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Doug Kalitta and Mac Tools Top Fuel Focused on Second Virginia Nationals Title
North Dinwiddie, VA – Through six races this season Doug Kalitta and the Mac Tools Top Fuel team have been working on building off their 
solid qualifying efforts. The perennial championship contender has qualified no worse than sixth at every race this season including his 51st No. 1 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. With new crew chiefs Alan Johnson and Brian Husen onboard Kalitta is looking to chase down his 50th career Top Fuel win at this weekend’s NHRA Virginia Nationals.
“We have had some good luck in Richmond the last few years we raced there. I am looking forward to getting back there because I know there are a lot of passionate fans in the area,” said Kalitta. “This Mac Tools team has been making some good runs lately and I think we will continue to keep getting better. We are all working together and I have a lot of confidence in this Mac Tools team.”
The NHRA hasn’t competed at Virginia Motorsports Park since 2019 and a year before the two-year hiatus Kalitta raced to a runner-up finish from the No. 4 qualifier position. On that race day Kalitta took out Canadian Dan Mercier, Leah Pruett and teammate Richie Crampton before dropping a close final round to Steve Torrence. The veteran driver is looking forward to getting back to Virginia.
Shawn Langdon and DHL Toyota Top Fuel Looking to Fire on All Cylinders at VMP
North Dinwiddie, VA – The last time Shawn Langdon powered a Top Fuel dragster down the track at Virginia Motorsports Park he was a 
rookie in Top Fuel. It was 2009 and Langdon qualified No. 8 and lost a close first round match-up to current teammate Doug Kalitta. This weekend Langdon will power the DHL Toyota Top Fuel dragster at the Virginia Nationals for the fourth time his career. From 2018-2019 Langdon raced a Toyota Funny Car at the track located just outside Richmond and now he is looking to build his Top Fuel win record with a successful weekend starting with Friday night’s qualifying session.
“It has been a while since I drove a Top Fuel dragster in Richmond,” said Langdon. “We raced here a few years ago in our Toyota Funny Car but I am looking forward to getting down the track in this DHL Toyota Top Fuel dragster. This team has been making progress over these first few races.”
The weather forecast for the weekend does not look promising with thunderstorms predicted for Friday and Saturday. A break in the weather on Sunday would allow Langdon and his Top Fuel competitors to get four rounds of racing in before the rains potentially return at the start of the week. Earlier this season rain impacted the Gatornationals qualifying sessions only allowing teams to make one qualifying run.
J.R. Todd and DHL GR Supra Chasing One More Win Light in Virginia
North Dinwiddie, VA – The DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car and J.R. Todd will be heading into the Virginia Nationals looking to improve 
on their 2019 performance. The last time Todd and the DHL Toyota team hit the track at Virginia Motorsports Park they raced to a runner-up finish as the No. 4 qualifier. That day Todd had the Funny Car to beat, but in the final round his Toyota overpowered the track so severely the parachutes deployed and his race car never made it to the finish line.
“We definitely want to get one more win light this weekend in Virginia,” said Todd. “They have a lot to passionate fans there and the last time we raced there we almost got the win. This weekend will be tricky with the weather, but I know these DHL guys will be ready when the time comes.”
Todd and his new look DHL GR Supra Funny Car have been steadily making improved runs as the team get accustomed to the new body design. The entire organization including Todd was involved in the redesign which has the 2018 Funny Car world champion excited about the performance possibilities.
AUSTIN PROCK AND MONTANA BRAND / RMT ON THE RIGHT TRACK HEADING TO VIRGINIA NHRA NATIONALS
DINWIDDIE, VA – Making just his second appearance in the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park, Austin Prock is trying 
to regain the form that took him and the Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist dragster team to the final round in the season-opening Winternationals at Pomona, Calif.
With a new crew for 2022 anchored by crew chiefs Joe Barlam and Rahn Tobler, the 2019 NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year is in search of consistency after glimpses of the performance they’ve been working so hard for. As of late, the Montana Brand team have been edging up the points standings. Prock comes into the Virginia NHRA Nationals seventh in the Camping World Drag Racing Series points although he is just 41 points (roughly two rounds) out of the No. 5 position.
“It was a good weekend off celebrating Mother’s Day, always nice to spend time with family and friends, but this Montana Brand team is excited to get back to business,” Prock said. “We’ve been getting this car back into winning form and can’t wait to see what our performance looks like this weekend. Hoping the weather holds off, and we can put on a showing for our awesome NHRA fans. We haven’t been back to Richmond since my rookie season, so it’ll be great to be back.”
DC MOTORSPORTS MAKES INAGURAL VISIT TO VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK
North Dinwiddie, VA – Alexis Dejoria and her Bandero Premium Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car team ready to tackle the surface at 
VMP for the first time in her career.
Last Event (Charlotte 1): Qualified ninth; First round exit (defeated by Bob Tasca, John Force in E1)
Career Statistics: 178 races; six wins; six No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy: The 2022 event will mark DeJoria’s first time racing at Virginia Motorsports Park, DC Motorsports co-owner and crew chief, Del Worsham, won the 2009 event when he was competing in the Funny Car category.
