POMONA, CA – Shawn Langdon ran the fastest pass of his career. won his second-straight Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge and qualified third in the final round of qualifying for tomorrow’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.

Yesterday, Doug Kalitta won the weather-delayed Right Trailers All-Star Callout at In-N-Out Burger Dragstrip, and today, he raced his teammate, Shawn Langdon, in the Mission Foods #Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge – a rematch of last week’s semifinals and finals at last week’s NHRA Arizona Nationals near Phoenix.

Langdon defeated Kalitta in the final round last week to win his first race of the season in his second 2025 final round. Today, like last weekend, Kalitta defeated Jasmine Salinas and Langdon defeated Brittany Force setting up another all-Kalitta final round.

Langdon made it two in a row against his teammate to win his second Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge of the season. Counting last weekend’s Mission Foods Challenge win, his NHRA Arizona Nationals win and today’s Mission Foods Challenge win, the Mira Loma, Calif., native now has eight-consecutive round wins. Including his runner-up finish in Gainesville, Fla., Langdon turned on the win light following 11 of his 12 competitive rounds this season.

Langdon and his Kalitta Air Careers Toyota team made their best run of the weekend to defeat Kalitta in the Mission Challenge final round. Langdon’s 3.662-second pass at 338.68 mph beat Kalitta’s 3.658-second run at 333.91 mph. It was the fastest pass in Langdon’s career and the second-fastest in NHRA history. Continue reading →

POMONA, CA – Doug Kalitta won the weather-delayed Right Trailers All-Star Callout with a thrilling final-round race against Brittany Force during qualifying for Sunday’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona, Calif.

Kalitta was the second seed in the special event originally scheduled for the season-opening race in Gainesville, Fla., but delayed due to rain. To qualify for the Callout, drivers accrue qualifying points all season, and the top-eight drivers start the following season with this special event in which the top seed “calls out” or picks his or her opponent, followed by the second seed and third seed. The driver with the quickest winning elapsed time in the first round calls out the opponent for the semifinals.

Kalitta called out Clay Millican at the Gatornationals earlier this month, and Kalitta won with a 3.684-second pass at 333.16 mph and advanced to the semifinals where he faced reigning NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown. Kalitta’s Mac Tools dragster dropped a cylinder almost immediately, but Kalitta was still able to post a 3.736-second effort to move into the final against Force, who made runs of 3.646 and 3.641 seconds in the first two rounds. Continue reading →

YPSILANTI, MI – Shawn Langdon spends more time driving a race car than driving a golf ball, but he’s enjoying an opportunity to hit the links today in the Arizona desert, the team announced today. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series resumes this weekend with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif.

After winning last weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals, the 2013 NHRA Top Fuel champion is playing in today’s Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Global Credit Union Official Pro-Am prior to this weekend’s Ford Championship presented by Wild Horse Pass. The tournament is set for Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass located adjacent to Firebird Motorsports Park, site of last weekend’s race.

Langon and three additional amateurs were paired with two different LPGA TOUR professional golfers during his 18-hole pro-am round including California native Lucy Li. The professional golfers each played nine holes. World No. 1 golfer Nelly Korda leads a stacked LPGA TOUR field in this week’s tournament that includes 19 of the top-20 golfers in the world, 30 major champions and 51 Olympians. Continue reading →

YPSILANTI, MI – Sometimes, being patient is not easy, but it’s what’s required at the moment for J.R. Todd and his DHL GR Supra team. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series continues March 28-30, 2025 at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif.

Todd and team are in the process of refining the new tune-up first-year Crew Chief Dickie Venables is implementing. Everyone involved knows this process is a marathon, not a sprint, but two races into the new season, signs of progress are starting to appear.

The team made four solid qualifying runs in Phoenix last weekend, and the elapse times were all within .17 seconds. Todd’s quickest qualifying attempt was his Friday-evening run, a 3.939-second effort at 329.58 mph. Then Saturday, in the heat of a very warm Phoenix afternoon, Todd made a 3.943-second pass at 322.34 mph – almost as quick as the pass he made in far cooler conditions. Continue reading →

YPSILANTI, MI – Doug Kalitta and In-N-Out Burger Dragstrip share quite a storied history, and Kalitta’s Mac Tools Toyota team is hungry to add another gripping chapter this weekend. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series continues March 28-30, 2025 at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif.

Kalitta has seven wins in 15 final rounds at In-N-Out Burger Dragstrip, and this suburban Los Angeles race track is loaded with NHRA history. The most significant of Kalitta’s seven Pomona wins happened in November of 2023 when he defeated Leah Pritchett in a winner-take-all final round to clinch the 2023 NHRA Top Fuel championship, the first of his career.

“Pomona has been a really good track for us over the years, and we’d like to make more memories there this weekend,” Kalitta said. “We’ve done well there, but so has Alan (Crew Chief Alan Johnson) so that’s a lot of track knowledge that is an added bonus for our Mac Tools Toyota team. Hopefully things will line up well for us, and we can have a shot at a win this weekend.

