NHRA Funny Car Champ Matt Hagan Shares What It's Like to Drive for Tony Stewart

Rarely does a race car driver refer to his team owner as a “good dude,” but that’s the way four-time NHRA Funny Car champion Matt Hagan refers to Tony Stewart, who this year also became his teammate when he took over wife Leah Pruett’s Top Fuel dragster.

“I can actually give him a bunch of crap,” Hagan says. “He’s always my boss, but now he’s a teammate and I look at him more as a teammate than a boss.”

Hagan figures as long as he receives his paycheck, he’s “good to go.”

“Tony is really a funny guy,” Hagan says. “He can dish it out, but he can also take it and that’s what I love about it. We have a really great chemistry. We have some real good synergy. His dynamic there is very family based, family oriented. We all have one common goal, but it’s still nice to … pick on him. That’s what’s been really cool with the dynamic with him as my boss.”