Shawn Langdon and DHL Top Fuel Team Focused on Houston Victory

Baytown, TX – Shawn Langdon and the DHL Toyota Top Fuel team will be looking to the final NHRA national event at historic Houston Raceway Park as the perfect time to begin building momentum for the 2022 NHRA season. The 2013 Top Fuel world champion who is the only NHRA driver to have won a world championship at every level of the various drag racing series will attempt to grab his first SpringNationals Top Fuel win this weekend. During his world championship season Langdon raced to the final round but came up one win light short of hoisting the Wally. Houston Raceway Park is one of just a handful of national event tracks Langdon has not collected a pro win.

“I definitely would like to get the last Top Fuel win in Houston,” said Langdon. “Our goal every weekend is to get four win lights for this DHL Toyota Top Fuel dragster. We are working towards that goal every race and I am proud of how hard everyone is working on this DHL team.”

During the NHRA Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals Langdon and his DHL team showed some sparks of improvement when they advanced out of the first round quad as the No. 11 qualifier. He narrowly missed advancing to the final quad in the unique format. The team took the best information from their time in the desert and will work to improve at a track that is basically at sea level.

“We have a lot of experience over here with (crew chiefs) Kurt Elliott and Jason McCulloch and of course Connie Kalitta making all the call on out dragster,” said Langdon. “Last year we were taken out by our teammate Doug Kalitta in the semifinals. This year I would love to get to an all Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel final round.”

2021 NHRA SpringNationals Highlights: Qual. No. 7; Beat Josh Hart, Justin Ashley; Lost to Doug Kalitta

Last Event Recap (2022 Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals): Qual 11; Beat Doug Kalitta and Rob Passey; Lost to Steve Torrence and Brittany Force

Career Stats: 291 events, 287 starts, 311 round wins, 17 wins, 35 finals, 19 No. 1 qualifiers; in Top Fuel: 243 events, 239 starts, 15 wins, 32 finals, 272 round wins, 19 No. 1 qualifiers

2022 Results
Winternationals: Qual 8; Lost to Josh Hart
Arizona Nationals: Qual 7; Beat Antron Brown; Lost to Mike Salinas
Gatornationals: Qual 21; DNQ
Las Vegas1: Qual 11; Beat Doug Kalitta and Rob Passey; Lost to Steve Torrence and Brittany Force