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Kennedy Saves the World

Happy Hour: Natalie Decker's Journey to NASCAR

Kennedy Saves the World

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3.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Racing isn't just for the boys! NASCAR driver Natalie Decker joins Kennedy for Happy Hour this week, and we promise they aren't drinking and driving! The twenty-eight-year-old details her launch into the profession and why she is committed to keeping it a family affair (we should know, they were all here!). Kennedy and Natalie share a fun bourbon drink and chat about motherhood and her next big race!  Follow Kennedy on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KennedyNation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Kennedy Now Available on YouTube: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link.chtbl.com/kennedyytp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@kennedy_foxnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join Kennedy for Happy Hour on Fridays! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlNiiSXX4BNUbXM5X8KkYbDepFgUIVZj⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.5

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0:05.7

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0:10.1

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0:23.6

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0:42.2

Welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World.

0:47.1

You are about to get so happy because I have an actual race car driver in the studio.

0:48.9

Natalie Decker is here.

0:49.8

It's happy hour.

0:54.7

Here it's Coke and Red Stag, which is cherry beam.

0:56.8

This looks incredible.

1:01.7

Oh, yeah.

1:02.2

Amazing.

1:04.3

Yeah, and then Whole Foods gummy candies on top.

1:06.2

They're healthy with no artificial colors.

1:07.4

Incredible.

1:08.0

Yes.

1:10.6

So when did you start racing? You had to have been a tiny baby because you come from like a massive racing family. I do. Which is the coolest thing in the world. My dad raced snowmobiles with all of his brothers, dirt bikes, cars, everything. Jet skis, he raced like literally everything. That's awesome. So I grew up loving motorsports. I feel like Kyle Larson. I feel like Kyle Larson races everything. Yes. So I just grew up in the motorsports industry and I fell in love with it and I started racing at age nine. I wanted to even earlier at four years old I was asking my dad. I'm like, can I race a go car? I want to race a go car. I want to be a race car driver. And So it took me a couple years to convince him to finally get me the go-cart.

1:45.7

And what is the progression? So you start on a cart and then what do you progress to? And were you

1:51.7

racing in a car before you had your driver's license. I was. That's amazing. And before we even get into the progression on how it all works, I started racing full-size stock cars at age 12. And the

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