Deegan Searching for Success in Season Finale
| Race Information Venue: Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway Event: NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Date: Saturday, October 31st Location: Bakersfield, CA Track Description: 0.500-mile oval Distance: 150 laps, 75 miles (7:00 p.m. PT, 10:00 p.m. ET, FloRacing) |
| Back to Bakersfield… Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway welcomes Hailie Deegan and the ARCA Menards Series West (AMSW) back to Bakersfield, Calif., for the NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame. Deegan returns to the half-mile oval for her fifth career AMSW start at the track, looking to reach victory lane Saturday night. Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) opened the 2026 season with a victory at Kern with Deegan’s teammate Mason Massey. Eleven races later, Deegan and the No. 16 Monster Energy team look to close out the season with a strong performance of their own. Half-Mile Horoscope… Deegan’s most recent start at Kern came in the 2026 AMSW season opener, where she finished sixth in her first stock car race since 2024. Her three previous starts at the track include a pole in 2018 and a third-place finish in 2019. Across eight different half-mile tracks, Deegan has made 17 ARCA starts, earning 11 top-10 finishes. She has also made nine NASCAR starts at half-mile venues, highlighted by a 13th-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park and a 14th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in the 2022 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season. The Temecula, Calif., native brings 26 career half-mile starts across 10 tracks into Saturday night’s season finale. Season to Date… Deegan and the No. 16 Monster Energy team enter the Kern season finale with one win, three top-five finishes and eight top-10s across 12 starts. She sits fourth in the championship standings, 22 points behind third, as she prepares for her 41st career AMSW start. Deegan will look to finish the season on a high note and gain ground in the standings in the final race of the year. Tune In… Streaming coverage from Bakersfield, Calif. begins Saturday night at 10:00 p.m. ET on www.FloRacing.com for the NAPA Auto Parts 150 at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. Stay connected with the No. 16 Monster Energy team by following @BMR_NASCAR on Twitter, @bmr_nascar on Instagram and Bill McAnally Racing on Facebook. Hailie Deegan Quote: “Kern is a track I’m excited to get back to, especially after finishing sixth in the season opener. I was still getting comfortable back in a stock car at that point, so I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learned throughout the season and seeing if we can take another step forward this weekend with the speed we’ve found lately. I’m thankful to have Monster Energy back for the season finale and we’re going to give it everything we’ve got to get them in victory lane.” |