As the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series heads into its season finale at Pomona, the partnership between Matt Hagan and Tony Stewart is once again in the spotlight. Both drivers have made the Countdown to the Championship in 2025, and their shared momentum heading into the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals underscores how far Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) has come in a short time.

Entering Pomona, Hagan already owns three career NHRA Finals wins and two No. 1 qualifiers at the famed California strip. It’s also where he earned Tony Stewart Racing’s first Funny Car championship in 2023, his fourth overall title. But beyond numbers, Hagan wanted to make something else clear this weekend.

Next John Force?

“I never knew Tony Stewart at all, didn’t really follow NASCAR and kind of was like, now I a

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