Auburn Hills, MI – Racing legend Tony Stewart continues to make motorsports history with his second 2025 NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series victory Sunday at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals at the wheel of the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Rinnai Dodge/SRT Top Fuel dragster, while TSR teammate Matt Hagan drove to the semifinals in his TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car.

Last month at Las Vegas, Stewart, the NASCAR Hall of Famer, became the first driver to win pro events in four different professional racing disciplines, and the Indiana racer made his fourth consecutive Top Fuel final appearance Sunday at Route 66 Dragway by going up against veteran Justin Ashley in the NHRA Top Fuel finale.

Stewart’s crew, led by Neal Strausbaugh and Mike Domagala, gave “Smoke” the car to beat all weekend at Route 66 Dragway in Joliet, Ill., with a career-best 3.679 in qualifying and an impressive 3.777 in the final round against Ashley’s 3.818. Stewart’s second win vaulted him into the NHRA Mission Top Fuel points standings lead by three points over Shawn Langdon. Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) drivers Tony Stewart and Matt Hagan piloted their 11,000-horsepower, nitro-burning Dodge//SRT racecars to the final round again Sunday in the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte.

Coming off his first NHRA Top Fuel national win two weeks ago in Las Vegas, Stewart was seeking back-to-back triumphs in the unique four-wide racing format, and the NASCAR Hall of Famer came close to another victory in his TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT dragster when he advanced to the Top Fuel final round against Shawn Langdon, Justin Ashley and current World Champion Antron Brown.

Qualifying eighth in the 16-car field, the former NASCAR, IndyCar and USAC champion upset No. 1 qualifier Doug Kalitta in the first round on a “holeshot” starting line advantage with his 3.779 run, and Stewart returned in round two with a 3.760 to move to his third consecutive final round.

Prior to his win in Las Vegas, Stewart recorded a runner-up finish at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., last month. Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Motorsports Hall of Famer Tony Stewart hit the “jackpot” in Las Vegas Sunday by winning his first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Top Fuel race in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge//SRT dragster at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals drag races, while TSR teammate Matt Hagan just missed a TSR win “double up” in the Funny Car division.

Stewart, a series champion and race winner in NHRA, IndyCar and USAC competition, became the first driver to win pro events in four different professional racing disciplines with an impressive performance in difficult track conditions at the popular “Strip” at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The NHRA Top Fuel victory puts Stewart in motorsports “rarified air” by winning an NHRA Top Fuel race, NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Truck events, an IndyCar race and USAC events in Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget categories. In addition, Stewart is the only racer to score pro wins at all four Las Vegas Motor Speedway tracks at NHRA at the Strip, NASCAR at the Speedway and USAC open-wheel wins at the Bullring and the Dirt Track. Stewart also won the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in 2023 in the Top Alcohol Dragster division, a sportsman class. Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Motorsports legend Tony Stewart came close to auto racing history at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge//SRT Top Fuel dragster by placing runner-up on Sunday, with teammate Matt Hagan driving to a solid semifinals run in the TSR Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car.

Stewart, the many-time Hall of Fame driver, was seeking to become the first auto racer to win races in four different professional motorsports disciplines (with previous victories in NASCAR, IndyCar and USAC) when he advanced to the final round of the Top Fuel class against Clay Millican. Unfortunately, Stewart’s TSR Rinnai Dodge//SRT dragster smoked the tires at the 200-foot mark and Millican drove to victory, despite a fiery engine explosion at the finish line.

Sunday’s path to the final round was not an easy one for Stewart, who took down three former NHRA World Champions in succession before facing multi-race winner Millican in the final. In the first round, Stewart defeated reigning World Champion Antron Brown with an elapsed time of 3.713 seconds followed by wins over 2023 World titleholder Doug Kalitta with a 3.702 and current point leader and former World Champion Shaun Langdon with a 3.723. Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Traveling over 320 miles per hour, Matt Hagan had his nitro-burning Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car on the edge and headed to a “win light” Sunday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, only to lose by inches to defending World Champion Austin Prock, while TSR Dodge//SRT teammate Tony Stewart advanced to the quarterfinals in the Top Fuel class.

