Hailie Deegan

Hailie Deegan
Deegan at Sonoma in 2018
Nationality  American
Born Hailie Rochelle Deegan
(2001-07-18) July 18, 2001
Temecula, California
Related to Brian Deegan (father)
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career
Debut season 2018
Current team Bill McAnally Racing
Years active 2018–present
Car no. 19
Starts 6
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 20th in 2018
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season 2018
Current team Bill McAnally Racing
Years active 2018–present
Car no. 19
Starts 13
Championships 0
Wins 1
Poles 1
Last updated on: September 29, 2018.

Hailie Rochelle Deegan[1] (born July 18, 2001)[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver. She competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Bill McAnally Racing in both series.

Deegan grew up racing off-road and on dirt but transitioned to competing on asphalt in 2016 to pursue a career in stock car racing. She began her career in NASCAR in 2018 at the K&N Pro Series level. She is the only woman to have won a race in the K&N Pro Series, doing so at Meridian Speedway in Idaho in 2018. She is the daughter of Brian Deegan.

Off-road racing

Deegan racing in Pro Lite at Crandon in 2018.

Deegan began riding dirt bikes at age seven[1] and began racing at the age of eight, running in off-road series. She eventually competed in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, where she became the first female to win a championship, doing so in the 2013 Junior 2 Karts season.[3][4][5] Deegan became the Modified Kart Regional Champion in 2015 and became the Modified Kart National Champion the following year.[6] She was also named 2016 Lucas Oil Off Road Driver of the Year.[7] She continued to race full-time in the Pro Lite division of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series in 2017.[8]

Asphalt racing

In 2016, Deegan began her transition to asphalt racing by driving legends cars for Rev Racing.[9] In 2017, she made her asphalt late model debut with a pair of CARS Super Late Model Tour starts, first at Tri-County Motor Speedway, and later at Hickory Motor Speedway.[8]

NASCAR

Deegan was a NASCAR Drive for Diversity member in 2016,[10][11] and she received the NASCAR Diversity Young Racer award the following year.[4] In May 2017, Deegan was one of nine drivers named to the 2017 NASCAR Next class, in which she was both the youngest member and the only female member.[12][13][14] She also became a member of Toyota's driver development program.[15]

Deegan awaits to hit the track for K&N Pro Series West practice at Sonoma Raceway.

On January 3, 2018, Deegan was announced as a full-time driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West for Bill McAnally Racing (BMR),[16] a team that had won the West Series championship each of the three previous seasons.[17] It was announced that she would also run a part-time schedule for McAnally in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.[16] Deegan is the only female driver competing full-time in either 2018 K&N Series.[18] Deegan made her debut in the season-opening East Series race at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11,[19] where she started ninth but retired on lap 19 due to mechanical problems.[20] On March 15, Deegan made her West Series debut at Kern County Raceway Park, finishing seventh.[21] Kevin Harvick, NASCAR's 2014 Sprint Cup Series champion (who finished fourth),[21] battled for position with Deegan at the end of the race and was impressed with her performance, saying, "If I had to pick one person to say, 'Alright, that's the person [Kevin Harvick Incorporated] would want to represent and has the most potential,' it would probably be Hailie Deegan. She did really, really well."[22] On May 15, Deegan was announced as a NASCAR Next class member for the second straight year[23] as one of four drivers returning to the program from the previous season.[24] Among those in the 2018–19 class, she is once again the only woman as well as the youngest member.[25] She scored her first career top-five finish on May 19, finishing fourth at Orange Show Speedway.[26]

Deegan's last lap bump and run on Rouse to score her first K&N West victory

At Sonoma, Deegan qualified third and received her high school diploma during driver introductions.[27][28] She went on to finish seventh in the race, earning her sixth top-ten finish in six West Series races.[29] In her next race at Roseburg, Deegan finished second behind her BMR teammate, Derek Kraus, setting a new mark for her best career finish in the series[30] and tying Kenzie Ruston,[31] Nicole Behar,[31] and Julia Landauer[32] (all of whom are also NASCAR Next alumni)[33][34][35] for the record for best K&N Series finish by a female driver.[36]

At the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Deegan qualified on pole position, becoming the first woman in NASCAR history to win a pole at the K&N level.[37][38] Despite a shifter issue during the first half of the race, she led 13 laps and equalled her career best result of second in the event.[39] On September 29, Deegan became the first woman in history to win at the K&N Pro Series level, taking the victory at the NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 at Meridian Speedway in Idaho.[40] Deegan passed her BMR teammate Cole Rouse on the final lap,[41] which ended up being the only lap she led throughout the race.[42] Her win was the first for a female in a NASCAR touring race since Shawna Robinson in the now-defunct NASCAR Dash Series.[43]

Personal life

Deegan is the daughter of Brian Deegan, a motocross rider, off-road racer, and former X Games athlete.[44] She attended Rancho Christian High School in her hometown of Temecula, California.[45]

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season Series Team Car No. Races Wins Top fives Top tens Poles Laps led Position Points Ref
2017 CARS Super Late Model Tour Bond Suss Racing 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A [46]
2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Bill McAnally Racing 19 6 0 0 0 0 3 20th 142 [47]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Bill McAnally Racing 19 13 1 5 11 1 14 5th 475 [48]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2018 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota NSM
29		 BRI
22		 LGY SBO SBO MEM
13		 NJM THO NHA
16		 IOW
21		 GLN GTW
23		 NHA DOV 20th 142 [47]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2018 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota KCR
7		 TUS
8		 TUS
8		 OSS
4		 CNS
5		 SON
7		 DCS
2		 IOW
21		 EVG
7		 GTW
23		 LVS
2		 MER
1		 AAS
7		 KCR 5th* 475* [48]

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