HAILIE DEEGAN Shows Grit After Turn One Slide at Barber Motorsports Park

May 4, 2025

by Samson Ero // from www.sportskeeda.com

• HAILIE DEEGAN demonstrated exactly the kind of composure we need more of in open wheel racing, skillfully recovering from a Turn One slide at Barber that could have ended her weekend early. The HMD Motorsports rookie kept her #83 car pointed forward and avoided major damage, showing the race craft that got her this far despite a challenging transition from NASCAR.
• Starting dead last on the grid, DEEGAN managed to claw her way up three positions to finish 17th – not the breakthrough she was hoping for, but progress nonetheless in a series where she’s currently carrying the flag as the only woman on the Indy NXT grid following Sophia Flörsch’s withdrawal.
• The 23-year-old remains realistic about her development curve, acknowledging she’s still working through high-speed setup issues that cost her significant lap time. Her honest assessment that she’s “cleaned up about half” the problems from testing shows the methodical approach needed to succeed in this unforgiving series where small margins make huge differences.

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