Kammala wannan jumla: Hughes ya fara kakar wasa a gasar zakarun yankin Arewacin Atlantic, inda ta dauki lambar tagulla. Ta cancanci zuwa ga Gabas ta Gabas amma ta sami damar zuwa
Gasar zakarun Amurka ta 2009 saboda aikinta na Grand Prix. Hughes ya sanya 9th a 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard Grand Prix taron.