Finals Broadcast Replay: 8-11 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 on FS1 Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 7 qualifier at the Lucas Oil Winternationals. His best effort came during the rain-delayed Saturday qualifying session when he ran a 3.785-second pass at 303.30 mph. Eliminations: Kalitta defeated Jasmine Salinas before losing to Billy Torrence when the Mac […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 19, 2024) – Flawless. That’s how Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon described his car at the season-opening Gatornationals two weeks ago in Florida. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Season resumes March 22-24, 2024 at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. Consider: No. 1 qualifier for […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 19, 2024) – The last time Doug Kalitta and his Mac Tools Toyota team were at In ‘n Out Burger Raceway in Pomona, Calif., they won the race and claimed the 2023 NHRA Top Fuel title in a “winner take all” final round at the season’s final race. Later this week, they […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 19, 2024) – The season is off to a pretty good start for J.R. Todd and his DHL Toyota team, and that’s putting it lightly. Todd joined teammate Shawn Langdon in the winner’s circle at the season-opening race and “doubled up” for the first time in Kalitta Motorsports history. Next on the […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 14, 2024) — Revchem Composites, a Kalitta Motorsports corporate partner since 2020, extended its partnership for a fifth-consecutive season, the team announced today. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series resumes March 22-24, 2024 at the Lucas Oil Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. Revchem Composites branding is prominently featured on the three Kalitta […]
Photo Caption: All three Kalitta Motorsports teams took part in the “double-up” winner’s circle at Gainesville Raceway. (Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports) GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Seventeen times. That’s how many chances Kalitta Motorsports had over the years to win the Top Fuel and Funny Car titles at the same race. On the day Doug Kalitta received […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 5, 2024) – Doug Kalitta, defending champion. That has a nice ring to it. The veteran racer, for the first time in his career, enters the season with the No. 1 on his car as the defending NHRA Top Fuel champion. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing season opens this weekend […]
Gary Nastase/Kalitta Motorsports YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 4, 2024) — In one of the longest-running and most-successful sports marketing partnerships, DHL and Kalitta Motorsports signed a multi-year contract extension for J.R. Todd’s DHL GR Supra Funny Car, the team announced today. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series begins Friday at the Amalie Oil NHRA […]
Photo Caption: Kalitta Air Careers team crew chief Brian Husen, right, and Marc Denner are making final preparations as Team Kalitta prepares to depart for the season-opening race in Gainesville, Fla., next week. (Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports) YPSILANTI, Mich. (Feb. 28, 2024) — Kalitta Motorsports, home of 2023 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Doug Kalitta, will field […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (Feb. 22, 2024) — When a partnership is successful, the natural inclination is to enhance it, and that’s exactly what Applied Innovation and Kalitta Motorsports did when they agreed to extend and expand their agreement for the upcoming NHRA season, the team announced today. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series begins March […]