\u201cThis race track has shown me so much love over the years. Racing Capps, man, it was like back in the day throwing it down, because we always used to throw down, so it just kind of felt natural. It\u2019s a magical place because champions are crowned here and tonight reminded me of the championship deals, because, you know, the lights were on and I\u2019ve won a won a couple times under the lights here, and you know, it just felt right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Capps, who won the most recent race in Phoenix, reached the finals for the second straight race and the 159th time in his career with wins against Dylan Winefsky, Alexis DeJoria and Jordan Vandergriff. Hagan and Capps are also tied for the points lead after three races.<\/p>\n Racing legend Tony Stewart delivered the first Top Fuel win for Elite Motorsports, going a weekend-best 3.683 at 332.51 in his 12,000-horsepower R&L Carriers dragster to knock off Justin Ashley in the championship round.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the first career win at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip for Stewart and his third career victory in his NHRA career, and this one will certainly be meaningful. He picked up wins as both a driver and team owner on Sunday, as he drove to victories in eliminations against Will Smith, Gainesville winner Josh Hart and Shawn Langdon. It set up a marquee matchup against Ashley, who posted three straight reaction times of .025 leading to the final.<\/p>\n Stewart was .047 in the championship round and quickly tracked down Ashley on his standout run, getting the win a year after finishing as the Winternationals runner-up, this time during NHRA\u2019s 75th anniversary season.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been [in NHRA] for five years now and following Leah around and being a part of it, but it doesn\u2019t take long to realize how special Pomona is in drag racing, and how much it means to everybody,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cTo be able to come here, and especially on an anniversary or for NHRA, you couldn\u2019t ask for a better scenario for me. The only thing that would have made it better is if we met Leah in the finals. But for Matt to win is the 1,000th Funny Car win here, and to be here on NHRA 75th anniversary, and win here at the Winternationals, that is huge.<\/p>\n \u201cI literally told [team owner] Richard Freeman and Royce Freeman on Friday, and individually, \u2018Listen. I know I\u2019m relatively new to drag racing, but I\u2019ve been racing for 47 years. I\u2019ve been a part of a lot of different programs and worked with a lot of different people and I promise you that all the ingredients are here. You can see it. I\u2019ve been a part of enough programs to know when it\u2019s right and I don\u2019t know when it\u2019s going to click and come together, but I\u2019m telling you all the stuff that you need to be successful is right here right now.\u2019 I had no idea in 48 hours that it was going to come together.\u201d<\/p>\n Ashley advanced to the final round for the first time this season and the 33rd in his career thanks to round wins against Maddi Gordon, No. 1 qualifier Leah Pruett and reigning world champion Doug Kalitta, who leaves Pomona as the points leader.<\/p>\n In Pro Stock, six-time world champion Greg Anderson continued to rule the class at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, as he won for a record-tying 17th time at the historic facility, holding off KB Titan Racing teammate Dallas Glenn in the final round with a run of 6.505 at 209.88 in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro.<\/p>\n It is the 113th career win for Anderson, who qualified No. 1 and ran the quickest in every round of eliminations. He dipped into the 6.40s in the first three rounds en route to wins against Kenny Delco, Matt Latino and Greg Stanfield. That set up a third straight final round against Glenn at Pomona dating back to the 2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals and Anderson stayed perfect in that regard, chasing down Glenn at the finish line.<\/p>\n Glenn was .003 on the starting line, but Anderson was a solid .018 and tied John Force for the most wins in NHRA history at the legendary track. He\u2019s also now won the Winternationals eight times, which ties him with Bob Glidden for the most in Pro Stock history, as the veteran continues to perform at an extremely high level.<\/p>\n \u201cI came to the racetrack today with a lot of confidence. I felt good. I knew I was going to have a great hot rod. It\u2019s been great all weekend,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cIt just absolutely loves this racetrack. It\u2019s a blast to drive this car. We had a great weekend as a team; from top to bottom, the KB Titan team was very, very impressive, but that meant it was going to be really hard for me to find a way to win on Sunday, but we did it.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you race Dallas, you\u2019ve got to be perfect and I really didn\u2019t make any big errors today, and the car was flawless. It really doesn\u2019t matter how much you win by as long as that win light comes on, especially against Dallas because he\u2019s riding the wave right now. He\u2019s got confidence. I\u2019m so damn happy he\u2019s on my race team and I don\u2019t have to hate the kid, I love the kid, and it\u2019s a blast to race him, and it\u2019s an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n Glenn stayed in the points lead in advancing to his second straight final round and 23rd in his career after defeating Gainesville winner Matt Hartford, Eric Latino and teammate Dave Connolly.<\/p>\n The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action April 24-26 with the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte.<\/p>\n The post Hagan Wins 1,000th NHRA Funny Car Race; Stewart and Anderson Also Get Victories at Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan won the 1,000th Funny Car race in NHRA history on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, defeating three-time world champion Ron Capps in the final round to close out the 66th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. 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