Hagans is no stranger to the storied High-Banks of Salem Speedway having logged hundreds and hundreds of laps at the renowned, storied, historic oval. Hagans, of Indianapolis, Indiana, procured his page in the Salem record books through late models with 3 victories overall, one of which was with the Sunoco Super Series. With this experience and the well-prepared equipment Hagans is capable of bringing, it's a safe bet to say he'll be a contender come Sunday.

"It would be an honor for me to win my first ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Salem," said Hagans. "A lot of things have to fall our way for this to happen, but I have thought about it for sure. We had a real good test there last week, and I'm confident with our package. Now with some luck, we feel like we can run with Frank (Kimmel) and all the rest. It'll be interesting for sure.

"I really enjoy this track and it helps that I have a lot of laps around here. We'll have our hands full, but if we get the right set up under the car and hit on things just right, I think we'll be someone to reckon with Sunday."

Hagans, owner of Eagle Creek Aviation, has just 8 career series starts since 2002. Among 3 top-5 and 5 top-10 finishes, his career-best finish is an impressive 3rd at Kentucky Speedway in ’03. He also finished 4th at Michigan Int’l Speedway in ’03 and 5th in his career-first start at Salem in '02. His career-best qualifying runs are outside pole at Kentucky ’03 and 6th at Salem ’03.

Hagans had  total of 4 wins and 8 poles while competing with the Sunoco Super Series for several seasons.