HMD Motorsports introduced the arrival of Hailie Deegan for the 2025 season in Indy NXT, the premier developmental class for the IndyCar Sequence.
The 23-year-old Deegan is ready to contest all 14 rounds within the crew’s No. 38 entry. She turns into the fifth driver confirmed by HMD Motorsports, becoming a member of a lineup for subsequent yr that features Caio Collet, Josh Pieson, Tommy Smith and Bryce Aron. Deegan will get her first style behind the wheel of Indy NXT equipment on the upcoming Chris Griffis Memorial Check on the Indianapolis highway course on Oct. 18.
“I’m excited concerning the alternative and stay up for working with a confirmed program in HMD Motorsports,” Deegan stated.
“I’ve a lot to study, however I’m able to go. The crew brings a wealth of information for me to drag from, and I stay up for absorbing as a lot of that as attainable earlier than my race debut subsequent March in St. Petersburg.”
Hailie Deegan, AM Racing, AirBox Ford Mustang
Picture by: Matthew T. Thacker / NKP / Motorsport Photos
Deegan’s change to open-wheel racing comes after an prolonged time within the dust and inventory automotive ranks. After profitable three races throughout her time in NASCAR’s Okay&N West division from 2018-19, changing into the primary feminine to win within the sequence. She spent all of 2020 in ARCA, ending third within the title race. Most of her NASCAR profession was spent within the Truck Sequence, competing full-time from 2021-23 and scoring a greatest end of sixth (twice – Talladega 2022, Texas, 2023). Though she began this yr full-time within the Xfinity Sequence, the tenure ended after 17 races following a cut up with AM Racing.
To help with Deegan’s transition, she has been working with former HMD Motorsports engineer Nathan Toney, the proprietor of Toney Driver Growth. She will even make her first open-wheel race debut later this month within the remaining race of the System Regional Americas season at Circuit of the Americas.
“Hailie, and particularly the Deegan title, are enormous in motorsports, and we welcome them to the HMD Motorsports household,” stated Workforce President Mike Maurini. “Hailie has already been out to the store and is taking the transfer to open-wheel racing severely. She is searching for a spot within the Indianapolis space to be emersed with the crew and is already working together with her engineer. We wish to ensure that she and all the opposite HMD Motorsports drivers are as prepared as attainable for each on-track session.”
Learn Additionally:
