CONCORD, N.C. — Racing lower than three hours from his residence in Christiansburg, Va., four-time Humorous Automobile champion Matt Hagan heads to zMAX Dragway with hopes of incomes one other win on the Bellagio of Dragstrips throughout this weekend’s American Insurgent Mild NHRA 4-Huge Nationals.
Hagan will probably be flying the colours of American Insurgent Beer this weekend in his 12,000-horsepower Dodge//SRT Hellcat Humorous Automobile, including even larger stakes to the occasion for the favored veteran.
With 4 wins from Charlotte to his credit score, together with final 12 months’s American Insurgent Mild NHRA 4-Huge Nationals when he picked up his milestone fiftieth profession victory, Hagan is on the lookout for his first win of the 12 months because the 2025 NHRA Mission Meals Drag Racing Sequence season continues on the wildest spectacle in motorsports.
“Will probably be an enormous week for American Insurgent,” stated Hagan, who has 52 profession Humorous Automobile wins. “There will probably be quite a bit happening and I’m actually enthusiastic about it. We’ll make it a superb one figuring out they’ll be on the market with us. I’m able to get going.”
The Charlotte race marks the second consecutive four-wide race for the NHRA Mission Meals Drag Racing Sequence. Groups competed in Las Vegas and can quickly arrive in Charlotte for one more action-packed weekend of 48,000-horsepower machines reaching speeds over 330 mph.
Final season on the spring race in Charlotte, Hagan was joined within the winner’s circle by Justin Ashley (High Gasoline), Greg Anderson (Professional Inventory) and Gaige Herrera (Professional Inventory Bike).
Hagan superior to the ultimate quad of eliminations in Las Vegas, the place reigning Humorous Automobile world champion Austin Prock earned his first title of the season. His closing look will slot him into this weekend’s Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Problem, which brings aggressive racing to the Saturday qualifying schedule.
Hagan will tackle Phoenix winner Paul Lee, Daniel Wilkerson and former champ J.R. Todd. The opposite quad will probably be made up of Prock, former champion Cruz Pedregon, Dave Richards and Vegas Mission Problem winner Spencer Hyde.
“Anytime you may go from one four-wide occasion to the following, it retains you in a routine and provides you rhythm,” stated Hagan. “Though we superior to the finals in Las Vegas, we had a components breakage and ended up ending final within the quad. I nonetheless really feel actually good about issues. I felt like we had a superb automotive all weekend in Vegas and had a superb shot at profitable the race. We have been knocking on the door of the place we wanted to be, so we simply need to preserve the momentum shifting ahead.”
