Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel Dragster​


2025 NHRA Brainerd Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 5; defeated Antron Brown, lost to Brittany Force.

Shawn Langdon Career Stats: 381 events, 26 wins, 32 runners-up, 443 round wins, 27 No. 1 qualifiers.

Current Points Position: 1

Pre-Race Notes:

  • Shawn Langdon enters the NHRA Brainerd Nationals in first place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings; he leads his teammate, Doug Kalitta, by five points with two races remaining in the regular season. Team Kalitta has been one-two in points since the second race of the season.
  • Langdon has four wins on the season including three-consecutive wins at Valdosta, Ga., Joliet, Ill., and Budds Creek, Md. With Kalitta’s wins in Charlotte, Sonoma, Calif., and Seattle, the Team Kalitta dragsters won seven of the season’s 12 races and competed in 45 of the 47 rounds of racing.
  • Langdon has four wins, three runners-up and two semifinal showings along with five No. 1 qualifiers this season. In the last three races, he qualified first, second and fourth.
  • Langdon owns the two fastest runs in NHRA history. At the Southern Nationals in Georgia in May, he recorded speeds of 345.00 mph and 344.91 mph.
  • Langdon is in search of his first win at Brainerd International Raceway; he reached the final round in 2024 for his best showing at Minnesota track.
  • Langdon is the 2013 NHRA Top Fuel Champion and has 26 wins in his career.

Pre-Race Quotes:

“Every race from here on out really counts. It’s obviously very important to do well this weekend and to do well at Indy to set yourself up for the countdown (Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs). We’re kind of full steam ahead with everything at this point. Our plan is to go out there, do the best we can with everything and try to win the regular-season championship. At this point, it’s about making sure all of your stuff is right – your parts and pieces, your crew guys. The car’s been running well – we’ve hit a couple bumps here or there, but we’ve been qualifying well. We just need to continue doing what we’re doing; we don’t really need to change anything.

“It feels good to be in the points lead. That’s our goal; it’s where we wanna be, but we obviously want to keep the lead. We need to keep plugging along and hopefully hold onto it through these last two races of the regular season. It’s gonna be difficult with the competition in Top Fuel – especially Doug (Teammate Doug Kalitta), but our job is to keep doing what we’re doing. Hopefully, we can win one of those to secure it (regular season title) and give us a good start to the playoffs.

“We’re still in the batter’s box, and we’ll keep swinging – we want to hit the ball every time. We’re excited to get to Brainerd – looking to go some rounds and get back to the winner’s circle.”

Langdon Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports

For Shawn Langdon’s 2026 race-by-race results, please click here.

TV Schedule (All times eastern):

  • Qualifying Show 1: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 on FS1
  • Qualifying Show 2: 10:30-Midnight Saturday, Aug. 22 on FS1
  • Finals: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 on FS1

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