Don Schumacher Racing
DSR Final Qualifying for the NHRA Finals
Pomona, CA – DSR Qualifying Highlights:
– No. 1 ranked Funny Car pilot Ron Capps further extended his lead on No. 2 ranked teammate Matt Hagan during qualifying at the NHRA 
Finals by earning four bonus points when he powered to the quickest pass of Q2
– Capps and Hagan are vying to deliver a 19th world championship and seventh Funny Car title for Don Schumacher Racing, drag racing’s winningest organization
– Capps begins his quest for a second world championship with a 67-point lead on Hagan
– Capps, who won at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona earlier this season, will start race day from the No. 2 position facing Terry Haddock. Capps is a four-time NHRA Winternationals event winner, but is seeking his first NHRA Finals triumph
– Hagan, the three-time and reigning series champion, begins his championship defense from seventh with a round-one match-up versus Tony Jurado
– The 2021 NHRA Camping World Series Funny Car world championship chase is primed for a thrilling showdown on Sunday: If Capps and Hagan win their E1 races, they would face each other in the second round. If Capps were to defeat Hagan in E2, he would be crowned champion. If Hagan were to come out on top, he would need to win the race in order to clinch a fourth world title
DSR Friday Qualifying NHRA Finals Qualifying Report
Pomona, CA – DSR Qualifying Highlights:
– By powering to the second-quickest run of Q1, No. 1 ranked Funny Car championship contender Ron Capps widened his margin by three points on No. 2 ranked teammate Matt Hagan
– If he is successful in maintaining or adding to his current 61-point lead on Hagan through Saturday’s final two qualifying sessions, Capps would begin Sunday’s elimination rounds with a three-round advantage on his teammate as he strives to capture championship title No. 19 for drag racing’s winningest organization
– In Top Fuel, Antron Brown clocked a ‘top four’ run to earn one bonus points
Driver Information:
Top Fuel:
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
Provisional Qualifying Position: No. 4
Ron Capps, Matt Hagan Ready for Championship Showdown at NHRA Finals
BROWNSBURG, IN – The stage is set for a thrilling championship showdown at this weekend’s NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in 
Pomona, Calif., and all eyes are on Don Schumacher Racing’s Funny Car duo. Leading the category is NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat driver Ron Capps who carries a 58-point advantage over his No. 2 ranked teammate, Direct Connection Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat pilot Matt Hagan.
At the 2021 NHRA Camping World Series season finale, Capps and Hagan will be vying to capture DSR’s 19th series championship trophy, and seventh Funny Car title. The No. 1 and 2 ranked drivers are no stranger to duking it out on the track, as both have been jockeying for the top-seeded Countdown to the Championship position throughout the first six of seven playoff events with Capps occupying the points lead after the conclusion of three races (Charlotte 2, Bristol, Las Vegas 2), and Hagan standing strong on top of the leaderboard after St. Louis and Dallas. In fact, the only playoff event where a DSR driver didn’t occupy the No. 1 position after the race weekend was the first Countdown race in Reading, Penn.
DSR NHRA Las Vegas 2 Post-Race Recap
Las Vegas, NV – Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil
DSR Elimination Highlights:
– Funny Car point leader Ron Capps raced to a runner-up finish in Las Vegas at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil
By advancing to the finals for the fifth time in 2021, and second time during the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, Capps extended his lead over No. 2 ranked Matt Hagan by 58 points
– Despite his first-round loss, defending world champion Hagan remains solidly in the Funny Car title conversation as he enters the final showdown in Pomona, Calif. less than two rounds behind Capps
– After four years of competing in the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown series, double-duty driver Leah Pruett closed out her FSS career with a runner-up performance – her third of the year – and a third place finish in the category
– Mark Pawuk recorded a quarterfinal finish, and also secured a Top 10 ranking to close out his 2021 Factory Stock Showdown campaign
Top Fuel:
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools ‘Tools for the Cause’ Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
DSR NHRA Las Vegas 2 Final Qualifying Report
Las Vegas, NV – Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil
DSR Qualifying Highlights:
– Defending Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan powered to the quickest run of Q3 to earn three bonus points and edge past teammate 
Ron Capps for the points lead; Hagan has a two-point advantage on Capps heading into Sunday’s elimination rounds
– Hagan will start race day from the fourth seed as he looks to claim his third consecutive Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals event trophy
– Five-time Las Vegas Motor Speedway Funny Car winner Ron Capps will look to regain the point lead from Hagan as he prepares to battle for a sixth Vegas Wally trophy from the No. 8 position on the ladder
