LANGDON TAKES TOP SPOT IN SEATTLE NHRA QUALIFYING
TORRANCE, CA – Just moments after Morgan Lucas had broken the track record with the first 3.7-second run in track history, Shawn 
Langdon absolutely demolished the old mark to take the top spot in qualifying for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Seattle, Wash.
Langdon’s record 3.765-second run bettered the previous track record of 3.802 by a whopping .037 seconds. It gave Langdon his fourth number one qualifier of the season and broadened his point lead to 112 points heading into Sunday.
Khalid alBalooshi qualified fourth for the third consecutive race, Morgan Lucas was fifth and Antron Brown placed sixth to give Toyota-sponsored dragsters four of the top six spots in qualifying. Brandon Bernstein, who won in Seattle in 2005, rounded out the group with a 15th.
Del Worsham led the way in Funny Car with a strong 4.065-second run in his DHL Toyota Camry to earn the number three spot in qualifying. His teammate Alexis DeJoria also broke into the 4.0s with a 4.099 pass, good for ninth. Tony Pedregon was 11th and Cruz Pedregon placed 13th. He will match-up with Worsham in the first round on Sunday.
Qualifying was reduced to just the two Saturday sessions after Friday was rained out.
Today’s qualifications show can be seen on ESPN2 tonight from 10:00 p.m. – midnight, while Sunday’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series eliminations are scheduled to run on ESPN2 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (all times EDT).
