Tony Stewart Racing
Leah Pruett & Matt Hagan, Dodge Direct Connection Top Fuel & Funny Car Drivers, Head to Brainerd
Brainerd, MN – The Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd (Minn.) International Raceway serves as the 14th event on the NHRA Camping 
World Drag Racing Series’ 21-race calendar. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two fulltime entries – one in Top Fuel for 11-time event winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for 47-time Funny Car winner and three-time champion Matt Hagan – to the second-to-last race of the regular season before the Countdown to the Championship begins Sept. 14-17 with the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pennsylvania.
After the 15th and final regular-season event on Sept. 4 with the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the top-10 drivers in the standings in each of the four professional categories of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series – Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle – qualify for the Countdown to the Championship. The top-10 drivers in each class then compete in the final, six-race playoffs to vie for the title. Coming into Brainerd, Pruett is fifth in the Top Fuel championship standings, 275 points behind leader Justin Ashley. Hagan, meanwhile, is leading the Funny Car championship standings, 61 points ahead of Ron Capps.
Direct Connection is the primary partner of Pruett and Hagan this weekend in Brainerd. With muscle car enthusiasts looking for “ready to run” parts, Direct Connection serves as the source for high-performance parts and technical expertise straight from the factory. The Top Fuel Dragster and Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car are featured in Sublime green. Sublime was first introduced during the 1970 model year. The Dodge Charger and Challenger, in current form, are coming to an end after this year. Dodge is bringing back the iconic color for consumers to bring nostalgia to the highways and purchase their own commemorative last call vehicle.
Matt Hagan Takes Runner-up Finish at Menards NHRA Nationals
TSR Dodge//SRT Hellcat Driver Extends Funny Car Points Lead
TOPEKA, KS – Matt Hagan and his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Funny Car team continued their consistent performances in the 2023 NHRA 
Camping World Drag Racing Series after scoring a runner-up finish in his TSR American Rebel Dodge//SRT Hellcat at the Menards NHRA Nationals at Heartland Motorsports Park.
Hagan, entering his sixth final round of this year’s NHRA campaign, cut an incredible starting light of 0.024 seconds in the final round in the rain-delayed Heartland Motorsports Park event and only low elapsed time of the entire race by rival Bob Tasca III kept him for his fifth NHRA national event win of the season.
Tasca’s 3.885 bested Hagan’s 3.965 for the Topeka win in the event’s final NHRA national race, as the 2024 NHRA schedule welcomes Flying H Dragstrip in Odessa, Mo., to replace the Topeka event. The victory margin was just 0.0496 seconds.
Led by crew chief Dickie Venables and his stellar TSR crew, Hagan drove through the 16-car Funny Car field with round wins over Alex Laughlin, Tim Wilkerson and J.R. Todd before facing Bob Tasca III in the Funny Car final.
Leah Pruett & Matt Hagan head Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor
Topeka, KS – The Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas, marks the 13th event 
on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 21-race calendar. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two fulltime entries – one in Top Fuel for 11-time event winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for 47-time Funny Car winner and three-time champion Matt Hagan – to the third-to-last race of the regular season before the Countdown to the Championship begins Sept. 14-17 with the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pennsylvania.
After the 15th and final regular-season event on Sept. 4 with the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the top-10 drivers in the standings of each of the four professional categories of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series – Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle – qualify for the Countdown to the Championship. The top-10 drivers in each class then compete in the final, six-race playoffs to vie for the title. Coming into Topeka, Pruett is fifth in the Top Fuel championship standings, 217 points behind leader Justin Ashley. Hagan, meanwhile, is leading the Funny Car championship standings, 19 points ahead of Ron Capps.
Pruett and Hagan enter Topeka representing Rayce Rudeen Foundation and American Rebel, respectively.
American Rebel Joins Tony Stewart Racing
Will serve as Primary Sponsor of Matt Hagan’s Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car at the Menards NHRA Nationals Presented by PetArmor and at the NHRA Midwest Nationals
BROWNSBURG, IN – American Rebel has partnered with Tony Stewart Racing (TSR), with a multi-year agreement, in the NHRA Camping 
World Drag Racing Series, with the Kansas-based company highlighting its residential safes on the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car of three-time champion Matt Hagan.
