NASCAR Fans Coin the Term “Poor Hailie Deegan” as She Is Run Into the Wall at Martinsville

Guess what happened when Hailie Deegan was running in contention for a good result in Martinsville after three straight finishes outside of Top 30 this season? No prizes for those who came up with the word, ‘bad luck.’

Because that is the right answer.

While the NASCAR Truck Series driver was minding her own business on the outside at the paperclip track, she was brutally and unashamedly shoved into the wall by Johnny Sauter. This led to a puncture in her front left, ensuring yet another race result that ends up in the growing list of bad results this season under the ‘Caused By’ column of ‘bad luck.’

This incident led to many NASCAR fans sympathizing with the young driver, with messages of strength flooding the comments.

“Poor Hailie Deegan, just cant catch a break,” one fan wrote.

While another wrote, “Shes been taken out of every race so far with being in the wrong place at the wrong time or a freak fire. This has to be the worst luck to the start of a season of anyone in the last decade.”

“Deegan has the worst luck lol,” one fan summed up which was followed by, “Wow, so unfair. That’s racing but so many in a row? Havent seen a streak of bad luck like this in years.”

Another fan wrote, “Respect to Hailie for keeping her Cool and Not Retaliating. That is Class!”

In fact, Hailie Deegan did in fact handle the matter quite maturely despite it making sense should she have lost her cool on Sauter after the race. In a post-race video, she can be seen putting the guilty driver on trial with a look on her face that reads, just like most of us, “What were you thinking Johnny?”

Hailie Deegan on the driving force behind her NASCAR seat

In an interview with journalist Bob Pockrass, Hailie Deegan confessed the one factor that has helped her get the ride she has. “I probably wouldn’t be in the ride I’m in right now, being able to race in the truck series full-time, if it wasn’t for me doing social media,” she said.

“Because it is very hard to sell sponsorship on a car when you can’t guarantee TV time. It’s very hard to guarantee that. Sponsors want to see numbers. I am able to give them that with social media.”

It’s true indeed that the social media numbers did propel her to her NASCAR shot.

Similarly, it’s truer than ever today, that it’s her social media following that is perhaps keeping her morale high, her strength intact in what really is, a pretty disastrous start to her season through no fault of her own.

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