MATT HAGAN
Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car​


Unofficial Points Standings: 5th

Qualifying: No. 4 3.903 seconds at 327.35 mph Bonus Qualifying Points: 1

  • Q1: 4.026 at 322.04
  • Q2: 3.988 at 318.69
  • Q3: 4.281 at 214.28
  • Q4: 3.903 at 327.35
  • Four-time world champion (2023, 2020, 2014, 2011)
  • Finished 2025 season runner-up
  • Won the NHRA Winternationals, NHRA’s 1000th Funny Car race and the Thunder Valley Nationals
  • 14 season streak with at least two wins
  • Has raced to 100 final rounds
  • Won at Pacific Raceways in 2013 and 2025
  • No. 1 qualifiers in 2018

Race Results:

  • E1: 3.936 seconds at 326.00 mph def. Blake Alexander, 3.946 at 326.00
  • E2: 3.930 seconds at 322.19 mph def. Paul Lee, 4.002 at 323.58
  • Semis: 3.929 seconds at 324.98 mph lost to J.R. Todd, 3.919 at 335.32

“It was a great two weeks. We have taken some Saturdays to test and work on some things as we head into the Countdown in just a few races. I feel very confident that Mike Knudsen (Hagan’s crew chief) is really getting a handle on what we are trying right now and the car is responding well. So, that shows a lot of promise as we head forward. I know we are all stacked up in the (Funny Car) points. We are going to sit fifth right now, but it’s just five or ten points difference in the standings. It’s very close from fifth to second. We are rolling into Brainerd next, and we are going to do some testing the Monday after that race. Our team’s brain trust is definitely moving in the right direction and getting a handle on some of the changes we’ve made and that’s very positive moving forward. We had JHG on board during this western swing, already have two wins for them this season but would have liked to have gotten them another win. We’re making progress though, and we’ll keep throwing different things at the car and see what we can come up with before the points reset after Indy. Then we can really battle it out for a championship.”

























































































































































































































































































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