is leaving .
Monday, introduced a full-time transfer to open-wheel racing. Subsequent season she’s going to run a full 14-race season in Indy NXT, a growth sequence for IndyCar.
will pilot the No. 38 trip for HMD Motorsports.
“I’m excited in regards to the alternative and stay up for working with a confirmed program in HMD Motorsports,” Deegan stated in a launch. “I’ve a lot to study, however I’m able to go. The group brings a wealth of information for me to drag from, and I stay up for absorbing as a lot of that as doable earlier than my race debut subsequent March in St. Petersburg.”
The daughter of action-sports star Brian Deegan, she completed third within the ARCA standings in 2020, incomes a shot within the NASCAR Truck Sequence. She spent three seasons there earlier than for the primary half of 2024.
Deegan was unable to duplicate her ARCA success within the Truck and Xfinity Sequence. She posted simply 5 top-10s in 85 begins and by no means received.
On Friday, Deegan is scheduled to check out the Indy NXT automobile on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway street course.
“Hailie, and particularly the Deegan identify, are enormous in motorsports, and we welcome them to the HMD Motorsports household,” HMD President Mike Maurini stated. “Hailie has already been out to the store and is taking the transfer to open-wheel racing critically.”
HMD’s lineup for subsequent yr additionally consists of Caio Collet, Josh Pieson, Tommy Smith and Bryce Aron.
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