ENNIS, TX – October 15, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Matt Hagan powered to the Funny Car track record on Friday at Texas Motorplex, taking the provisional No. 1 position for Tony Stewart Racing at the 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.
Austin Prock (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Angelle Sampey (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the 20th event in the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season and the fourth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
Hagan delivered a run of 3.825-seconds at 334.85 in his 11,000-horsepower Dodge Power Brokers Charger SRT Hellcat, earning the $15,000 bonus for the quickest run under the lights during the second session. It set the track record for the quickest Funny Car run in Texas Motorplex history and is the second-quickest run of the 2022 season. If it holds, it would also be Hagan’s sixth No. 1 of the year as he looks to make a late-season run for the title. He entered the weekend third in the standings and 103 points out of first.
“It’s incredible that we can come out here to this event, this facility and for Billy Meyer to put that money up there like that, it’s just exciting to get in the car and get up on the wheel,” Hagan said. “To go out there and do it, what a cool feeling to hang on to a car like that. The conditions and this facility at Texas Motorplex, it was just phenomenal, and it was great to put on a show for these fans. It was really digging out there and it just felt great. We just need to step up, be aggressive and leave everything on the table.”
Points leader Robert Hight qualified in the second spot with a 3.854 at 333.43, while defending event winner Ron Capps is third thanks to his 3.865 at 335.40.
In Top Fuel, Prock picked a good time to possibly pick up his first career top qualifier, taking the provisional No. 1 spot with a run of 3.682 at 334.57 in his 11,000-horsepower Montana Brand/Rocky Mountain Twist dragster. That gave the young standout the $15,000 bonus and in a good position to claim his first career No. 1 spot, which would continue a strong Countdown to the Championship for Prock. He won in Reading to open the playoffs for his second career victory and appears primed for a big weekend at Texas Motorplex after making two strong runs on Friday.
“I’ve dreamed of getting a number one qualifier, so I really do hope it sticks,” Prock said. But I think the coolest part was doing it right next…
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