Natalie Decker Earns First Career Pole at Daytona

Natalie Decker became only the third woman in ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards history to win a pole. Decker earned her first career pole on Friday and will start the race alongside Zane Smith who qualified second. 

"This means so much to me to be here," said Decker in the ARCA Release. "And to get the pole at Daytona is definitely the biggest moment of my career. I beat Johnny Sauter once at State Park Speedway, but this even beats that. My spotter talked the whole time. I told him to talk to me a lot. He told me to hold it on the yellow line and that's what I did. He sent me a big long text last night and it helped so much." 

In seven previous starts, Decker had the best qualifying effort of eighth at Elko last season. Chase Purdy, making his first Daytona start, will start third followed by Max Tullman and Leilani Munter who round out the top-five.

Starting Lineup for the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire

  1. Natalie Decker - No. 25 N29 Capital Partners Toyota Camry
  2. Zane Smith - No. 41 LaPaz Margarita Toyota Camry
  3. Chase Purdy - No. 8 Bama' Buggies Toyota Camry
  4. Maz Tullman - No. 78 Zoomi-Myota Chevrolet SS
  5. Leilani Munter - No. 20 Vegan Strong Toyota Camry
  6. Gus Dean - No. 32 GREE Cooling Products Chevrolet SS
  7. Travis Braden - No. 27 MatrixCare Ford Fusion
  8. Riley Herbst - No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry
  9. Willie Mullins - No. 3 Crow Wing Recycling Ford Fusion
  10. Tom Hessert - No. 55 U.S. Turf Equipment Toyota Camry
  11. Quin Houff - No. 98 BeatinCancerWithDuke.org Chevrolet SS
  12. Bo LeMastus - No. 77Crosley Brands Ford Fusion
  13. Michael Self - No. 15 Sinclair Lubricants Toyota Camry
  14. Sheldon Creed - No. 28 United Rentals Toyota Camry
  15. Bret Homes - No. 23 Holmes II Excavation Chevrolet SS
  16. Codie Rohrbaugh - No. 7 Grant County Mulch Chevrolet SS
  17. Sean Corr - No. 43 NESCO Chevrolet SS
  18. Chuck Hiers - No. 06 Ashley Homes Toyota Camry
  19. Mark Thompson - No. 66 Phoenix Air Ford Fusion
  20. Bryan Dauzat - No. 57 O.B. Builders Chevrolet SS
  21. Noah Gragson - No. 54 Switch Toyota Camry
  22. Daniel Sasnett - No. 33 Standard Sand & Silica Chevrolet SS
  23. Will Rodgers - No. 52 Drydene Ford Fusion
  24. Grant Quinlan - No. 30 International Too & Mold Ford Fusion
  25. Andy Seuss - No. 02 Our Motorsports Chevrolet SS
  26. John Ferrier - No. 46 Empire Racing Ford Fusion
  27. Thomas Praytor - No. 9 DK-LOK Chevrolet SS
  28. Dave Mader - No. 63 Diamond C Ranch Chevrolet SS
  29. Bobby Gerhart - No. 5 Lucas Oil Chevrolet SS
  30. Jerry DeWeerdt - No. 38 Braxx Motors Chevrolet SS
  31. Brad Smith - No. 48 Copraya.com Ford Fusion
  32. Kirk Horton - No. 37 Norm Hutton Racing Chevrolet SS
  33. Ed Pompa - No. 22 Turn One Condos Toyota Camry
  34. Jesse Iwuji - No. 34 BBMC Mortgage Chevrolet
  35. Tony Mrakovich - No. 10 SMART Emissions Reducer by Extreme Energy Solutions Chevrolet SS
  36. Scott Reeves - No. 69 Kimmel-Finney Racing Chevrolet SS
  37. Andrew Belmont - No. 72 ModSpace Ford Fusion
  38. Con Nicolopoulos - No. 0 GreatRailing.com Chevrolet SS
  39. Ronnie Osmer - No. 99 Hub International Ford Fusion

Television Details 

Tune into the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at 4:45 p.m./ET on FS1. The ARCA Racing Series will take its first green flag of the 2018 season. 

Photo Credit - ARCA Racing Series

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