Toyota
LANGDON WINS ALL-TOYOTA TOP FUEL FINAL AT SONOMA
SONOMA, CA – Shawn Langdon defeated Morgan Lucas in a battle of high school classmates to win an all-Toyota Top Fuel final at 
Shawn Langdon – Sonoma – Competition Plustoday’s NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series’ Sonoma Nationals at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
The victory was the fourth of the season for Langdon, who had set a new track record for low E.T. on his first pass of the day with a 3.743-second run. It also boosted his series point lead to 102 points entering the final three races before the Countdown to the Championship. He defeated Bob Vandergriff, Doug Kalitta and Antron Brown before his finals match-up with Lucas.
“This is a dream season,” said Langdon. “Just to get one win is very gratifying, but to get four is really special. We made an outstanding run in the first round (track record) and then we just made good runs. Our focus this season has been on making good runs every time down the track. Al-Anabi’s back!”
AL BALOOSHI TOP TOYOTA IN SONOMA NHRA QUALIFYING
SONOMA, CA – For the second straight week, Khalid alBalooshi was the top Toyota in NHRA Top Fuel qualifying on Saturday with a 
fourth-place showing in his Al-Anabi Racing Toyota dragster in preparation for Sunday’s Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
AlBalooshi registered a 3.789-second pass in Friday night’s qualifying to secure the number four seed where he will match up with fellow Toyota driver Brandon Bernstein in the first round on Sunday. The second-year Top Fuel driver won earlier this month in Norwalk.
Four more Toyota-sponsored dragsters will join alBalooshi in the field on Sunday, led by his Al-Anabi teammate and current point leader Shawn Langdon, who qualified sixth. Langdon earned three bonus points in qualifying to extend his point lead to 24 heading into eliminations.
Reigning world champion Antron Brown is right behind Langdon in seventh. Morgan Lucas topped the final qualifying session and was second in Friday’s opening session to earn five bonus points while placing eighth overall, while his Morgan Lucas Racing teammate Bernstein qualified 13th.
