Hailie Deegan announced this week that she would once again be crossing over to the NASCAR K&N East Series for the tour’s stop at Bristol on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
It will be Deegan’s seventh race on the East side this season and she’s hoping it goes better than the rest have.<\/p>\n
In her six starts in the East Series, including a crossover events at Iowa Speedway, Deegan has only finished in the top 10 once.<\/p>\n
That was a 10th-place finish at South Boston.<\/p>\n
Deegan’s West series results have been much more favorable, however.<\/p>\n
The regular on that side of the series is currently second to\u00a0Derek Kraus<\/strong> – who has raced in every K&N race on each side of the tour – by 16 points.<\/p>\n Not to mention she has two wins and a series-leading five top-five finishes in eight races this year on the schedule.<\/p>\n She’s only due to find some of that success on the East side at some point.<\/p>\n Deegan will be racing in Thursday’s Bristol race for the East Series before traveling all the way to Washington to race in the West’s event at Evergreen Speedway.<\/p>\n Thursday night will also mark one of the last four races of the year in the East Series.<\/p>\n Five drivers are within 30 points of first-place Sam Mayer<\/strong><\/a> as the season championship closes out.<\/p>\n Add in that the East and West series will be hosting a crossover event at Gateway a week from Saturday’s West race at Evergreen that has the potential to shake up the standings, and this could get really interesting.<\/p>\n Thursday’s installment will surely be one to watch.<\/p>\n