Haiden Deegan joins Star Yamaha Racing in multi-year deal

Haiden Deegan, son of Brian Deegan and younger brother to NASCAR Truck series driver Hailie Deegan, will join Star Yamaha Racing in a multi-year deal.

Deegan, 15, will join the team’s motocross program after winning multiple titles at the amateur level.

“We’re really happy to have a rider of Haiden’s caliber join our team,” said Jeremy Coker, Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing Team Manager in a release. “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.”

Despite his youth, Deegan has already become a marketing sensation with more than one million social media followers, which ranks him among the top three among riders on two wheels.

With the nickname ‘Danger Boy’, Deegan brings flair to Yamaha. At the age of 10, Deegan became the youngest rider in history to land a backflip on a motorcycle. Now, he will concentrate on keeping both wheels on the ground as he transitions to the limelight of the supercross and motocross ranks.

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“I’m excited to ride with champions and learn from them at Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing,” Deegan said. “I feel good on the bike and have a lot of work to do, and I am looking forward to it.”

As an amateur, Deegan already has more than 30 championships to his credit already – at one point winning four titles in a single day. In fact, he has won championships at every level he has raced.

Haiden honed his work ethic riding and training alongside his father Brian, who has 14 X Games medals in multiple sports including motocross and rally racing. Brian is the only racer to compete in every X Games competition since its inception.

Haiden also inherited his father’s ability to put aside the danger of the sport in pursuit of success after listening to stories of Brian’s multiple broken bones, a severe spleen injury and a lost kidney.

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The NTT IndyCar Series will return to the Motor City for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix but with start times in a new location for 2023.

After a 30-year run on Belle Isle, the Detroit GP has moved a few miles south to the streets of downtown on a new nine-turn, 1.7-mile circuit that runs along the Detroit River.

It’s the first time single-seater open-cockpit cars have raced on the streets of Detroit since a CART event on a 2.5-mile downtown layout from 1989-91. Formula One also raced in Detroit from 1982-88.

The reimagined Detroit Grand Prix also will play host to nightly concerts and bring in venders from across the region. Roger Penske predicts the new downtown locale will be bigger for Detroit than when the city played host to the 2006 Super Bowl.

Here are the details and IndyCar start times for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach race weekend (all times are ET):

CHEVROLET DETROIT GRAND PRIX INDYCAR START TIMES

TV: Sunday, 3 p.m. ET on NBC and streaming on Peacock, the NBC Sports App and NBCSports.com. Leigh Diffey is the announcer with analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kevin Lee are the pit reporters. Click here for the full NBC Sports schedule for IndyCar in 2023.

Peacock also will be the streaming broadcast for both practices and qualifying.

POSTRACE SHOW ON PEACOCK: After the race’s conclusion, an exclusive postrace show will air on Peacock with driver interviews, postrace analysis and the podium presentation. To watch the extended postrace show, click over to the special stream on Peacock after Sunday’s race ends.

COMMAND TO START ENGINES: 3:23 p.m. ET

GREEN FLAG: 3:30 p.m. ET

PRACTICE: Friday, 3 p.m. (Peacock Premium); Saturday, 9:05 a.m. (Peacock Premium); Sunday, 10 a.m. (Peacock Premium)

QUALIFYING: Saturday, 1:20 p.m. (Peacock Premium)

RACE DISTANCE: The race is 100 laps (170 miles) on a nine-turn, 1.7-mile temporary street course in downtown Detroit.

TIRE ALLOTMENT: Seven sets primary, four sets alternate. Rookie drivers are allowed one extra primary set for the first practice.

PUSH TO PASS: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation (Indy NXT: 150 seconds total, 15 seconds per). The push-to-pass is not available on the initial start or any restart unless it occurs in the final two laps or three minutes of a timed race. The feature increases the power of the engine by approximately 60 horsepower.

FORECAST: According to Wunderground.com, it’s expected to be 80 degrees with a 0% chance of rain.

ENTRY LIST: Click here to view the 27 drivers racing Sunday at Detroit

INDY NXT RACES: Saturday, 12:05 p.m. 45 laps/55 minutes (Peacock Premium); Sunday, 12:50 p.m. 45 laps/55 minutes (Peacock Premium)

INDY NXT ENTRY LIST: Click here to view the 19 drivers racing at Detroit