Hagan Finds New Crew Chief

RADFORD, VA--Late last year Matt Hagan Racing announced it would run a Nitro Funny Car team in the 2008 season. Matt Hagan Racing is now proud to announce the addition of Jay Lewis as Crew Chief for the 2008 Nitro Funny Car team.

Jay is from Dinwidde, Virginia and is an 11-year veteran tuner of top fuel and funny cars. He has 3 career wins with Lagana & Lewis Racing in IHRA Top Fuel competition, and his teams have finished 4th or better in the points for the past 3 years running.

Jay was also awarded the 2006 IHRA Crew Chief of the Year.

"We're very excited to have Jay on board," said Matt Hagan. "We are putting together what we feel will be a very competitive team for the IHRA series and he is going to be a substantial piece of the puzzle."

Jay claimed he was "Looking to do something different this year," and that he needed a change of pace. He is excited about moving to Nitro Funny Car full time and he is "Looking forward to running this car with Matt in what will be his rookie year of NITRO."

"This is a huge step for us," said Hagan. "We are putting together a world-class team and we need world-class guys like Jay to make the cars run and be very competitive."

Matt Hagan Racing has also added a staff of veteran Nitro Funny Car crew members to round out the 2008 team.

Stay tuned to MattHaganRacing.com as more details about the team's transition to Nitro Funny Car become available in the coming weeks.