MATT HAGAN
Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car Unofficial Points Standings: 2nd​

Qualifying:​

  • Q1: 3.992 at 327.43
  • Q2: 6.219 at 109.56
  • Q3: 3.912 at 329.67
  • Q4: 3.917 at 329.02
  • 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 at Bristol Dragway
  • 14 season streak with at least two wins
  • Won the Thunder Valley Nationals in 2015
  • Has raced to 100 final rounds
  • Won at Summit Motorsports Park in 2018

Race Results:​


E1: 4.308 seconds at 213.40 mph lost to Daniel Wilkerson 3.935 at 327.59

“You have to take the good with the bad sometimes. In the last race, we had Dan (Wilkerson) in the final and we got the win. It’s like you flip a coin sometimes. Sometimes it lands on your side and sometimes on their side. That’s why it was the ‘marquee matchup’ today. It was the toughest pairing of the first round.

“Obviously, Dan and his guys didn’t do the best job in qualifying (No. 12), but they did a great job in the first round. For us, it was some stuff that was going on in the bellhousing. It’s nice that Knud (Mike Knudsen, crew chief) and Shuler (Phil Shuler, crew chief) were able to figure out what was going on with the car. It was uncharacteristic to smoke the tires that far out down the track. Usually, when we get past the tree, we go on to a solid run.

“All in all, we learned a lot this weekend coming off the Bristol win. But it just wasn’t our day. He had me covered up on the tree too. The kid was up for me at the start. He came over to me after the round and said, ‘remember that!’ But we are going to regroup for the West Coast swing in Sonoma and Seattle next month. We won Seattle last year, and I have never won at Sonoma. That is the only track I haven’t won at on the current tour. So, I know we will be ready for that one.”


























































































































































































































































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