Hagan, the four-time NHRA Funny Car World Champion from Virginia, is a former NHRA Arizona Nationals champion and his Johnson Horsepowered Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat machine looked strong in the first round in defeating Bobby Bode and was set for the challenge of Prock in round two. Always one of the top Funny Car drivers in reaction time, Hagan left the starting line with Prock and the two ran side-by-side the entire 1,000 feet with the decision in Prock’s favor by inches.

Hagan, a crowd favorite, was nipped at the finish line by 0.0036 seconds with a run of 4.005 seconds to Prock’s slower 4.010. Prock’s starting line advantage of 0.070 seconds to Hagan’s 0.078 was the difference in Hagan not advancing to the semifinals. Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) drivers Matt Hagan and Tony Stewart opened their 2025 NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series championship campaigns Sunday at the rain-delayed NHRA Amalie Gatornationals with the new red-and-blue 11,000-horsepower nitro-burning Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Funny Car and Top Fuel machines, respectively.

Despite losing two rounds of qualifying on Saturday to rain and a four-hour delay on Sunday, both TSR Dodge//SRT drivers put in strong performances during Sunday’s final eliminations with Hagan advancing to the event’s Funny Car semifinals and Stewart setting low elapsed time in the opening round in Top Fuel.

Earlier in the weekend, the Dodge brand announced a multi-year partnership extension with TSR to continue to field a Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car for the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series, as Stewart, Hagan and Leah Pruett held a press conference to discuss the longtime Dodge alliance.

The Hagan team went through some changes during the winter with veteran Mike Knudsen taking over as the TSR Funny Car crew chief in 2025, with Phil Shuler as co-crew chief and Alex Conaway as the car chief. Recent testing had Hagan very confident entering the Gatornationals, an event he captured in 2022 and 2023. Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Debuting two eye-catching red-and-blue Direct Connection Dodge//SRT nitro-burning machines, Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) drivers Tony Stewart and Matt Hagan approach the 2025 NHRA Mission Drag Racing season opener, the NHRA Gatornationals on March 7-9, with eagerness and enthusiasm for the 20-race national tour.

Stewart, the NASCAR legend driving the TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Top Fuel dragster, and Hagan, the four-time NHRA World Champion at the wheel of TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car, seek to begin the NHRA campaign with wins at Gainesville Raceway, following pre-season testing in their drag cars.

“Dodge is so proud to have Tony Stewart and Matt Hagan once again pilot our Direct Connection Dodge//SRT drag cars in NHRA competition,” said Matt McAlear, Dodge CEO. “Dodge holds a tremendous legacy in NHRA competition that reaches back for decades, and having two racing legends driving our Nitro cars is the perfect fit. Tony Stewart Racing brings Direct Connection Dodge//SRT performance to thousands of race fans, and our Dodge fans will be cheering them on to the winner’s circle throughout the year.” Continue reading →

Auburn Hills, MI – Racing legend Tony Stewart had a memorable day Sunday with the birth of his first child and advanced to the semifinals in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Top Fuel dragster at the In-N-Out NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., while his TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT teammate Matt Hagan also scored a semifinal finish in the Funny Car division.

Stewart, a Top Fuel rookie, qualified seventh in the 16-car field on Saturday and then flew to Phoenix to support his wife, Leah Pruett, for the birth of their son, Dominic James, at 4:43 a.m. Sunday morning, before returning to the In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip at 8 a.m. for the final eliminations of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series finale.

After replacing his wife as the driver of the TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT dragster in March when the Stewarts decided to start a family in 2024, the man known as “Smoke” proved to be consistent and quick off the starting line during the season. On Sunday, he scored victories over Billy Torrence and Gary Pritchett in the opening two rounds of Top Fuel action.

With little or no sleep, Stewart advanced to the semifinals to take on defending World Champion Doug Kalitta and held a slight advantage early in the matchup. However, Kalitta’s nitro-burning dragster won the race with a 3.678 to Stewart’s 3.738. Continue reading →