Competition Plus - It has been a roller-coaster kind of year for Matt Hagan.
From a string of early season success that saw him as high as second in points, to a summer stretch of six first round losses in eight races, and back to the top again, Hagan is ready for a little consistency on the race track.
And he thinks he may have finally found it.
With two finals and a semifinal in the last four races, Hagan has once again found his foothold in the class and continued that momentum Friday at the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals as Hagan found himself sitting atop the Funny Car class at Brainerd International Raceway.
Hagan, who hasn’t secured a pole all year, put together the only run in the 3.80s on Friday with a very quick 3.890-second pass at 328.46 mph to grab the provisional top spot with two more runs on Saturday.
“We have a hell of a race car right now,” Hagan said. “We have just come off of some semifinals and finals on the Western Swing and, if you throw Denver out of the mix, we’ve had a great combo that has gone a lot of rounds.
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Unofficial NHRA Championship Standings
Funny Car
1 | Matt Hagan | 1020 |
2 | Tommy Johnson Jr | 915 |
3 | Jack Beckman | 848 |
4 | Ron Capps | 828 |
5 | Bob Tasca III | 679 |
6 | J.R. Todd | 663 |
7 | Tim Wilkerson | 615 |
8 | Alexis DeJoria | 605 |
9 | Paul Lee | 464 |
10 | Cruz Pedregon | 436 |