YPSILANTI, Mich. (July 18, 2023) — In a concerted effort to hire both pilots and mechanics, Kalitta Air Careers will adorn Shawn Langdon’s Top Fuel dragster starting with this weekend’s race near Seattle. The 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series resumes July 21-23, 2023 at the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, Wash. The […]
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Doug Kalitta, Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 2 qualifier at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals. Kalitta’s best qualifying attempt came in the final round of qualifying Saturday evening when the Mac Tools Toyota team made a 3.779-second pass at 322.42 mph. Eliminations: Kalitta raced to his first […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (July 11, 2023) – Past NHRA Top Fuel champion Shawn Langdon knows a thing or two about running well at Bandimere Speedway near Denver where the elevation is 5,800 feet above sea level. One year ago, he went to the final round, but this race track holds a more significant part of the […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. — In its first sports marketing effort of any kind, Future Energy Solutions (FES) Lighting, a national “lighting-as-a-service” provider is joining the Kalitta Motorsports corporate partner family as a primary partner on Shawn Langdon’s Top Fuel dragster. The 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series resumes July 14-16, 2023 at the Dodge Power Brokers […]
NHRA Norwalk Nationals Photo Gallery
J.R. Todd, DHL Toyota Funny Car Qualifying: J.R. Todd was the No. 7 qualifier at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. His quickest qualifying attempt came during the first session Saturday afternoon when the DHL driver reached the finish line in 3.918 seconds at 333.07 mph. Qualifying was shortened to three sessions due to Friday’s […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 22, 2023) – Team Kalitta’s Shawn Langdon once had a decision to make: play college baseball or make his racing career full time. His decision is well known, but today, the two worlds from his high school years intersected when the 2013 NHRA Top Fuel champion threw out the ceremonial first pitch […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (June 20, 2023) – Doug Kalitta reached his second semifinal of the season at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals two weeks ago – it was just part of the “good progress” Team Kalitta made in Bristol with two semifinal appearances. With an energized team and Applied Innovation on the car this weekend, Kalitta’s Toyota team […]
NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Photo Gallery
Doug Kalitta, Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 6 qualifier at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Kalitta’s Mac Tools dragster made four qualifying attempts all within .107 seconds showing excellent consistency. Kalitta’s quickest elapsed time was recorded in the Friday night session when he reached the finish line in 3.764 […]