Al-Anabi
Al-Anabi Racing headed to Denver…in search of their First Mile High Win
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver):
Shawn Langdon enters the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in first place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He leads second-place Tony Schumacher by one point. Langdon and Schumacher have passed the points lead back and forth for the last six races.
Langdon has advanced to at least the semifinals at seven of the last nine races. He has advanced to the final round of eliminations six times in 13 races this season and has three wins in his six final-round appearances. He has advanced to the final round at three of the last six races.
Langdon enters the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals having won three races this season. He visited the winner’s circle at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. in February, Topeka, Kan. in May and at Englishtown, N.J. in June. He has four-career Top Fuel wins.
Langdon has been a solid qualifier this season; his average qualifying position is fourth. He was the No. 1 qualifier three times this season taking top qualifier honors at Charlotte, Atlanta Dragway and Topeka, and he has qualified in the top-five positions at nine of the 13 events this year. Langdon has nine career No. 1 qualifiers.
alBalooshi Takes Out #1 Qualifier for Top Fuel Title at Summit Racing Equipment Nationals
RACE WINNER: Khalid alBalooshi – Al- Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (gold)
Qualifying: Khalid alBalooshi was the No. 10 qualifier at Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. During the Friday evening qualifying session, alBalooshi recorded a 3.820-second pass at 321.50 mph. Interestingly, during the first round of qualifying on Saturday in the heat of the day, alBalooshi recorded the exact same elapsed time and speed as he did Friday night.
Eliminations: AlBalooshi won his first race of the season and the second of his Top Fuel career today in Norwalk. He defeated Antron Brown, Chris Karamesines, Clay Millican and No. 1 qualifier Doug Kalitta on his way to the winner’s circle. With the win, alBalooshi claimed the last automatic qualifier spot for the Traxxas Nitro Shootout in Indianapolis on Labor Day weekend. AlBalooshi’s win is the third in the last four years for the Al-Anabi Racing Team at Summit Motorsports Park.
Unofficial Point Standings: AlBalooshi remains sixth in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails fifth-place Antron Brown by 28 points and leads seventh-place Clay Millican by 71 points. He is just 36 points out of fourth place.
Special Guest: The Al-Anabi team played host to a young guest this weekend in nine-year-old Jacob Delling a big drag racing fan from Clio, Mich., who has lost sight in both eyes. The Al-Anabi Pro-Mod team befriended Delling at a race in Michigan last week and then went on to victory there. Delling attended the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk this weekend and had a chance to climb into alBalooshi’s car earlier in the weekend. After alBalooshi won the race, Delling also held and waved alBalooshi’s “Wally” in the Winner’s Circle.
AlBalooshi on Norwalk: “I felt our car was going to do something special this weekend; our crew has been doing a very good job, and this is a very good win for our Al-Anabi team. I am happy to win for Sheik Khalid, everybody on the Al-Anabi team, everybody in Qatar and everybody who helps us with our car.
“After we lost here a year ago (12th first-round loss in a row), we were really down – all the luck seemed to be against us, but after we got that first round win the next race (Denver, 2012) everything changed. Things just seemed to come together for us. My crew chief, Jason McCulloch, has done a great job. We had a good car today and the luck seemed to be with us. Once I saw Jacob in the car, I knew I had to try to do something special this weekend.”
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver)
Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 5 qualifier at Norwalk. During the Friday evening qualifying session, Langdon recorded a 3.802-second pass at 315.64 mph to claim the No. 5 position.
Eliminations: Langdon defeated J.R. Todd and Bob Vandergriff before losing to Doug Kalitta in the semifinals. Langdon’s elapsed time was quicker, but Kalitta left the starting before Langdon and advanced to the final round of eliminations. Langdon recorded the track record elapsed time during the first round when he needed just 3.752 seconds to reach the finish line.
Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon moved up one spot to first place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He leads second-place Tony Schumacher by one point. It is the sixth time in as many races that an event has ended with either Langdon or Schumacher in the points lead.
Langdon on Norwalk: “Today was definitely a great day for the Al-Anabi team with alBalooshi getting the win. It’s always good to get a win for team Al-Anabi, for Sheikh Khalid and everybody in Qatar. Our silver Al-Anabi car was a good-running car all weekend; it was great to get that track record in the first round. In the semifinals, we just came out on the wrong end of a great drag race with Doug Kalitta when he was really fast off the starting line. We got the points lead back from Tony (Schumacher), alBalooshi won the race so we have both cars in the Traxxas Shootout and Balooshi is moving up in points so overall, it was just a great weekend for the Al-Anabi team.”
Smith and Moon Optimistic Following Pre-Norwalk Test Session
NORWALK, OH – While the weather forecast for this weekend’s 7th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals doesn’t appear 
to be playing into their favor, the Pro Modified tag team of driver Von Smith and crew chief Howard Moon couldn’t be more optimistic. The Al-Anabi Racing Pro Mod team enjoyed an extremely positive test session on Martin, Michigan’s US 131 Motorsports Park earlier this week, and they’re hoping that progress will translate into success in Norwalk.
“If the weather will hold out for us, I think we’re in good shape,” says Moon. “Things went really well in testing; we made a lot of progress with this new car. We’re probably going to have some curveballs thrown at us with the conditions this weekend – possibly lose a session of qualifying due to rain – so we’re going to have to be on it from the start.”
Team Al-Anabi – buy the Numbers – Headed to Norwalk
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver):
– Shawn Langdon enters the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in second place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails points leader Tony Schumacher by 37 points.