– Capps was second-quickest of Q2 to add two bonus points to his running total
– Top Fuel round one will feature an intramural match-up between Antron Brown and Leah Pruett, with Brown carrying the advantage of lane choice into his E1 contest
– The DSR Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak trio delivered a strong qualifying performance at the final Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown series event of the year. Double-duty driver Leah Pruett leads the group with a fourth-place qualifying effort, Mark Pawuk will start from fifth, and FSS rookie David Davies secured the No. 14 spot in a competitive 21-car field
DSR NHRA Las Vegas 2 Friday Qualifying Report
Las Vegas, NV – The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
DSR Qualifying Highlights:
– Defending Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan clocked the fourth-quickest pass of Q1 aboard the Direct Connection Dodge as it made its NHRA debut
– Funny Car point leader Ron Capps took the Pennzoil Synthetics/NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge to the top-half of the timing sheets, landing in the provisional No. 7 qualifying position
– Also helping to launch Dodge’s new performance-based program at her sponsor’s event, double-duty driver Leah Pruett provisionally qualified her Direction Connection dragster and Direct Connection Mopar Drag Pak in the top half of the field in the Top Fuel and Factory Stock Showdown Series categories
– Mark Pawuk joined his FSS teammate on the quick side of the ladder by recording the fifth-quickest pass of Q1
DSR Headed to Vegas with Championships on Their Minds!
Las Vegas, NV – Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals
Noteworthy:
– Championship contenders Ron Capps and Matt Hagan sit 1-2 atop the Funny Car leaderboard and are separated by just one point. They are focused on maintaining their top-seeded rankings while jostling for the points lead as each battles to deliver a 19th world championship for Don Schumacher Racing
– Capps is a five-time Vegas champion, and finished as the runner-up to Hagan at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil in 2020
– Reigning world champion Hagan has three Vegas victories and will be defending his back-to-back wins in 2019 and 2020 at the facility this weekendHagan has visited the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals final round for the last four consecutive years, finishing as the runner-up only in 2018
– Hagan was crowned the Funny Car series champion for the third time in his career during the October 2020 event
– Antron Brown is the defending Top Fuel event champion, having powered to victory during the 2020 October Vegas race. Brown will be looking for his second consecutive Fall Vegas event triumph as he campaigns the pink Matco Tools ‘Tools for the Cause’ Top Fuel dragster benefitting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for the final time in 2021
DSR NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Race Wrap-Up
Bristol, TN – Elimination Highlights:
– Ron Capps clinched his 800th round win during round two of eliminations to move into the Funny Car points lead and earn a bid into the semifinals for the 10th time this season
– No. 1 ranked Capps departs Bristol Dragway with a one-point lead over No. 2 ranked Matt Hagan, the defending series champion
Top Fuel:
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools ‘Tools for the Cause’ Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
Qualified: No. 13 (4.572 E.T. at 172.45 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 4.381 E.T. at 189.47 MPH defeated by Mike Salinas 3.672 E.T. at 334.32 MPH
DSR Bristol Final Qualifying Report
Bristol, TN – DSR Qualifying Highlights:
– No. 2 ranked Countdown contender Ron Capps led DSR in qualifying at the Thunder Valley Nationals by clocking the second-quickest 
Funny Car pass on Saturday to earn two bonus points and the No. 2 spot on the eliminations ladder
– As last week’s event winner, Capps is aiming to go back-to-back with consecutive wins on Sunday and pick up his third Funny Car victory of the season while adding to his Bristol win count, which stands at a category-best five Bristol Dragway triumphs
– Current point leader and defending Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan qualified right behind his teammate in third by recording the best run of Q2 and third-quickest run of Q3 to add four bonus points to his total
– Hagan reset the Bristol Funny Car speed record by posting the first 330-mph Funny Car pass in the facility’s history during Q2
– By driving her Top Fuel dragster to the second-quickest run of Q2, Leah Pruett earned two bonus points and secured a spot in the ‘quick half’ of the Top Fuel field to start race day from sixth
DSR Bristol Qualifying Report
Bristol, TN
36th annual Texas Fall Nationals
Driver Information:
Top Fuel:
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools ‘Tools for the Cause’ Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
Provisional Qualifying Position: No. 11
The Results:
Q1: 7.275 E.T. at 86.08 MPH
LEAH PRUETT
Driver of the Sparkling Ice Spiked Top Fuel Dragster
