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* Hagan, the three-time NHRA World Champion, set low elasped time in the opening round with a 3.868 over
* For the second straight week, Hagan lost by inches (0.006 seconds) in the semifinals despite a posting a stellar 0.54 starting reaction time against eventual race winner Bob Tasca III
* With the semifinal finish, Hagan moved to third in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Funny Car 'Countdown' points as the series heads to
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* Pruett lost in another tight race against Carolina Nationals Top Fuel race winner
* Pruett moved to the No. 4 position in the current NHRA Top Fuel points standings
* Follow Dodge in NHRA action at DodgeGarage.com
For the second consecutive week in the
Hagan, who posted a track record Friday in qualifying with a 3.825, drove his Johnson Horsepower Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat to sensational times throughout the weekend including a 3.828, 3.841 and 3.868 in the opening round victory against
In that matchup, Hagan cut a tremendous 0.054 starting line light and held the advantage in the first 800 feet before losing by inches (0.006 seconds) at the finish line with a 3.953 to Tasca's 3.935. Despite the loss, Hagan advanced to the No. 3 position in the NHRA Championship 'Countdown' Funny Car points standings with the next event set for
'The Countdown is tough, and everyone is bringing all that they have all the time,' said Hagan. 'In the last two races, we haven't even lost by a hundredth of a second, it's been a thousandth of a second. That's tight drag racing, but we have to be on the other side of it. We are running against a lot of good cars, so there are no gimme's. We're still there and we're better than what we're showing. We have four races left to go out and fight and dig. We'll be just fine.'
Pruett, driving the TSR Rinnai/Dodge//SRT Top Fuel dragster, put in a strong performance in eliminations with her second straight semifinals finish, taking out Top Fuel points contenders
In the semifinals, Pruett had to face eventual race winner
'This was a performance-enhanced weekend overall for the
The NHRA Midwest Nationals event schedule includes one nitro qualifying session on
The Fox Sports 1 telecasts for the NHRA Midwest Nationals will take place
@DodgeMoparMotorsports on Instagram
The @DodgeMoparMotorsports Instagram channel continues to share content capturing Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers on the track. Fans can see action from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series and NHRA Sportsman grassroots racers, competing in classes such as Factory Stock Showdown, Stock and Super Stock, as well as additional motorsports series.
Dodge//SRT
For more than 100 years, the Dodge brand has carried on the spirit of brothers John and
Dodge drives forward as a pure performance brand, offering SRT Hellcat versions of the Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger and Dodge Durango, as well as an R/T plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of the all-new 2023 Dodge Hornet, representing the brand's first-ever electrified performance vehicle. Dodge delivers the drag-strip dominating 807-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock; the 797-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT Redeye, the most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world; and the 710-horsepower Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, the most powerful SUV ever; and best-in-class standard performance in the compact utility vehicle segment with the Dodge Hornet. Combined, these four muscle vehicles make Dodge the industry's most powerful brand, offering more horsepower than any other American brand across its entire lineup.
In 2022, the Dodge brand ranked No. 1 in the J.D. Power APEAL Study (mass market), making it the only domestic brand ever to do so three years in a row. In 2020, Dodge was named the '#1 Brand in Initial Quality,' making it the first domestic brand ever to rank No. 1 in the J.D. Power Initial Quality Study (IQS).
Fans can follow all the NHRA action this season at DodgeGarage, the one-stop portal for Dodge//SRT and Mopar drag-racing news, including daily updates and access to an online racing HQ, news, events, galleries, available downloads and merchandise. Dodge is part of the portfolio of brands offered by leading global automaker and mobility provider
Mopar
Mopar is the global name for
A simple combination of the words MOtor and PARts, Mopar offers exceptional service, parts and customer-care. Born in 1937 as the name of a line of antifreeze products, Mopar has evolved over more than 85 years to represent both complete vehicle care and authentic performance for owners and enthusiasts worldwide.
Mopar made its mark in the 1960s during the muscle-car era with performance parts to enhance speed and handling for both on-road and racing use. Later, Mopar expanded to include technical service and customer support, and today integrates service, parts and customer-care operations in order to enhance customer and dealer support worldwide.
Complete information on Mopar is available at www.mopar.com and the newly redesigned Mopar blog at www.blog.mopar.com.
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