Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel Dragster, Falls to FallNationals Champ Pruett in Round 1

ENNIS, TX – Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 10 qualifier at the Texas NHRA FallNationals; Langdon made his best qualifying attempt during the first session on Saturday needing just 3.683 seconds to reach the finish line at 335.87 mph – it was the fastest speed of his career. Langdon’s final three qualifying times were 3.684, 3.683 and 3.686 seconds. The top-12 qualifiers all posted elapsed times in the 3.60s.

Eliminations: Langdon’s Kalitta Air Careers car smoked the tires almost immediately after the run began allowing Leah Pruett to cruise to the win. Langdon tried to pedal the car, but Pruett was out of reach.

Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon leaves Dallas in 11th place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings. He trails the drivers tied for ninth place, Austin Prock and Tony Schumacher, by 29 points and leads 12th-place Josh Hart by 37 points.

Langdon on Dallas: “That was definitely unfortunate for our Kalitta Air Careers team. We had a really good day yesterday and made some really strong runs – we all wanted to keep it going today, but it didn’t work out like we hoped. We made some progress on our performance since St. Louis with our test in Indianapolis, but we just didn’t get it done today. We’ll try to go some rounds for everyone who supports us like Kalitta Air, Revchem, Toyota and Future Energy Solutions in Las Vegas.”

Next Race: Team Kalitta will be back in action Oct. 27-29, 2023 at the Nevada NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas. For additional information, please visit www.nhra.com. For additional information on Kalitta Motorsports, please visit www.teamkalitta.com.