Hailie Deegan Reveals Her Simple Yet Bizarre Pre-Race Ritual Amidst Prolonged NASCAR Absence

Hailie Deegan’s NASCAR career has hit a rough patch, with nearly three months since her last official race. After parting ways with AM Racing in July, following a disappointing season marked by finishes of 20th or worse in 17 races and an average of 26.8, her future in NASCAR remains uncertain. However, Deegan hasn’t completely disappeared from the scene.

Despite stepping away from the spotlight, she continues to engage her fans through her strong social media presence. She’s been leveraging her platform for various campaigns, keeping her followers connected and invested. Recently, she found a way to merge her love for racing with her online influence. While her next steps in NASCAR are unclear, Deegan’s commitment to her brand and her fan base shows she’s still very much in the game.

Having dropped a hint of doubt over his Formula 1 future after getting caught up in the FIA swearing clampdown, Max Verstappen can be trusted to walk out.

That is the opinion of six-time F1 race winner Ralf Schumacher, who believes the FIA faces a realistic threat of the reigning three-time F1 World Champion calling it quits should the swearing row between driver and governing body escalate further.

Ralf Schumacher: ‘I trust Max Verstappen to stop’

Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem called for a clampdown on fruity language in Formula 1, as “we have to differentiate between our sport and rap music.” Verstappen became the first victim of said clampdown after swearing in the pre-race weekend press conference.

Ordered to carry out “some work of public interest” as punishment – one which former title rival Lewis Hamilton urged him to ignore – Verstappen responded by keeping his answers very short in the FIA press conferences which followed, holding his own media briefings outside of the room.