Instead, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano will drive the No. 15 AMR Ford Mustang. In a statement, the team said it hopes to improve its competitiveness with the contribution from Logano. Deegan has entered all 17 races so far this year with AMR, but has not finished higher than 12th. She also has eight finishes outside the top 30, which is a sudden improvement on achievements after 2023. 

Last year, Brett Moffitt drove the No. 15 AMR Ford to the top five once and the top 10 nine times, and finished the year 15th in the points standings. Deegan is currently in 27th place, last among full-time riders.

The 22-year-old Deegan is a rookie to the NASCAR Xfinity Series after spending three full-time seasons in the Truck Series. During her time there, she earned five top ten finishes in 69 starts and achieved a highest score of 17th in the points standings. “The level of competition in the Xfinity Series is more competitive than ever,” AM Racing team president Wade Moore said in a press release. “Our goal at AM Racing is to field a competitive racing team through our technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing and provide any of our drivers with the best equipment and opportunity to succeed. on the track every weekend.

“With that said, we did not have the success on track that we hoped for in the first half of the season. When the opportunity for Joey to drive in Chicago became a possibility, we felt we needed to leverage the knowledge and feedback that the two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion could provide for our team’s development. I.” “We intend to take the feedback and data from the Chicago race and apply it to building better race cars each week so that AM Racing can have a stronger second half of the season,” added Moore. .

Logano has not raced in a NASCAR Xfinity race since 2019, but he has 30 career wins as an NXS driver. In the first Cup race at the 2023 Chicago Street Course, he started ninth and finished eighth. “Racing in the rain at the Chicago Street Course last year was a challenge for me,” said Logano. “Any extra seat time is always a positive at unique tracks like this. Driving NASCAR Xfinity Series cars is a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to getting behind the wheel of a race car No. 15 AM Racing Ford Mustang, with great hopes of being able to take it to the top position.” Logano is also the latest winner in the Cup Series, taking his first win of the 2024 season at Nashville Superspeedway. He also won the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway earlier this year.