The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has been pretty quiet this Silly Season, but a fresh rumor’s got fans buzzing: Hailie Deegan might be headed back to Trucks in 2026. Once a golden child of Ford’s development program, the 24-year-old daughter of motocross icon Brian Deegan was a rising star with serious hype.

She tore through the lower ranks, snagging three ARCA Menards Series West wins in 2018 and 2019. By 2020, she was running full-time in ARCA’s national series, holding her own against talents like Sam Mayer and Chandler Smith. That same year, she dipped her toes in the Truck Series with DGR-Crosley, going full-time in 2021. The future looked bright until it didn’t.

Deegan’s Truck Series stint didn’t deliver the fireworks expected. Two seasons with DGR and a switch to ThorSport Raci

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