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.

Eliminations: Langdon advanced to his sixth final round of the season at New England Dragway. He defeated Tim Boychuk, Bob Vandergriff and Terry McMillen before losing to Spencer Massey in the final round of eliminations.

Unofficial Point Standings: With his final-round appearance, Langdon moves up one spot to first place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings.  He leads second-place Tony Schumacher by 43 points.

Langdon on New Hampshire: “The Al-Anabi car ran great today on race day and made some really strong runs.  Going to the final was great, and we leave New Hampshire with the points lead – that was the goal for the weekend. We wanted to win the race, but it didn’t work out that way.  We still had a strong car all weekend that qualified well and ran great in eliminations.  We just have to move on from here and keep pressing on.”

Khalid alBalooshi – Al- Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (gold)

Qualifying:   Khalid alBalooshi was the No. 12 qualifier at the Auto-Plus New England Nationals. During the first round of qualifying Friday afternoon, alBalooshi recorded a 3.896-second pass at 319.67 mph.  It was just the third time this season that alBalooshi did not qualify in the top-six positions.

Eliminations: AlBalooshi lost to Spencer Massey in the first round of eliminations.

Unofficial Point Standings: AlBalooshi drops one spot to 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 on New Hampshire: “Our Al-Anabi team did not have its best weekend, but that is OK.  This is the race, and these things happen.  We have done some very good things this year, but we are still learning and working to improve our race team.  I thank our everyone on our team for his hard work, and I thank Sheikh Khalid for giving me this opportunity.”

Next Race: The Al-Anabi Racing team will be back in action June 28-30 at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, Ill.  For additional information, please visit www.nhra.com.  For additional information on the Al-Anabi Racing Team, please visit www.alanabiracing.com.