Category Archives: Kalitta Motorsports News

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Post-Event Wrap-Up

Photo Courtesy: Gary Nastase/Kalitta Motorsports

Shawn Langdon, DHL Top Fuel Dragster Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 6 qualifier at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. The best qualifying effort for the DHL Toyota Top Fuel team was a 3.754-second effort at 325.24 mph. Eliminations: Langdon defeated Krista Baldwin and Clay Millican to advance to the second round of eliminations along with […]

TOTAL TEAM EFFORT POSITIONS J.R.TODD, DHL FUNNY CAR TEAM FOR LAS VEGAS FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS

JR Todds Team

Photo Caption: DHL Funny Car team members with their just-repaired primary car, left-to-right, are: crew chief Todd Smith, crew members Isaiah Taylor, Jaime Gandara, Chris Forton, Tanner Meyer, James Couture, Jacob Wilder, Mike Morris and Matt Mays. (Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports) YPSILANTI, Mich. (April 11, 2023) – J.R. Todd, a three-time Funny Car winner in Las […]

Post-Race Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals

Team Kalitta

Shawn Langdon, DHL Top Fuel Dragster Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 7 qualifier at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. During Saturday’s third and final round of qualifying, Langdon reached the finish line in 3.758 seconds at 333.33 mph. Eliminations: Langdon ran a 3.740-second pass and defeated Tony Schumacher by .0147 seconds in the first round. In […]

J.R. TODD, DHL FUNNY CAR INVOLVED IN ON-TRACK INCIDENT, DEPLOY BACKUP CAR FOR FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND, RACE DAY

Todd Force Wreck Pomona

POMONA, Calif. (April 1, 2023) — J.R. Todd and the DHL Toyota GR Supra team were involved in an on-track incident earlier today during the second round of qualifying for Sunday’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-‘N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. Neither driver was injured. The Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals is set for Sunday, April 2, 2012. After […]

FOUR-TIME POMONA WINNER SHAWN LANGDON LOOKS TO BUILD ON PHOENIX FINAL ROUND

FOUR-TIME POMONA WINNER SHAWN LANGDON LOOKS TO BUILD ON PHOENIX FINAL ROUND YPSILANTI, Mich. (March 28, 2023) – DHL Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon has more race wins at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip than any other race track, and with the DHL Toyota team’s final round appearance last weekend in Phoenix, team and driver hope to […]

POST-RACE ARIZONA NATIONALS

SHAWN LANGDON, DHL TOP FUEL DRAGSTER Qualifying: Shawn Langdon was the No. 8 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. During the final round of qualifying Saturday afternoon, Landon posted a 3.729-second effort at 330.07 mph for his best of three qualifying attempts. Eliminations: Langdon defeated Antron Brown, his teammate, No. 1 qualifier Doug Kalitta and Leah Pruett […]

DOUG KALITTA WINS MISSION #2FAST2TASTY NHRA CHALLENGE, EARNS NO. 1 QUALIFIER

Mission_2fast2tastey Winner Team Mac Tools

CHANDLER, Ariz. (March. 25, 2023) — Doug Kalitta and his Mac Tools Toyota team raced to the winner’s circle in the inaugural Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge featuring a rematch of the semifinals and finals from the season’s first race in Gainesville, Fla., two weeks ago. When Kalitta advanced to the Gainesville semifinals, he earned a spot in […]