Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel Dragster, Looking to Indy for Redemption

Brainerd, MN – Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 9 qualifier at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals; his best qualifying attempt came in the final session Saturday afternoon when the Kalitta Air Careers car reached the finish line in 3.796 seconds at 327.43 mph.

Eliminations: Like Kalitta, Langdon made his best run of the weekend when he made a 3.782-second run at 323.97 mph, but like Millican against Kalitta, Antron Brown made a 3.689-second run and won the round. Langdon had a brilliant reaction time and left the starting line well before his opponent, but it was not enough to win the round.

Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon leaves Brainerd in 11th place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings. He trails 10th place Josh Hart by 63 points and leads 12th place Tony Schumacher by 99 points.

Langdon on Brainerd: “Brainerd was another tough race for the Kalitta Air Careers team; we made a couple of pretty good runs in qualifying yesterday and made our best run of the weekend today, but it wasn’t good enough. Jason, Kurt, Ronnie (co-crew chiefs Kurt Elliott, Jason McCulloch and Ronnie Thompson) and all our guys are working as hard as they can for Kalitta Air, Revchem, Toyota and everybody who supports us; it’s frustrating – we just have to keep working. We’re testing tomorrow so we’re all hoping we figure things out for Indy.”

Next Race: Team Kalitta will be back in action Aug. 30-Sept. 4, 2023 at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, Ind. For additional information, please visit www.nhra.com. For additional information on Kalitta Motorsports, please visit www.teamkalitta.com.