American Rebel (NASDAQ: AREB) will serve as the primary sponsor of Hagan during the Menards NHRA Nationals Presented by PetArmor August 11-13 at Heartland Motorsports Park. The orange and black car design will feature American Rebel on the hood and side panels of Hagan’s 11,000-horsepower machine. American Rebel will also be Hagan’s primary sponsor at the NHRA Midwest Nationals June September 29-October 1 at World Wide Technology Raceway. American Rebel will be featured in an associate partner position for the remainder of 2023 and the 2024 season, with 2024 primary races to be announced at a later date.
“We are absolutely thrilled about our new partnership with Tony Stewart Racing and Menards, which showcases our industry-leading gun safes and ammo lockers,” said Andy Ross, CEO, American Rebel. “We look forward to burning patriotic nitro with driver Matt Hagan. This is the perfect fit for the American Rebel brand and American Rebel attitude. We are looking forward to welcoming Matt and TSR to our patriotic family.”
TONY STEWART AND MOBILE 1 MCPHILLIPS RACING T/A DRAGSTER WIN AT MAPLE GROVE
Reading, PA – Tony Stewart earned his third win in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. His two previous wins came at the NHRA Four-
Wide Nationals in Las Vegas and the North Central Division Race in Indianapolis, Indiana.
With the Northeast Division Race win at Maple Grove Raceway, Stewart takes the lead in the Top Alcohol Dragster championship standings.
In addition to a national championship, Stewart is also vying for a regional championship in the North Central Region. He’s leading the North Central Region championship point standings by a healthy margin with a total of 266 points.
Tony Stewart, Driver of the Mobil 1 Top Alcohol Dragster, talks about Maple Grove. “The weekend was a polar opposite compared to what happened last race in Columbus (Ohio). The whole team made a conscious decision to try and be on the other side of it. Even though we made it to the Finals, we felt like we were a little too aggressive in Columbus and it bit us. We came into Reading with a plan to make sure we made a solid lap the first round of qualifying and we could press from there. We kept it in a good, safe zone.
My teammate, Matt Cummings, had the fastest car. He was just a little quicker than us all weekend. I was able to have really good reaction times both days and that was a big key to getting us here. You hate to win a race at the end against your teammate due to a mechanical failure, but unfortunately it happens. Being able to win the race and take over the national points lead is something we’re extremely proud and happy about. You don’t want to beat your teammate with misfortune like that, but it could happen to us too. I was really proud of the McPhillips Racing team. They did a great job of giving Matt and I two cars that were dominate all weekend. It came down to the two of us. We’re gelling with this team and now that we have the points lead, the plan is to keep it. We don’t want to let it get away from us. We’ll stick to the plan and stay the course. We’ll keep executing run after run.”
Qualifying:
Earned No. 3 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (5.331 ET at 272.67 mph)
Earned No. 2 provisional qualifying position in Q2 on Friday (5.272 ET at 270.86 mph)
Secured No. 2 qualifying position in Q3 on Friday (5.266 ET at 273.16 mph)
Elimination results:
Round 1: 5.294 ET at 273.72 mph, defeated Mike Hepp (5.519 ET at 258.52 mph)
Round 2: 5.276 ET at 272.39 mph, defeated Dan Page (5.739 ET at 216.13 mph)
Finals: 5.291 ET at 271.90 mph, defeated Matt Cummings (Didn’t cross the finish line due to a sheared fuel pump drive)
Currently leading the Top Alcohol Dragster national championship standings, 32 points ahead of Julie Nataas
PRUETT AND HAGAN HEAD TO SONOMA TO WRAP UP THE SWEEP, LLOKING FOR VICTORY!
Sonoma, CA – The DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway marks the culmination of the NHRA Camping World Drag 
Racing Series’ three-week long Western Swing. The two previous events of the Western Swing were the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals July 14-16 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado, and the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals July 21-23 at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington. The DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals is the 12th event on the NHRA’s 21-race calendar.
Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) will be represented in Top Fuel by 11-time event winner Leah Pruett and in Funny Car by 47-time Funny Car winner and three-time champion Matt Hagan. Pruett and Hagan enter Sonoma representing Rayce Rudeen Foundation and Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage, respectively.
