HMD Motorsports launched 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 able to contest all 14 rounds throughout the crew’s No. 38 entry. She turns into the fifth driver confirmed by HMD Motorsports, turning into a member of a lineup for subsequent yr that options Caio Collet, Josh Pieson, Tommy Smith and Bryce Aron. Deegan will get her first fashion behind the wheel of Indy NXT gear on the upcoming Chris Griffis Memorial Test on the Indianapolis freeway course on Oct. 18.
“I am excited regarding the various and look ahead to working with a confirmed program in HMD Motorsports,” Deegan acknowledged.
“I’ve lots to review, nonetheless I can go. The crew brings a wealth of data for me to tug from, and I look ahead to absorbing as a variety of that as attainable sooner than my race debut subsequent March in St. Petersburg.”
Hailie Deegan, AM Racing, AirBox Ford Mustang
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Deegan’s change to open-wheel racing comes after an extended time throughout the mud and stock automotive ranks. After worthwhile three races all through her time in NASCAR’s Okay&N West division from 2018-19, turning into the first female to win throughout the sequence. She spent all of 2020 in ARCA, ending third throughout the title race. Most of her NASCAR career was spent throughout the Truck Sequence, competing full-time from 2021-23 and scoring a biggest finish of sixth (twice – Talladega 2022, Texas, 2023). Although she started this yr full-time throughout the Xfinity Sequence, the tenure ended after 17 races following a reduce up with AM Racing.
To assist with Deegan’s transition, she has been working with former HMD Motorsports engineer Nathan Toney, the proprietor of Toney Driver Progress. She’s going to even make her first open-wheel race debut later this month throughout the remaining race of the System Regional Americas season at Circuit of the Americas.
“Hailie, and significantly the Deegan title, are monumental in motorsports, and we welcome them to the HMD Motorsports family,” acknowledged Workforce President Mike Maurini. “Hailie has already been out to the shop and is taking the switch to open-wheel racing severely. She is trying to find a spot throughout the Indianapolis house to be emersed with the crew and is already working collectively along with her engineer. We want to make sure that she and all the other HMD Motorsports drivers are as ready as attainable for every on-track session.”
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