“The Winternationals is a race with so much incredible history. It’s at one of the NHRA’s most historic tracks, and you could call it the birthplace of the NHRA so it’s always fun to race there. Southern California race fans are passionate, and they know their drag racing. We always have great crowds there, and that only adds to the excitement of racing at Pomona.” Continue reading →

YPSILANTI, MI – Life is pretty good for the Kalitta Air Careers team and its driver, Shawn Langdon. The season is still very young, but it’s looking pretty good so far. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series continues March 28-30, 2025 at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif.

Two races into the 2025 season, Langdon has one win in two final rounds and enters this weekend’s race he watched through the fence as a child on a bit of a heater. After a runner-up finish in the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals in Florida, Langdon and his Kalitta Air Careers team ran the table in Phoenix last weekend winning in the desert southwest for the second-consecutive year and winning an all-Kalitta Motorsports final round one day after winning the season’s first Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge. Langdon enters In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip atop the Top Fuel point standings.

“Sunday was a great day for Team Kalitta; we accomplished our goal of getting both cars into the Top Fuel final,” Langdon said. “It’s kinda neat when a plan comes together so I’m just happy for the guys. Continue reading →

Chandler, AZ – Qualifying: J.R. Todd was the No. 9 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Todd’s DHL GR Supra made four quality qualifying attempts, and his Saturday-afternoon attempt was the second-quickest of the session. Todd’s best qualifying attempt came during the Friday evening session when he reached the finish line in 3.939 seconds at 329.58 mph.

Eliminations: Todd and the DHL Toyota team defeated Daniel Wilkerson in the first round before losing to Bob Tasca in the second round. Todd’s first-round win was the 350th of his career.

Unofficial Point Standings: Todd leaves Phoenix in 11th place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings. He trails the drivers tied for ninth place, Bob Bode and Cruz Pedregon, by one point and leads 12th-place Buddy Hull by three points. Continue reading →

Chandler, AZ – Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 1 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. It was his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and the 60th of his career. During the Friday evening qualifying session, Kalitta’s SealMaster dragster was the only car to make a run in less than 3.70 seconds. Kalitta’s 3.688-second pass at 330.39 mph was good enough to take the top-qualifying position. It was Kalitta’s third Phoenix No. 1 qualifier in the last four years.

Eliminations: Kalitta defeated Travis Shumake in the first round. After a second-round bye, he defeated Jasmine Salinas to set up the all-Team Kalitta final round against his teammate, Shawn Langdon. It was the first all-Kalitta final round since the Richmond, Va., race last summer which Kalitta won. Kalitta made an excellent 3.724-second run at 330.39 mph, but Langdon’s 3.770-second pass at 325.43 mph won the race. Langdon’s margin of victory was .0723 seconds. It was the 65th runner-up finish of Kalitta’s career and his 119th final round. Continue reading →

Chandler, AZ – Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 3 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. During the Friday evening qualifying session, Langdon’s 3.706-second effort at 331.85 mph was good enough to claim the No. 3 position.

Eliminations: Langdon defeated Scott Palmer, Justin Ashley and Brittany Force on the way to the all-Team Kalitta final round against his teammate, Doug Kalitta. It was the first all-Kalitta final round since the Richmond, Va., race last summer which Kalitta won. Langdon was off the starting line first and never trailed. His 3.724-second effort at 330.39 mph beat Kalitta’s 3.770-second pass at 325.43 mph. Langdon’s margin of victory was .0723 seconds. It was Langdon’s 20th win, his second-straight Phoenix win and his third-straight Phoenix final round. With Saturday’s Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge win, it was also a double-win.

When Langdon advanced to the semifinals, he earned a spot in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge next week in Pomona, Calif. During Saturday’s qualifying sessions, the drivers who reached the semifinals in Phoenix will re-run the semifinals and final earning additional purse and championship bonus points. Continue reading →

CHANDLER, AZ – Doug Kalitta won the NHRA Arizona Nationals No. 1 qualifier, and his teammate, Shawn Langdon, won the season’s first Mission Foods NHRA Challenge in front of a sellout crowd at Firebird Motorsports Park near Phoenix.

During the Friday evening qualifying session, Kalitta’s SealMaster dragster was the only car in the 3.60s. Kalitta’s 3.688-second run at 330.39 mph gave him the provisional No. 1 qualifier. Saturday’s weather was quite warm, and Kalitta’s 3.668 easily held up through the Saturday afternoon qualifying sessions giving Kalitta the 60th No. 1 qualifier of his storied career.

“We were pretty happy with that run last night,” Kalitta said. “Alan and Mac (Crew Chief Alan Johnson and Assistant Crew Chief Mac Savage) and my whole SealMaster Toyota team got a good run in last night. My car has been going down the track every time so the SealMaster team is getting it done. I have to say, they’ve really done a nice job with this facility (Firebird Motorsports Park). The track is nice and smooth so hats off to everybody that was involved in the repaving. Continue reading →