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Earned No. 4 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (3.928 ET at 328.78 mph) Maintained No. 4 provisional qualifying position based off Friday’s Q1 run. In Q2 on Saturday, Hagan ran a 5.841 ET at 119.76 mph. Secured No. 5 qualifying position in Q3 on Saturday (3.927 ET at 326.40 mph) Scored one bonus […]

You surpassed 500 career round wins at the previous event, the Carolina Nationals. What does that mean when you look back on your career thus far?  “500 round wins is a huge milestone over your career. I can’t believe I’ve been able to be out here that long. I’ve been fortunate to surround myself with […]

“The Countdown is tough and everyone is bringing all that they have all the time. In the last two races, we haven’t even lost by a hundredth of a second, it’s been a thousandth of a second. That’s tight drag racing, but we have to be on the other side of it. We are running […]

Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage to Serve as Primary Sponsor of Matt Hagan’s Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car for a Minimum of Six Events per year in a Multi-Year Agreement BROWNSBURG, Ind. (September 22, 2023) – Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage (JHG) has extended their partnership with Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing […]

Even though you lost one of the closest side-by side-races in Reading, how does that make you feel about your car and your team going into the second race in the Countdown at Charlotte? “That battle in Reading could have gone either way when you’re talking about a .0001 margin. It’s pretty incredible actually at […]

With it being the start of the Countdown this weekend, we would have liked to have gone more rounds. It is extremely tough to lose in the first round, but losing in the second round is also tough. At least we went a couple of rounds and we made a lot of strides in the […]

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 […]

“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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