Category Archives: Direct Connect Blog

Busy Route 66 NHRA Nationals Preparation Drives Hagan’s TSR Dodge Crew After Qualifying Challenges at NHRA Charlotte Event

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Wild ride for Matt Hagan and his Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car makes for a busy preparation for his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) crew with the Route 66 Raceway event coming on May 19-21 A parachute failure at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte on April 28-30 caused Hagan to drive into the track’s sand trap, […]

Pruett Takes TSR Rush Truck Services/Dodge SRT Top Fueler to Runner-Up in Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Charlotte

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Leah Pruett continued her strong 2023 NHRA national event performances Sunday in the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte with a runner-up finish in the final round in the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Rush Truck Services/Dodge SRT Top Fuel dragster Pruett, who qualified third with a season-best 3.678 seconds, advanced to […]

Las Vegas Top Alcohol Event Recap for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals – STEWART WINS!

Tony Stewart, driver of the Mobil 1 Top Alcohol Dragster: Earned No. 18 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (8.708 ET at 95.46 mph) Fell to No. 20 provisional qualifying position in Q2 on Friday (8.993 ET at 95.02 mph) Earned No. 4 qualifying position in Q3 on Saturday (5.285 ET at 267.69 mph) […]

Hagan Back in Victory Lane for Third Time in 2023 NHRA Season With Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Win in Four-Wide Nationals

Matt Hagan notched the third NHRA national event win of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Sunday in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Haas Automotive Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car. Hagan, who qualified third, recorded his fifth Las Vegas victory of his career and second consecutive after winning last October in the […]

Matt Hagan Records Second 2023 NHRA Funny Car Title Sunday in TSR Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat at Lucas Oil Winternationals

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   Matt Hagan, winner of the 2023 season-opening NHRA Gatornationals Funny Car title last month, continued his victory run in the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Haas Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat machine Sunday when the Virginia driver scored his second 2023 win in the Lucas Oil Winternationals, the third event of the 21-race campaign Hagan’s Pomona […]

Pruett Takes Direct Connection Top Fuel Dragster to Semi Finals At NHRA Arizona Nationals, Now Moves to Home Track in Pomona

Leah Pruett records a second consecutive semi-final finish of the season in the Dodge SRT Mopar Direct Connection Top Fuel dragster Sunday in the NHRA Arizona Nationals In front of a sellout crowd at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park south of Phoenix, Pruett and her Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) crew fight tough track conditions to […]

Matt Hagan Takes Direct Connection Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat To Back-to-Back NHRA Amalie Gatornationals Funny Car Titles

Matt Hagan, the three-time NHRA Camping World Funny Car champion, captured his second consecutive National Hot Rod Association Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals Funny Car event title Sunday in the all-new sublime green Direct Connection Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat machine with the Dickie Venables-led Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) crew ·       Hagan scored his 44th career NHRA […]

Pruett, Hagan Lead Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Nitro Cars For TSR in 54th NHRA Amalie Oil Gatornationals Qualifying Saturday

Tony Stewart Racing’s Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan led the Dodge//SRT and Mopar competitors Saturday in qualifications for Sunday’s 54th annual NHRA Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals at the famed Gainesville Raceway before a sellout crowd. ·       Under sunny skies and a packed house, Pruett drove her TSR Direct Connection Top Fuel dragster to the fourth […]