Al-Anabi Racing Brainerd Post Race Review
Shawn Langdon – Al- Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver)
Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 3 qualifier at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. During the second round of qualifying on Friday, Langdon recorded a 3.815-second pass at 321.27 mph.
Eliminations: Langdon defeated Terry McMillen before losing to Tony Schumacher in the second round of eliminations.
Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon remains third in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails second-place Antron Brown by 150 points and leads fourth-place Tony Schumacher by 129 points.
Langdon on Brainerd: “The Al-Anabi team made some really good runs this weekend; we qualified third and felt good about race day. The 3.77 we ran in the first round of eliminations was our best run of the weekend. In the second round, we made another good run, but we had a fuel pump problem, and Tony got the win. It’s not the way we wanted to end the weekend, but the Al-Anabi car is good. We have some things to work on in the Indy test this weekend, and we’ll be ready to defend our U.S. Nationals title on Labor Day weekend.”
Khalid alBalooshi – Al- Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (gold)
Qualifying: Khalid alBalooshi was the No. 10 qualifier at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. During the first round of qualifying on Saturday, alBalooshi reached the finish line in 3.860 seconds at 311.77 mph.
Eliminations: AlBalooshi lost to Spencer Massey in the first round of eliminations.
Unofficial Point Standings: AlBalooshi is now tied for seventh place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings with Brittany Force. They trail sixth-place Spencer Massey by 65 points; they lead ninth-place Richie Crampton by 47 points and 10th – place J.R. Todd by 83 points with one race remaining in the regular season.
AlBalooshi on Brainerd: “Our car was pretty good in qualifying, but we had some problems. We broke a blower belt on one run and dropped a cylinder on some others. The Al-Anabi car ran well, but we had some little problems. On Sunday, we ran a 79 (3.798-second run), but Spencer made a good pass and ran a 78 (3.781-second pass). It was not a great weekend for our team, but at least we have a car now. We are testing in Indianapolis this week, and we will work on getting our car to be more consistent. We need to work on some things to be sure we are ready for the Indy (the U.S. Nationals) and the Countdown (Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs).”
