Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel Dragster
Finals Broadcast Replay: 9 p.m.-Midnight, Monday, July 29, 2024 on FS2
Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 4 qualifier at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Langdon’s best qualifying attempt was during the first round of qualifying Saturday afternoon when the Kalitta Air Careers dragster needed just 3.677 seconds to reach the finish line at 334.22 mph.
During Saturday’s qualifying sessions, Langdon won the Mission Foods NHRA Challenge in a rematch of the semifinals near Seattle, Wash., last week. Langdon defeated Clay Millican and his teammate, Doug Kalitta, to take his first Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge win of the season.
Eliminations: Langdon raced Tony Stewart in the first round. Langdon left the starting line first and was on an excellent run, but the Kalitta Air Careers car had problems during the run giving the round win to Stewart.
Unofficial Point Standings: Langdon leaves Sonoma in second place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings. He trails his teammate, points leader Doug Kalitta, by 125 points and leads third-place Steve Torrence by 25 points.
Langdon on Sonoma: “We didn’t do well today and smoked the tires, but the Kalitta Air Careers team is looking forward to Brainerd.”
Next Race: Team Kalitta will be back in action Aug. 15-18, 2024 at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. For additional information, please visit www.nhra.com. For additional information on Kalitta Motorsports, please visit www.teamkalitta.com.
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