LONG POND, Pa.: NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series driver Natalie Decker will miss Saturday’s Pocono Organics 150 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway after being hospitalized for bile duct issues,b according to her Instagram.
The 23-year-old who competes for Niece Motorsports has been hospitalized since Tuesday because of complications related to her gallbladder removed in December. She remains hospitalized as of Friday afternoon.
CATCHFENCE.com spoke to a family member who said Decker was in good spirits.
Decker is running a limited schedule in Niece Motorsports’ No. 44 Chevrolet and she’ll be replaced by Truck Series veteran Bayley Currey for the 60-lap race.
The Eagle River, Wisc. native. has competed in three of the five Truck Series races this season and made headlines with a top-five finish in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February.
With her first career top-five (and top-10) finish at Daytona, Decker surpassed Jennifer Jo Cobb as the highest finishing female in a NASCAR Gander RV & Truck Series race. Cobb finished sixth at Daytona in 2011.
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