Matt Hagan won the 1,000th Funny Car race in NHRA history on Sunday, beating Ron Capps in the final round at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip and turning the 66th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals into a milestone night. Hagan’s Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge Hellcat covered the strip in 3.876 seconds at 330.39 mph, while Capps ran 3.893 seconds at 334.32 mph.
The win gave Hagan his first victory of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and the 56th of his career. It came after he beat Spencer Hyde, Jason Rupert and J.R. Todd earlier Sunday, one day after taking the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge. Hagan said he felt from the start that the day was going to be his, and he called it special to win with Tony Stewart after Stewart’s Top Fuel victory left them sharing the winner’s circle.
The result matters because it came in the third of 20 races on the 2026 schedule, giving Hagan an early-season lift and marking another big Pomona moment for a four-time Funny Car world champion who has long treated the track like a place where championships can be won. He said the place has shown him a lot of love over the years and that racing Capps again felt like the old days, when they used to throw down run after run.
Pomona also produced winners in the other professional classes, with Stewart taking Top Fuel and Greg Anderson winning Pro Stock. Anderson won at Pomona again, a familiar outcome at a track that has often rewarded him. For Hagan, though, Sunday was the kind of night that gives a season shape early: a record race, a fast final run and a shared celebration with the boss man.
