series.  Justin Campbell and Jaiden Reyna will drive in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model series alongside Paige Rogers, the sole female racer of the group.

The INEX Legend Car Series lineup of the program for the 2023 season includes 14 years old Colorado native Caleb Johnson, 13 years old  Nathan Lyons from Texas, and 17-year-old NASCAR Truck México Series champion Eloy Sebastián López Falcón.

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