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Hagan Tries To Hang On to Championship Hopes |
After an electrifying start to their season Matt Hagan and crew have
experienced three consecutive weekends of coming up short. The worst of it
came last weekend at Martin, Michigan as Hagan failed to qualify for the
Northern Nationals at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park.
"The car has been at Murf McKinney's shop for 2 weeks for a rebuild after
the explosion in Grand Bend," explained Hagan. "We lost our first qualifying
run because we were still wiring the car on Friday afternoon and we
overlooked an oil line and got penalized."
It didn't get much better for the team as Hagan's second and third runs
didn't have what it took to get him into the field.
"We could tell that something was off about the car, that something had been
changed but we couldn't find it. Bodie and Paul Smith were tuning on it
between rounds but we couldn't figure out what wasn't working on the car."
Despite posting their first DNQ of the season the Hagan team stayed on until
the end of the event in order to continue to diagnose the problems with the
car.
"On Sunday night we discovered a bad points box on the car. After we got it
swapped out I ran a 5.02 at 306 which would have been a low qualifying time
had we done it on Friday instead of after the event was over," joked Hagan.
Regarding the championship that seemed within their grasp, the Hagan team
remains optimistic.
"We haven't given up yet, but we know it's going to take 3 stellar
performances in a row for us to be able to contend for the championship,"
reasoned Hagan. "We certainly aren't going to have a shot at it if we
perform in the next 3 races the way we have in the last 3."
Matt Hagan and crew will once again be put to the test on August 22nd
through the 24th at Tulsa Raceway Park for the Sooner Nationals. It will be
a make-or-break outing for the rookie team in regard to their championship
hopes.
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