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<\/p>\nIt took two weeks to get from a first-round win to the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown winner\u2019s circle but Lee Hartman, of Canfield, Ohio, took the rain delayed Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals on Saturday during the NAPA Midwest Nationals. In Martin, Mich., Hartman defeated Kyle Pawuk and 2026 U.S. Nationals winner Scott Libersher in rounds one and two before the race was moved to World Wide Technology Raceway.
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Last night Hartman outran championship contender Raymond Nash in the semifinals and today in the final round of qualifying for the Midwest Nationals Hartman drove away from David Janac resetting the national elapsed time record in the process with a blistering 7.511 seconds at 176.67 mph. This was Hartman\u2019s first Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series national event victory.
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\u201cThis Carrier Service Dodge has been awesome,\u201d said Hartman. \u201cIt\u2019s a Stanfield Racing Engines never give up attitude. They just tune, tune, and make it better every pass until we\u2019re finally getting a groove. This story\u2019s playing out, and it\u2019s not over yet. We\u2019re just finally getting comfortable. We had so many obstacles this year, and we just kept fighting and fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since he made his debut in the class in 2020 Hartman had raced to three runner-up finishes prior to today\u2019s win. His last final round appearance was the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 Nationals outside of Chicago. Hartman and his Mopar Dodge Challenger set the elapsed time record three times from the beginning of the Michigan race to its completion today in St. Louis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had epic weather in Michigan, and the car was running great,\u201d said Hartman. \u201cNow we have a week or so to think about what we\u2019re going to do. We come here, and then we got the same type conditions here in St. Louis. I\u2019ve been in a groove. Nothing real major. I knew the car was right. I knew everything we worked on was right.\u201d
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After four rounds of racing during the Great Lakes Nationals plus seven previous Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series national event, Hartman is feeling strong. This is the first win for a Dodge Challenger Drag Pak this season.\u201cI\u2019m just comfortable in the car. I\u2019m at the point where I can drive the car and I know what it\u2019s going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Great Lakes National semifinals contested yesterday at World Wide Technology Raceway, Janac defeated David Davies II when Davies\u2019 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak overpowered the track losing critical traction off the starting line. Hartman raced to the final with a record setting 7.548 second pass at 182.30 mph. He reset his own record which he set two weeks ago in Michigan. His red Dodge Challenger outran championship contending driver Raymond Nash in a very close race.<\/p>\n
The Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series will move immediately back in action for the Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill., October 2-4, 2026.<\/p>\n
This story was originally published on October 4, 2026. <\/p>\n
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