Hailie Deegan announced Tuesday that she will make her Xfinity Series debut Oct. 15 Las Vegas Motor Speedway on NBC and Peacock.
The 21-year-old Deegan is in her second full-time season in the Camping World Truck Series. She finished a career-high sixth in that series last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
She will drive the No. 07 car for SS Green Light Racing with Jeff Lefcourt. Alex Bowman announced Tuesday night on social media that he will sit out this weekend’s Cup playoff race at the Charlotte Roval.
Bowman said on social media: “I am continuing to make strides in my recovery to make sure I can return to competition at 100%.” This will be the second consecutive race he will have missed because of concussion-like symptoms after his crash at Texas Motor Speedway.