Matt Hagan, driver of the TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car:
- Earned No. 4 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (3.893 ET at 330.88 mph)
- Maintained No. 4 provisional qualifying position based off of Friday’s Q1 run. In Q2 on Saturday, Hagan ran a 3.958 ET at 329.42 mph.
- Maintained No. 4 provisional qualifying position based off of Friday’s Q1 run. In Q3 on Saturday, Hagan ran a 4.312 ET at 218.62 mph.
- The PlayNHRA All-Star Funny Car Callout served as Round 4 of qualifying, where Hagan maintained the No. 4 provisional qualifying position. Hagan ran a 3.931 ET at 328.62 mph, defeating J.R. Todd (9.289 ET at 80.77 mph).
- Scored two bonus points for second-quickest run of the session
- In the PlayNHRA All-Star Funny Car Callout Semifinal, which did not serve as Round 5 of qualifying, Hagan ran 3.965 ET at 330.07 mph, losing to Austin Prock’s 3.910 ET at 333.66 mph.
- Secured No. 5 qualifying position based off of Friday’s Q1 run. In Q5 on Sunday, Hagan ran a 4.968 ET at 154.55 mph.
- Advanced to the Round 2 on Monday:
- Round 1: 3.887 ET at 334.73 mph, defeated Cruz Pedregon (3.912 ET at 309.34 mph)
- Round 2: 5.936 ET at 146.80 mph, lost to Alexis DeJoria (3.935 ET at 331.85 mph)
- Currently third heading into the Countdown to the Championship, behind Funny Car leader Austin Prock (there will be a points reset for the Countdown to the Championship)
- Stewart clinched the 2025 NHRA Regular Season Championship. He entered race day third in the Top Fuel point standings behind Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta. Stewart became the Regular Season Champion following his Round 2 win over Kyle Wurtzel, due to points leader Shawn Langdon losing in Round 1 and second-place Doug Kalitta losing in Round 2.
- Stewart advanced to the Finals in his second NHRA U.S. Nationals appearance. His previous best was a Semifinal appearance in 2024, where he lost to Steve Torrence. The Indiana native has a long history of racing in Indianapolis, having competed at the Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP) oval and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in IndyCar and NASCAR. Stewart won NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 in 2005 and 2007.
- Hagan earned the 2025 overall #2Fast2Tasty championship, having collected 16 Mission Foods points in 2025. Those points will be added to the reset heading into the start of the Countdown to the Championship at Maple Grove Raceway.
- Hagan has advanced to the Countdown to the Championship for the 13th consecutive year.
- Hagan is the track record holder at Indianapolis in both time and speed (3.799 seconds, 338.77 mph), which he set on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. The 3.799-second mark is a personal best and it made Hagan just the second Funny Car driver to break the 3.800 second barrier.
“It was a long week at Indy, and we were testing here last week too. We gave it a valiant effort this week. I’m super proud of Tony, Leah and guys to win the Top Fuel Regular Season Championship. They picked up $150,000 for the title. I’m happy for Dodge, Direct Connection, Rinnai, American Rebel Beer, JHG and our other sponsors. It’s a team effort on both sides here at TSR. Our Funny Car team got the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Season Funny Car Championship too on Sunday. I really love that ‘Taco Tussle’ during the qualifying rounds. It’s exciting for the fans too. It’s been a while since I won Indy (2016) and it is going to be another year now. We had a couple of hundred more horsepower that we expected for that run. I don’t know if it was a tune-up situation or the track just got hotter. It’s nice to have more horsepower, but it’s just how you use it. It’s a nitro car and it’s always unpredictable with a 12,000-horsepower monster. The regular season is over, and we’ll reset everything for the next six races. We have been running better in qualifying, and we can be consistent in eliminations too. The win at Seattle showed that. I’m very proud of our TSR Direct Connection crew and I’m anxious to see what we can do in the next six races. I know we’ll be ready to go at Reading.”
29-31 August, 1 Sept. 1 2025, Indianapolis, IN USA, XXX, ©2025, Will Lester Photography
29-31 August, 1 Sept. 1 2025, Indianapolis, IN USA, XXX, ©2025, Will Lester Photography
29-31 August, 1 Sept. 1 2025, Indianapolis, IN USA, XXX, ©2025, Will Lester Photography
29-31 August, 1 Sept. 1 2025, Indianapolis, IN USA, XXX, ©2025, Will Lester Photography
29-31 August, 1 Sept. 1 2025, Indianapolis, IN USA, XXX, ©2025, Will Lester Photography
29-31 August, 1 Sept. 1 2025, Indianapolis, IN USA, XXX, ©2025, Will Lester Photography
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