NHRA
Seattle: Matt Hagan preview
HAGAN HOPING FOR A MOVE UP IN STANDINGS IN SEATTLE CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (July 6, 2010) - Matt Hagan is sitting in third place in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car point standings as the circuit heads to the 23rd annual NHRA ...
Published: Jul 13, 2010, 6:47 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
HAGAN HOPING FOR A MOVE UP IN STANDINGS IN SEATTLE
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (July 6, 2010) - Matt Hagan is sitting in third place in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car point standings as the circuit heads to the 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals in Washington State this weekend. He'd like to move up the roster before the Countdown to 1 playoffs kick in for the top 10 in points in the final six races of the season.
The 27-year-old Angus Cattle farmer from Christiansburg, Va., is well-grounded and wise, however, about what it would take to realize his dream of winning a championship in his second full season of NHRA pro competition. Driving the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing, he's already won two national events this year in as many final rounds and qualified No. 1 once. He knows he's got the team, crew chief and car to get the job done.
"Obviously, I want to be No. 1," he said. "But, being realistic about it, I would love to be in the top five. We're already in third, so it is very doable. The better we do, the more chances we'll have of not only locking in a spot in the Countdown early but securing a high position as we enter the playoffs. So, I'd love to be No. 1, and No. 3 is pretty good, but we're barely holding on to that. We're only about one race out of No. 2, so, if we have a good race or two on this Western Swing I think things will come together for us. We have a potential championship-winning car. We're right there. It's not out of reach."
Seattle is the first of three back-to-back events making up the Western Swing (followed by Sonoma, Calif., and Denver), and it follows an off weekend after a four-race back-to-back stretch, in which Hagan won his second race of the year in Chicago, then earned a semifinal, quarterfinal and first-round finish in the ensuing events.
"I'm excited coming into Seattle," said Hagan. "We had some time off and we're going right back into a three-race swing. The DieHard Dodge is running good. We are down a crew chief (John Medlen was moved over to the NAPA team) and I don't know whether that affected us last week in Norwalk or not, but we have three races to get back on track to make sure we continue moving forward.
"I have 100-percent confidence in (crew chief) Tommy DeLago and I know he's going to get it done for us, so I'm excited to get this Western Swing started."
-source: dsr
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Seattle: Jack Beckman preview
Next article Seattle: Ashley Force Hood preview
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Matt Hagan
Hagan, Torrence, McGaha emerge victorious at Epping
NHRA
NHRA
New England
Hagan, Torrence, McGaha emerge victorious at Epping
Hagan, Brown, Enders lead first day of NHRA Spring Training
NHRA
NHRA
Hagan, Brown, Enders lead first day of NHRA Spring Training
Beckman wins Funny Car Traxxas Nitro Shootout
NHRA
NHRA
Indianapolis
Beckman wins Funny Car Traxxas Nitro Shootout
Latest news
Into the unknown: What to expect from WEC's Barcelona debut
WEC
WEC WEC
Barcelona
9 min
Into the unknown: What to expect from WEC's Barcelona debut
Josh Pierson earns IndyCar license approval following IMS road course evaluation test
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 10 min
Josh Pierson earns IndyCar license approval following IMS road course evaluation test
Christian Horner opens up on Red Bull F1 exit: “Perhaps it was perceived I had too much influence over the team”
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 35 min
Christian Horner opens up on Red Bull F1 exit: “Perhaps it was perceived I had too much influence over the team”
Jorge Martin: “I don’t feel I will struggle anymore” in MotoGP title run-in
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Indonesian GP
1 h
Jorge Martin: “I don’t feel I will struggle anymore” in MotoGP title run-in
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe