Hailie Rochelle Deegan was born July 18, 2001. Deegan is the daughter of Brian Deegan, founder of Metal Mulisha, a motocross rider, freestyle motocross, off-road racer, and multi-time X Games gold medalist.  She is an American professional racing driver who currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West driving the No. 16 Chevrolet SS for Bill McAnally Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. She formerly competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Deegan was a NASCAR Drive for Diversity member in 2016, and she received the NASCAR Diversity Young Racer award the following year. In May 2017, Deegan was one of nine drivers named to the 2017 NASCAR Next class, in which she was both the youngest member and the only woman. She also became a member of Toyota's driver development program.