Category Archives: Direct Connect Blog

Three-time NHRA Camping World Champion Matt Hagan defeats four impressive rivals in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) American Rebel Dodge//SRT Hellcat machine for fifth 2023 Funny Car victory Hagan’s TSR teammate, Leah Pruett, also battles to Top Fuel final round in TSR Code 3 Associates Dodge//SRT dragster and moves to second in current NHRA points […]

Matt Hagan, a four-time 2023 NHRA Camping World Funny Car event winner, put in another strong performance this weekend with his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Johnson Horsepower Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat with runs of 3.825, 3.828, 3.841 and 3.868 at the NHRA Carolina Nationals ·       Hagan, the three-time NHRA World Champion, set low elasped time in […]

Leah Pruett advanced to the semifinals Sunday in her Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Mobil 1/Dodge//SRT Top Fuel dragster in the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals after recording her quickest run of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Series Pruett defeated Clay Millican and Brittany Force in the first two rounds of eliminations at the historic Maple Grove […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Matt Hagan, seeking his fourth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Funny Car title, recorded a runner-up finish at Sunday’s Menards NHRA Nationals at Topeka, Kansas ·       Hagan captured three rounds in the rain-delayed Heartland Motorsports Park event before losing in the final round ·       Hagan, in his TSR American Rebel Dodge//SRT Hellcat, defeated Alex […]

Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Matt Hagan extended his current NHRA Camping World Funny Car points lead Sunday by driving his Johnson Horsepower Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat to the semifinals at the DENSO Sonoma Nationals Hagan, a four-time NHRA national event winner in 2023, defeated Jason Rupert and Tim Wilkerson before losing a close race to eventual […]

Hagan Keeps Funny Car Points Lead, Pruett Stays 3rd in Top Fuel NHRA Camping World Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan came to NHRA Northwest Nationals on an “emotional high” after his fourth 2023 win in Denver, but a first-round loss in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Hellcat had him packed early […]