The Pits Podcast

09/10/2026

We were joined by NHRA Funny Car Regular Season Champion Matt Hagan! 🏆 Hear from the champ as we talk racing, winning, and his charge toward another world championship.

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09/09/2026

We’re joined by NHRA Funny Car regular-season champion and current points leader Matt Hagan! Hagan breaks down his season, his U.S. Nationals performance and what it will take to capture another world championship.

Then Beer Guy takes us behind the scenes of his wild weekend at the U.S. Nationals in Indy. Don’t miss this championship-level episode of The Pits Podcast!

09/09/2026

The regular season CHAMP is in the house today 🤘🐻🤘

We’re joined by NHRA Funny Car regular-season champion and current ...

09/08/2026

Jack Beckman delivered a weekend for the history books at the U.S. Nationals, collecting seven win lights and TWO trophies!

First, Beckman captured his fifth career Indy Funny Car bonus-race victory in the PlayNHRA All-Star Callout:

🔥 Round 1: 4.253 at 252.14 mph — defeated Chad Green
🔥 Semifinal: 3.963 at 327.43 mph — defeated J.R. Todd
🔥 Final: 3.980 at 323.19 mph — defeated Matt Hagan

Then he returned Monday and finished the double-up by winning The Big Go!

🏁 Round 1: 3.885 at 328.94 mph — defeated Jeff Arend
🏁 Round 2: 3.924 at 329.75 mph — defeated Alexis DeJoria
🏁 Semifinal: 3.962 at 327.35 mph — defeated Austin Prock
🏁 Final: 3.965 at 327.35 mph — defeated Matt Hagan

Beckman accomplished it all behind the wheel of the incredible black-and-white/Flames PEAK tribute Funny Car honoring John Force’s dominant 1996 championship season.

It was Beckman’s third U.S. Nationals victory, his 39th career win and the second Callout/U.S. Nationals sweep of his career!

09/08/2026

SHAWN LANGDON CONQUERS THE BIG GO! 🏆

From the No. 1 qualifying position to the winner’s circle, Langdon was locked in all weekend at Indy—surviving a massive second-round engine explosion before finishing the job against Tony Stewart!

🔥 ROUND-BY-ROUND:
⚡ R1: 3.709 at 340.22 MPH — defeated Clay Millican
💥 R2: 3.791 at 323.19 MPH — defeated Justin Ashley
🚀 Semifinal: 3.816 at 332.51 MPH — defeated Leah Pruett
🏆 Final: 3.804 at 333.99 MPH — defeated Tony Stewart

It’s Langdon’s third U.S. Nationals Top Fuel victory, fifth win of the 2026 season and 27th Top Fuel victory of his career!

No. 1 qualifier. Four round-wins. One massive explosion. One Indy Wally. THAT is how you win The Big Go!

09/05/2026

WHAT A DEBUT! 🔥

Jake Sanders made a statement in Q1 at the U.S. Nationals, powering “The Menace” to a 3.878 at 306.26 MPH in his first NHRA Top Fuel appearance!

Our latest episode with Jake is out NOW on YouTube 🤘🐻🤘 LINK IN BIO

09/03/2026

ANTRON BROWN + INDY = A SPECIAL COMBINATION!

Antron Brown has built an incredible legacy at the NHRA U.S. Nationals, collecting five victories at The Big Go across two different classes.

🏍️ 2000 & 2004 — Pro Stock Motorcycle wins
🔥 2011 — First Top Fuel U.S. Nationals victory
🏆 2022 — Beat Brittany Force in the final to capture Indy win No. 4
🏆 2023 — Went from being outside the field late in qualifying to winning the entire race, defeating Steve Torrence in the final for back-to-back Indy victories!

That 2023 victory might be one of the best examples of why you can never count AB and his team out. They were fighting just to make the field on Sunday…and celebrating with the Wally on Monday.

Now Brown returns to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for the 72nd annual U.S. Nationals and another shot at drag racing’s biggest trophy.

Can Antron Brown make it SIX Indy wins this weekend? 👀

09/02/2026

The US Nationals are HERE. We have Top Fuel driver Jake Sanders stopping by to talk Nitro. JB and Beer Guy also discuss who they think will be victorious at THE BIG GO.

09/02/2026

Am I right? Or am I right?

THE BIG GO IS HERE!

09/02/2026

We are fired up to talk with Jake Sanders and breakdown some of the stories heading into THE BIG GO 🤘🐻🤘

The US Nationals are HERE. We have Top Fuel driver Jake Sanders sto...