Donnie Hagar makes bracket racing history
Holding a stack of cash in the winner ’ s circle has become a routine for Donnie Hagar , winner of the Mickey Thompson Million Dollar Race and a WDRA world champion .
Donnie Hagar makes bracket racing history
By Nate Van Wagnen Photographs by Chris Simmons
INCE THE original Million Dollar Race in 1996 , winners of the Mickey Thompson Tires Million have been catapulted to bracket racing fame and fortune . Whether it ’ s a legendary bracket racing name like Williams , Richardson , and Underwood or a relative unknown , Million Dollar Race winners earn a distinction that goes with them for the rest of their careers . ¶ This year , that distinction went to Michigan ’ s Donnie Hagar . But this isn ’ t news to most anyone with an internet connection , as Hagar ’ s win at the 28th annual Mickey Thompson Million Dollar Race broke the proverbial drag racing internet . The 25-year-old firefighter and EMT became the first driver in the history of
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