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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cCongratulations\nto Matt Hagan for capturing an important win at the Nevada Nationals,\u201d said Tim\nKuniskis, Dodge Brand Chief Executive Officer – Stellantis. \u201cIt was another\noutstanding effort by Matt and his Tony Stewart Racing crew to get the most\nperformance out of their Dodge Charger SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Hellcat and take home their fourth\nvictory this season. What a great representation of what performance\nenthusiasts can expect from the Dodge lineup of vehicles and Direct Connection\nperformance parts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hagan started his race day from second place spot on the\neliminations ladder and with a little Vegas luck on his side against No. 15\nseed Steven Densham. After his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat had the advantage on\nthe start, it dropped some cylinders early but Hagan kept on the throttle until\nhe lost power and coasted across the finish line with a slim 0.0032-second\nmargin of victory to move on to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He then took advantage of the opportunity to advance with a good\nside-by-side drag race against No. 10 seed Chad Green and drove the Dodge Power\nBrokers machine to a strong 3.909-second lap at 331.77 mph for the round win\nahead of his competitor\u2019s 3.940 sec.\/ 320.20 mph effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That set up a semifinal matchup against No. 3 seed Bob Tasca III\nthat provided an exciting battle that began with the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat\nlaunching first with a 0.040-sec. reaction time (RT) and running a 3.924\nsec\/330.07 mph to beat a 0.063-sec RT and 3.904 sec.\/328.86 mph lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hagan\u2019s two holeshot wins were key in sending him to an important\nfinal elimination round with important championship implications against the\nFunny Car championship points leader and No. 1 qualifier Robert Hight. The\nDodge Power Brokers Funny Car launched first and its driver never looked back\non the way to turning on the win light with a 3.896 sec.\/330.23 mph to earn his\n43rd career victory and take home a fourth Wally trophy from the Nevada\nNationals in six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hagan\u2019s win comes on the heels of a playoff performance through\nfive of the Countdown\u2019s six events that includes three semifinal performances\nand two back-to-back final rounds appearances to keep his championship hopes\nalive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the three-time Funny Car world champion remains third in the\nplayoff standings, the win over Hight cuts his deficit to 63 points from the\nleader heading into the points-and-a-half NHRA Finals at Pomona and two markers\nfrom fellow contender Ron Capps in second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Top Fuel action, TSR\u2019s Leah Pruett and the Dodge Power Brokers\ndragster qualified with a solid 3.716 sec.\/ 331.69 mph effort that put them in\nthe 11th position for eliminations to set up an opening round match-up with No.\n6 seed Mike Salinas. Pruett had a good run going to the dragstrip\u2019s halfway\npoint until the tires lost traction and she tried to pedal it to regain\ncontrol. A flash of fire ended any chance of catching Salinas and extending her\nrace day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sitting just outside the Top Fuel top-ten, Pruett and her crew\nwill head to the NHRA finals looking for a good result to close out their first\nseason together in which they earned a win at the Dodge Power Brokers Mile-High\nNationals in Denver and No. 1 qualifier honors at Sonoma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Defending Funny Car Nevada Nationals winner Cruz Pedregon came\ninto race day at Las Vegas ninth in points and qualified 13th with his Snap-on\nTools Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. After an early exit in the first round against\nJ.R. Todd, the Cruz Pedregon Racing team is already focused on making\nperformance gains and preparing for next season after not being involved in\nthis year\u2019s championship battle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NHRA Finals, the last of six NHRA \u201cCountdown to the\nChampionship\u201d playoff events, will take place Nov. 11-13 at Fairplex in Pomona,\nCalifornia. FS1 will broadcast a\nqualifying highlights show on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. ET and then begin race\nday coverage at 4 p.m. ET to conclude with the crowning of 2022 NHRA World\nChampions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the No. 2 position on the eliminations ladder at the Nevada Nationals, Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) driver Matt Hagan muscled his Dodge Power Brokers Funny Car to the winner\u2019s circle at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to earn a fourth win this season and his first of the playoffs to keep his first-year team in the hunt for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) World Championship. \u201cCongratulations to Matt Hagan for capturing an important win at the Nevada Nationals,\u201d said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge Brand Chief Executive Officer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":66180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,615,2992],"class_list":["post-66178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-drag-racing","tag-nhra","tag-tony-stewart-racing"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HaganVegasWin_Feature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66178"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66193,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66178\/revisions\/66193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2244-09845.jpg\")
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