POMONA, Calif. — Funny Car championship contender Matt Hagan topped qualifying Friday at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Coming off consecutive event victories to get into the title chase, Hagan had a 3.872-second run at 333.58 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. He has won two season championships.
« That run felt really good and obviously our car is running strong, » Hagan said. « We’ve had a great race car the last couple races and we’ve been able to capitalize on it. We were able to capitalize on it again today during qualifying, and I don’t really feel any pressure. For me, I’m just having fun. »
Leah Pritchett led in Top Fuel, Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Pro Stock and Matt Smith in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Pritchett had a 3.694 at 322.88, Coughlin ran a 6.533 at 210.70 in a Chevrolet Camaro, and Smith had a 6.815 at 197.33 on an EBR.
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