MATT HAGAN
Purple Haze Super Bee Dodge Charger Funny Car​

Unofficial Points Position: 1st​

Qualified: No. 3 – 3.886 seconds at 330.88 mph​

Bonus Qualifying Points: 3​

  • Q1: 14.728 at 44.23
  • Q2: 3.961 at 327.27
  • Q3: 3.934 at 329.91
  • Q4:3.886 at 326.40
  • Current Funny Car points leader and regular season champion
  • 111th final round of his career
  • Sixth final round of the season
  • Three wins this season (Winternationals, Thunder Valley Nationals, Brainerd Nationals)
  • 14 season streak with at least three wins
  • Four-time world champion (2023, 2020, 2014, 2011)
  • Finished 2025 season runner-up

Race Results:​

  • E1: 4.287 at 303.85 def. Joey Haas 4.677 at 218.77
  • E2: 3.885 at 330.40 def. Alexis DeJoria 7.435 at 87.16
  • Semis: .029 RT, 3.864 at 333.09 def. Jack Beckman .041 RT, 3.864 at 333.09
  • Finals: 8.357 at 84.97 lost to Jordan Vandergriff 3.858 at 329.43

Quotes:​


“Debuting the Dodge ‘Purple Haze’ Super Bee colors this weekend was pretty awesome for the Dodge Great Lakes Nationals. Obviously, we would have loved to win this one in Michigan for the Dodge folks. We were pressing for the final. We had lane choice and we wanted to get in a strong run. Mike (Knudsen, crew chief), Phil (Shuler, co-crew chief) and Alex (Conaway, car chief) put a good car under me this weekend. And I was able to help the team with a pedal job in the first round and hole shot in the semifinals. Hope that makes up for some of the times I mess up,” Hagan said. “Now we’ll roll into Rockingham next weekend still in the points lead. I’m anxious to get there. We hope we can do this again next weekend. We want to put this Dodge in the winner’s circle, and we were close today. But I think we will. That semifinals race with Jack (Beckman) was unbelievable. To have the same exact ET (Elapsed Time at 3.864 sec.) and speed (333.09 mph). How do you draw that up? It came down to reaction time off the line. I have a lot of respect for Jack. He was my teammate for many years. And that John Force camp will be tough the rest of the year. Hats off to Mike (Knudsen) to put a race car under me to compete with those Force cars.”​


















































































































































































































































































































































































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