You have the best won-loss percentage (68.8% – 117-53) in the Countdown to the Championship among eligible Funny Car Drivers. What mindset does that give you heading into Reading? “Having a 68.8% win-loss percentage is great, but at the end of the day, the stats don’t really mean anything when you are lined up against […]
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Hagan, Pruett Advance to Second Round Monday at Indianapolis; Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Drivers Set in “Countdown” 2nd & 4th
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Track record holder Matt Hagan had a shorter day than he would have liked Monday in the 69th Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals final eliminations advancing to the second round in his Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Hellcat Funny Car After running six impressive qualifying runs earlier in the weekend, Hagan’s nitro-burning machine defeated Alex Laughlin […]
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“Leaving the Big Go, we enter the Countdown to the Championship in the second spot. You can win the championship from anywhere. You have to be in it to win it. We have six races left, so I really want to park this Dodge Direct Connection Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car back in the Winner’s […]
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Hagan Takes Runner-up in Pep Boys Funny Car All-Star Callout Sunday in Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Funny Car at Indianapolis
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Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) driver Matt Hagan drove his Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Hellcat Funny Car to the final round Sunday in the special NHRA Pep Boys Funny Car All-star Callout eight-car competition, part of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Hagan, the current Funny Car track record holder at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, […]
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69th Annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA US Nationals – Drag Racing’s ‘Big Go’ – Brings Prestige, Money and Tradition
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The 69th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals is the biggest, longest and most historic event on the NHRA national tour, established in 1955, and is set for Aug. 30-Sept. 4 The legendary “Big Go” brings prestige, money and tradition to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the most famous drag strip in the world […]
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Round wins are worth 1.5 times more at Indianapolis. With one race remaining in the regular season, what are your goals at this year’s Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals prior to the Countdown to the Championship? “2013 was the last time I entered the Countdown leading in the points, so that is definitely my […]
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Pruett Takes TSR Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Top Fueler To Final Round at Brainerd; Hagan’s Funny Car Out in 1st Round
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Leah Pruett, driving the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Top Fuel dragster, returned to an NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series final round Sunday in the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota Pruett, making her 200th NHRA Top Fuel start, defeated two NHRA Top Fuel World Champions and the current Top Fuel […]
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“It was obviously a very tough weekend. The points will not be great for us this weekend having not gotten out of first round. We’ve got to move forward. We are better than that. We can perform better than that. You are going to have a couple of hiccups along the way and unfortunately this […]
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Following Brainerd, you’ll lock yourself into the NHRA Countdown to the Championship. What mindset does that allow you to have with two races remaining in the regular season? “Locking ourselves into the Countdown to the Championship during the Brainerd weekend is huge. We always want to be in the hunt for a championship and I […]