– Langdon has advanced to the final round of eliminations six times in 12 races this season and has three wins in his six final-round appearances. He has advanced to the final round at three of the last five races and has advanced to at least the semifinals at six of the last eight.
– Langdon enters the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals having won three races this season. He visited the winner’s circle at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. in February, Topeka, Kan. in May and at Englishtown, N.J. in June. He has four-career Top Fuel wins.
– Langdon has been a solid qualifier this season; his average qualifying position is 4.67. He was the No. 1 qualifier three times this season taking top qualifier honors at Charlotte, Atlanta Dragway and Topeka, and he has qualified in the top-four positions at seven of the 12 events this year. Langdon has nine career No. 1 qualifiers.
“Stevie Fast” Jackson Scores Pro Nitrous Victory at ADRL Summer Drags XI
MARTIN, MI – After just the first round of qualifying for the ADRL Summer Drags it was clear that the Pro Nitrous eliminator was 
shaping up to be one for the ages. By the end of four sessions, it was undeniable that assembled on the property of US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, were sixteen of the quickest, fastest and most competitive nitrous oxide-injected doorslammers on the planet.
Amongst those heavy hitters was relative newcomer to Pro Nitrous competition, “Stevie Fast” Jackson – a name well known in Outlaw Drag Radial racing circles – who qualified 4th in the field with a 3.808-second elapsed time in the Al-Anabi Racing ’68 Camaro.
“There were a lot of bad ass, fast hot rods there this weekend,” said Jackson. “When we got there, we knew we had a good car – a consistent car. We made 6 runs on Thursday and Friday in testing and went between 3.83 and 3.86. When we saw everyone really start hauling the mail on Saturday – Mike Castellana, Jim Laurita, John Hall, Bob Rahaim, everybody ran good – Billy [Stocklin, crew chief] and I got together and talked about it, and decided not to push the car to run that fast on Saturday because we knew the sun was going to come out on Sunday. We knew we’d get our chance to go fast on race day, but we didn’t want to get into one of those deals where you get the car so jacked up trying to go fast in qualifying that you lose your handle on it.”
Al-Anabi’s Langdon out in Rd 1, alBalooshi in Rd 2 at Route 66
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver)
Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 9 qualifier at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 Nationals. During the first round of qualifying on Saturday, Langdon recorded a 3.787-second pass at 323.97 mph.
Eliminations: Langdon had a tire-smoking duel with Steve Torrence and was eliminated in the first round. It was the first time Langdon lost in the first round since the Las Vegas race in April, eight races ago.
Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon dropped one spot to second place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails points leader Tony Schumacher by 37 points and leads third-place Spencer Massey by 67 points.
AlBalooshi sees teams hard work paying off on Al-Anabi Gold Dragster
Khalid alBalooshi, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (gold):
Khalid alBalooshi enters the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals in sixth place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails fifth-place Doug Kalitta by 34 points and leads seventh-place Morgan Lucas by 57 points.
AlBalooshi was the No. 12 qualifier last weekend in New Hampshire and lost to event winner Spencer Massey in the first round of eliminations. AlBalooshi advanced to the final round of eliminations at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals earlier this month. It was his first final-round of the season and the second of his two-year Top Fuel career.
AlBalooshi has been a solid qualifier this season; he qualified second, his career best, at both Houston Raceway Park and Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. AlBalooshi has qualified in the top six at eight of the season’s 11 races – at the other three events, he qualified No. 12 as he did last weekend in New Hampshire.
One year ago at Route 66 Raceway, alBalooshi was the No. 8 qualifier; he lost to Hillary Will in the first round of eliminations.
Langdon’s Top Fuel Runner-up Moves the Silver Al-Anabi car into the Top Fuel Points Lead
Epping, NH – After a day of great competition, Shawn Langdon would smoke the tires at the hit in the finals against DSR’s Spencer 
Massey. That’s always a tough way to loose. As a consolation he leaves Epping with the Top Fuel national points lead heading into next weekends O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 Nationals.
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver)
Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 2 qualifier at the Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals. He has qualified in the top-four positions at seven of the 11 events this season. During the Friday evening qualifying session, Langdon recorded a 3.809-second pass at 321.58 mph.
Al-Anabi Racing ready for Inagural New England Nationals
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver):
Shawn Langdon enters the Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals in second place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails first-place Tony Schumacher by one point and leads third-place Spencer Massey by 85 points.
Langdon enters the New England Nationals having won three races this season, more than any other Top Fuel driver, including two of the last three; he visited the winner’s circle in Topeka, Kan. in May and at Englishtown, N.J. earlier this month. His first win came at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. in February. He now has four-career Top Fuel wins.
Langdon has been a solid qualifier this season; his average qualifying position is 4.50. He was the No. 1 qualifier at three of the last six races taking top qualifier honors at Charlotte, Atlanta Dragway and Topeka, and he has qualified in the top-four positions at six of the 10 events this year. Langdon has nine career No. 1 qualifiers.
Langdon has advanced to at least the semifinals at six of the 10 races this season; he has three wins among five final-round appearances, and he has advanced to the final round at four of the last six races.
Team Al-Anabi Going Rounds at Bristol
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver)
Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 7 qualifier at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. During the first round of qualifying Friday afternoon, Langdon recorded a 3.826-second pass at 303.71 mph. It was just the fourth time this season that Langdon qualified outside the top four.
Eliminations: Langdon defeated Bob Vandergriff in the first round with his quickest run of the weekend and his ninth-consecutive round win, but race winner Steve Torrence upset him in the second round when the tires on the silver Al-Anabi dragster lost traction.
Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon drops one spot to second place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails first-place Tony Schumacher by one point and leads third-place Spencer Massey by 85 points.
