Mike Haag

Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.


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By Mike Haag On Friday, October 10th, 2025
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Langdon, Prock, Anderson and Gadson win “Battle for the Saddle” under the lights at Texas Motorplex

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas — Shawn Langdon, Austin Prock, Greg Anderson and Richard Gadson lit up the Texas Motorplex on Friday night, racing to provisional No. 1 qualifying positions and pocketing More...

By Mike Haag On Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
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Talkin’ Funny Cars with Buddy Hull features trailblazer Alexis DeJoria

Courtesy of Werner Communications DALLAS – Season 2 of Talkin’ Funny Cars with Buddy Hull rolls on tomorrow with a powerful new episode featuring Alexis DeJoria, Funny Car driver for JCM Racing and the only More...

By Mike Haag On Sunday, October 5th, 2025
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Kalitta rides St. Louis momentum, leads Top Fuel chase into Texas NHRA Fall Nationals

Doug Kalitta rolls into the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex with the Top Fuel points lead. (NHRA photo)   By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas — Doug Kalitta’s pursuit for another More...

By Mike Haag On Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
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Anderson narrows gap in St. Louis, sets up NHRA Pro Stock showdown with Glenn at Stampede of Speed

Greg Anderson has won six times at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. He enters the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals trailing Pro Stock points leader Dallas Glenn by 25 points. Anderson is aiming for his seventh NHRA More...

By Mike Haag On Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
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Texas Motorplex revs up for Stampede of Speed and 40th annual Texas NHRA Fall Nationals

In 2024, Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) and Justin Ashley (Top Fuel) all won the Wally and the coveted Texas Motorplex cowboy hat. For this year’s race, More...