Quotable: Alexis DeJoria, driver: “This will be my first time racing at Virginia Motorsports Park, and I’m very much looking forward to it.”
RON CAPPS WANTS TO REPEAT HIS 2019 PERFORMANCE
North Dinwiddie, VA – Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, understands how to win at VMP and is 
looking to notch another victory in 2022.
Richmond Event Highlights: 2019 event champ, Two-time runner-up (2000, 2007)
2019 Richmond Recap: Qualified third; Event champion (defeated Jim Campbell in E1, Robert Hight in E2, Tommy Johnson Jr. in E3, J.R. Todd in E4)
Last Event (Charlotte 1): Qualified third; Semifinal finish (defeated Dale Creasy Jr., Chad Green in E1, Matt Hagan, J.R. Todd in E2; defeated by John Force, Robert Hight in E3)
Career Statistics: 592 races; 69 wins; 32 No. 1 qualifiers
2022 Statistics: Six races; one win; one runner-up; three No. 1 qualifiers
DSR Top Fuel and Factory Stock Drivers Head to Virginia looking for Gold
North Dinwiddie, VA – Tony Schumacher, driver of the Scag Power Equipment Top Fuel Dragster and Constant Aviation Factory Stock
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drivers, Walcher, Pawuk and Davies Richmond bound.
Schumacher Richmond Event Highlights: 2008 event winner, Four-time No. 1 qualifier (2006, 2007, 2008, 2018)
2018 Richmond Recap: Qualified No. 1; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Bye in E1; defeated by Richie Crampton in E2)
Last Event (Charlotte 1): Qualified 15th; First round exit (defeated by Spencer Massey, Brittany Force in E1)
Career Statistics: 518 races; 85 event wins; 88 No. 1 qualifiers
JOHN FORCE AND PEAK / BLUEDEF CONTINUING TO BUILD CONSISTENCY HEADING TO VIRGINIA NHRA NATIONALS
DINWIDDIE, VA – Having raced his PEAK / BlueDEF PLATINUM Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car into fourth in the NHRA Camping 
World Drag Racing Series points standings after his second consecutive win at zMAX Dragway’s Four-Wide Nationals, John Force heads to the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park with regained confidence.
Coming off a victory just two weeks ago in Charlotte that extended to 34 the number of seasons in which he has won at least one NHRA tour event, Force returns this week a year older (73) to Virginia Motorsports Park. It’s a track on which he has won a career best 78.8 percent of his two-car matches (26-7) on the way to Funny Car wins in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000. He is the track record holder at 3.899-seconds, a mark he set on May 17, 2019, the last time the race was contested.
“I’m excited to be heading back to Richmond. Love the area, love the fans, love that track. I know it’s been a couple of years so it’s going to be exciting,” Force said. “We’ll be really trying to put on a show, maybe set some more records. I’m feeling good coming off a win. The credit really goes to Danny Hood and Tim Fabrisi who run the PEAK BlueDEF Chevy. I know drivers always get all the credit, but it really is those guys and the whole team that help get the job done, couldn’t do it without them.”
BROWN LOOKING FOR FIRST EVER VICTORY AT VIRGINIA
North Dinwiddie, VA – Antron Brown, driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster, headed to Virginia Motorsports Park, a track where he’s never 
won an event.
Richmond Event Highlights: Two-time runner-up (2009, 2019)
2019 Richmond Recap:Qualified 11th; Event runner-up (defeated Leah Pruett in E1, Brittany Force in E2, Mike Salinas in E3; defeated by Steve Torrence in E4)
Last Event (Charlotte 1): Qualified ninth; First round exit (defeated by Justin Ashley, Cameron Ferre in E1)
Career Statistics: 467 races; 68 wins (16 Pro Stock Motorcycle); 49 No. 1 qualifiers (11 PSM)
Noteworthy: Powered to a runner-up finish at the 2019 event, the last time an NHRA Camping World Series race was contested at Virginia Motorsports Park
NHRA NITRO STARS DOUG KALITTA AND JOHN FORCE LOOKING TO SHINE AT VIRGINIA NHRA NATIONALS
DINWIDDIE, VA – Doug Kalitta is still hunting for his 50th career win in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, but it’s a quest he 
hopes can come to an end at this weekend’s Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.
The Top Fuel veteran remains just a victory away from an impressive career milestone and it could happen this weekend as the NHRA returns to Virginia Motorsports Park for the first time since 2019. Along with that anticipation of racing on one of the best surfaces on the NHRA circuit, Kalitta is eager to finally track down that illustrious 50th Top Fuel win in his 11,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster.
“We have had some good luck in Richmond recently the last few years we raced there,” said Kalitta, who is currently eighth in the loaded Top Fuel class. “I am looking forward to getting back there because I know there are a lot of passionate fans in the area. This Mac Tools team has been making some good runs lately and I think we will continue to keep getting better. We are all working together and I have a lot of confidence in this Mac Tools team.”
