“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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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TSR Dodge//SRT Racers Pruett, Hagan Miss by Inches at Rain-Delayed Pep Boys NHRA Nationals
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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