“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 against a lot of good cars, so there are no give-me’s. I’m so happy to have the Johnsons Horsepowered Garage guys as a part of TSR. Jason (Johnson) is an incredible person that loves drag racing and loves Dodge. He has a great footprint out here. I’m proud to run his colors. We threw down pretty hard for him this weekend and I think we put on a good show, but it’s a better show when you’re in the Final and win. We’re still there and we’re better than what we’re showing. We have four races left to go out and fight and dig. We’ll be just fine.”
- Earned No. 1 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (3.825 ET at 333.49 mph)
- Scored three bonus points for quickest run of the session
- Maintained No. 1 provisional qualifying position based off of Friday’s Q1 run. In Q2 on Saturday, Hagan ran a 3.841 ET at 331.94 mph.
- Scored two bonus points for second-quickest run of the session
- Secured No. 2 qualifying position based off of Friday’s Q1 run. In Q3 on Saturday, Hagan ran a 3.828 ET at 333.91 mph.
- Scored two bonus points for second-quickest run of the session
- Advanced to Semifinals on Sunday:
- Round 1: 3.868 ET at 331.28 mph, defeated John Smith (4.275 ET at 281.38 mph)
- Round 2: 3.996 ET at 313.88 mph, defeated Tim Wilkerson (4.543 ET at 186.82 mph)
- Semifinals: 3.953 ET at 321.04 mph, lost to Bob Tasca III (3.935 ET at 327.35 mph)
- Currently tied for third with Ron Capps in the Funny Car championship standings, 69 points behind leader Robert Hight
- Hagan’s 3.825 ET run in Q1 on Friday set a new track record at the time for elapsed time.
- Hagan’s Round 1 win on Sunday marked 500 career round wins, giving him 501 total with his Round 2 win at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals.
- Pruett’s Semifinal appearance matched her best performance at zMAX Dragway. She previously reached the Semifinals in 2015 before losing to J.R. Todd.