What can be better than your little brother conquering the world? Hailie Deegan must have felt the same recently. The current NTT IndyCar driver was earlier in NASCAR, where she stumbled into problems. Deegan’s 2024 Xfinity Series season was cut short due to a streak of miserable finishes. However, Haiden Deegan knew exactly how to uplift his sister with the brand-new win in the family arsenal.

Well, motorcycle riding runs in the family – Brian Deegan is a decorated X Games rider, owning 12 Motocross medals and 4 Rally Run wins. Presently, his younger child has just come of age. ‘Danger Boy’ Deegan rode his Yamaha bike to Motocross glory, which elicited jubilant reactions from his sister.

Hailie Deegan hypes up her sibling in first win

The Monster Energy AMA Supercross and the SuperMotocross World Championship are in full swing. Round 3 of the prestigious Anaheim 2 event at Anaheim, California, took place recently. It threw the spotlight on new contenders – like Haiden Deegan. The Temecula, California native had been honing his skills under his champion father since his 2022 professional debut. Polishing his work ethic, intensive training, and most importantly disregarding any form of danger are some of the things that Haiden inculcated from his father. And what can feel better than your own elder sister hyping you up publicly?

Haiden Deegan captured the 250SX West main event. This marked the Monster Energy Yamaha Racing teenager’s first holeshot of the season. It marked his first win in the 250SX West Regional Championship in 2025 and 4th career 250SX win. The 19-year-old Deegan also led an all-teenager podium finish – he beat 18-year-old sophomore Julien Beaumer and 17-year-old rookie Cole Davies. This massive achievement prompted Hailie Deegan to shed proud words – she shared a post of Haiden’s win on an Instagram story and captioned: “Hell yah🏆”

Hailie Deegan and the rest of the family have already been proud of Haiden. The young rider’s arsenal of achievements includes the 2023 AMA 250SX Rookie of the Year Award and 7 career AMA Pro Motocross Championship 250 Wins. Yamaha had signed him up for a multiple racing deal back in 2021 when Haiden had barely crossed 14. Team Manager Jeremy Coker was confident back then: “We’re really happy to have a rider of Haiden’s caliber join our team. He has a great presence on and off the track and is a proven championship contender. We look forward to the upcoming season and look to bring home some more number-one plates.”

And Haiden did add the latest feather to his cap – albeit not without some struggle.

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Overcoming the hurdles

When you have a champion father, a few tricks of the trade come to you naturally. For Haiden Deegan, it was how to look danger in the face and still smirk. Brian Deegan, his father, can boast several stories of crippling accidents; these included multiple broken bones, a severe spleen injury and a lost kidney. So Brian inspired in Haiden the ability to put aside danger while in pursuit of success. We saw a glimmer of that amazing ability at the Supermotocross World Championship. Although Deegan had earned the holeshot, he faced a hard charge from rival Julien Beaumer. The two battled it out for the lead – yet ‘Danger Boy’ Haiden came through in the end.

Beaumer was on Deegan’s back wheel for some time. He attempted to push Deegan up the hill in Turn 1 but could not jitter the latter’s position. Deegan took advantage of the next corner to push Beaumer off the ideal trajectory. Finally, Haiden Deegan secured the lead and rocketed off the banking into glory, creating a huge gap between himself and his rivals. Hailie Deegan’s little brother led all 17 laps to the victory. After this milestone, Haiden reaffirmed himself as one of the top contenders and stamped his name in second place on the overall championship standings.

Haiden and his sister Hailie Deegan are both upholding resilience and determination. Here’s to many more milestones for the motorsports family!