HAILIE DEEGAN Survives Wild Laguna Seca Crashes to Finish P11 in Indy NXT

July 28, 2025

• HAILIE DEEGAN found herself right in the thick of Laguna Seca’s mayhem, getting caught up in a multi-car incident on lap 22 that also collected teammates Juan Manuel Correa and Nolan Allaer. While others retired or suffered major setbacks, she showed the kind of resilience we’ve come to expect – pitting for a new nose cone after spinning and getting back out there to fight.
• The HMD Motorsports driver’s day perfectly encapsulated the organized chaos that was this Indy NXT race, with four caution periods disrupting what should have been a straightforward 35-lap sprint. While the headline grabbers were battling up front and championship contenders were crashing out, DEEGAN was doing the unglamorous work of damage control that keeps you in championship contention.
• Her P11 finish might not look spectacular on paper, but context is everything – she crossed the line ahead of teammate Tommy Smith and several others who started the race with better track position. In a series where every point matters and mechanical DNFs can derail seasons, sometimes the victory is simply making it to the checkered flag when half the field doesn’t.

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