For the first time since 2023, Hailie Deegan will compete in the NASCAR FedEx Freight Truck Series in 2027. The 25-year-old out of Temecula, California will race part-time for Bill McAnally Racing in the series, the same team she will compete full-time for in the ARCA Menards West Series.

Deegan last competed full-time in the Truck Series in 2023. One year later, Deegan moved up to the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series full-time for AM Racing but parted ways with the organization after just 17 races in 2024.

NASCAR Truck Series Owner Reveals Deegan’s Future

McAnally appeared on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio to announce the news of Deegan’s future. The Truck Series team owner revealed that it is a developmental plan with Deegan with the focus on getting her back to full-time in one of NASCAR’s top national series.

Deegan, who won two ARCA Menards West Series races this season, will compete for the series championship in 2027 for McAnally. The addition of the part-time Truck Series starts, McAnally said, is to eventually move Deegan up to full-time Truck competition in 2028.

NASCAR insider Alan Cavanna summed up some of what McAnally said about his driver.

“Bill McAnally on [SiriusXM NASCAR] with us right now. He says [Hailie Deegan] will run for an ARCA west title next season, and run some Truck races. Ideally, they’ll work toward a full Truck season for her in 2028,” via Alan Cavana on X.

Bill McAnally on @SiriusXMNASCAR with us right now.

He says @HailieDeegan will run for an ARCA west title next season, and run some Truck races.

Ideally, they’ll work toward a full Truck season for her in 2028

— Alan Cavanna (@AlanCavanna) November 13, 2026

NASCAR Owner Expects Deegan To Be a Truck Series Contender

If everything works out how it is planned, Deegan will be back in the FedEx Freight Truck Series full-time next year. However, McAnally does not expect Deegan to be a back-marker if and when she makes her return to full-time competition.

McAnally expects big-time things from Deegan and believes she can be a contender in the Truck Series in the near future. However, McAnally said they are taking things slow in Deegan’s climb back up through the NASCAR ranks.

“I think Hailie will be a contender in the Trucks, but we’re just taking our time with her now, we want to make sure she’s ready. She’s been there and hasn’t had the results that she needed to continue her NASCAR career, and when we take her this time, she’s going to be ready and prepared to go out there to run with the trucks and finish respectfully,” McAnally said.

Deegan is a five-time winner in the ARCA Menards West Series. She finished fourth in the standings in 2026 in her first full-time season in the series since 2019.