The Rayce Rudeen Foundation is a non-profit organization that works with organizations and programs to encourage a healthy and productive life that is free of addiction. The designated 501(c)(3) is named in honor of Rayce Rudeen, who at age 26 passed away from an accidental Fentanyl overdose. Since its inception, the Rayce Rudeen Foundation has advocated for creating a supportive community in which everyone can access prevention, treatment, recovery and family-support services, all free from stigma. By collaborating with local universities, researchers, organizations, businesses and community coalitions, the Rayce Rudeen Foundation is leading communities toward a united and compassionate response to addiction by identifying gaps in care and building educational tools.
Tony Stewart Racing heads to Seattle for Race 2 of the Western Swing
Kent, WA – The Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington, marks the second stop of the NHRA 
Camping World Drag Racing Series’ three-week long Western Swing. The previous event of the Western Swing was the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals July 14-16 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado. The DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway will follow Seattle July 28-30. The Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals is the 11th event on the NHRA’s 21-race calendar.
Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two fulltime entries – one in Top Fuel for 11-time Top Fuel winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for three-time Funny Car champion Matt Hagan. Hagan delivered TSR’s fifth victory of the season, his fourth, in the prior event at Bandimere Speedway, driving his Dodge Direct Connection Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car to his 47th career victory in the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals. It marked the final NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series event at Thunder Mountain after 43 years.
Coming into Seattle, Pruett is currently third in the Top Fuel standings, 105 points behind leader Justin Ashley. Hagan is leading the Funny Car standings, 45 points ahead of Ron Capps.
Hagan and Pruett Head to ‘The Mountain’ for the last ever NHRA Mile High Nationals
Morrison, CO – The Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado, marks the 10th event 
on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 21-race calendar. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two fulltime entries – one in Top Fuel for Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for 46-time Funny Car winner and three-time champion Matt Hagan. Pruett delivered TSR’s first Top Fuel victory of the season and fourth overall team win in the prior event at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, driving her Dodge Direct Connection Top Fuel Dragster to her 11th career victory in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
Bandimere Speedway kicks off the Western Swing – three consecutive races where after the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals, the series heads to Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington, July 21-23 for the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals and then to Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway July 28-30 for the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
Coming into Denver, Pruett is currently third in the Top Fuel standings, 106 points behind leader Justin Ashley. Hagan is leading the Funny Car standings, four points ahead of Ron Capps.
Pruett Takes First 2023 NHRA National Event Win at Norwalk, Drives Dodge Direct Connection Top Fuel Dragster to Victory
NORWALK, OH – The hot and humid conditions always prove to be tricky at an NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series national event, 
but Leah Pruett and her Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge Direct Connection team were the masters of that environment Sunday by capturing the Top Fuel division win in the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
Pruett drove her TSR Direct Connection dragster past current NHRA Top Fuel point leader Justin Ashley in the final round with a 3.761-second pass at 326.79 miles per hour to score her first 2023 NHRA win and jump into the top-three in the Top Fuel current standings entering the next event on July 14-16 at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals in Morrison, Colorado. Pruett is the defending champion at her primary sponsor’s upcoming event.
The Arizona driver opened the Ohio racing weekend by qualifying her Top Fueler in the No. 1 position for the second straight event and advanced past Kyle Wurtzel in the first round. She then defeated Mike Salinas in round two and young Austin Prock in the semifinals. Ashley had lane choice in the final against Pruett, but he smoked the tires at half-track as Pruett drove to the win light.
Leah Pruett & Matt Hagan, Dodge Direct Connection Top Fuel & Funny Car Drivers, Head to Norwalk
Norwalk, OH – The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, marks the ninth event on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 21-race calendar. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two fulltime entries – one in Top Fuel for 10-time Top Fuel winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for 46-time Funny Car winner and three-time champion Matt Hagan.
Coming into Norwalk, Pruett is tied with Antron Brown for fifth in the Top Fuel standings, 134 points behind leader Justin Ashley. Hagan is currently second in the Funny Car standings, 32 points behind leader Ron Capps.
Direct Connection is the primary partner of Pruett and Hagan this weekend in Norwalk. With muscle car enthusiasts looking for “ready to run” parts, Direct Connection serves as the source for high-performance parts and technical expertise straight from the factory. The Top Fuel Dragster and Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car are featured in Sublime green. Sublime was first introduced during the 1970 model year. The Dodge Charger and Challenger, in current form, are coming to an end after this year. Dodge is bringing back the iconic color for consumers to bring nostalgia to the highways and purchase their own commemorative last call vehicle.
