YPSILANTI, Mich. (May 27, 2025) – Shawn Langdon has race wins at many different race tracks to his credit, but New England Dragway isn’t one of them – yet. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series continues May 30-June 1 at the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping, N.H.
Langdon’s career in NHRA’s premier series is now well into its second decade, yet he’s never hoisted the trophy in New Hampshire. This weekend’s race is the 12th Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event at New England Dragway, and while he knows winning at every track on the circuit would be great, he gets it; some tracks just suit some teams better than others.
“Every track is a little bit different in its characteristics,” Langdon said. “There are so many variables, and a lot depends on the power you make, the clutch application you apply and how your car runs. Certain tracks like your setup, but others don’t. I’ve driven for multiple teams at this point, 15-16 years into my career, I guess it’s just how the cookie crumbles.”
If ever Langdon had a good opportunity to make that cookie crumble in his direction, this season just might be it. Langdon has two race wins and three Mission Foods Challenge wins in the season’s first six races and trails points leader Tony Stewart by two markers entering the New England Nationals. He led the point standings until making a surprising early exit two weeks ago in Chicago when the Kalitta Air Careers car smoked the tires in the second round. It was a setback but only a minor speed bump.
“We just move on,” Langdon said. “We just missed it in the second round at Chicago – not a big deal. Unfortunately, we lost the points lead, but we’re only two points behind so we can possibly regain the lead in qualifying. We move onto Epping and try to really hit these next races hard to hopefully regain the points lead and hopefully get a couple of wins. You can always count on making good power at Epping because the air is typically pretty good.”
Race Information:
NHRA New England Nationals New England Dragway; Epping, N.H.
TV Schedule (All times eastern):
2024 NHRA new England Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 4; defeated Shawn Reed and Billy Torrence before losing to Doug Kalitta in the semifinals.
Shawn Langdon Career Stats: 356 events, 21 wins, 27 runner-up, 391 round wins, 21 No. 1 qualifiers.
2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Results to Date (Wins in Italics):
Shawn Langdon Image Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports
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Langdon’s career in NHRA’s premier series is now well into its second decade, yet he’s never hoisted the trophy in New Hampshire. This weekend’s race is the 12th Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event at New England Dragway, and while he knows winning at every track on the circuit would be great, he gets it; some tracks just suit some teams better than others.
“Every track is a little bit different in its characteristics,” Langdon said. “There are so many variables, and a lot depends on the power you make, the clutch application you apply and how your car runs. Certain tracks like your setup, but others don’t. I’ve driven for multiple teams at this point, 15-16 years into my career, I guess it’s just how the cookie crumbles.”
If ever Langdon had a good opportunity to make that cookie crumble in his direction, this season just might be it. Langdon has two race wins and three Mission Foods Challenge wins in the season’s first six races and trails points leader Tony Stewart by two markers entering the New England Nationals. He led the point standings until making a surprising early exit two weeks ago in Chicago when the Kalitta Air Careers car smoked the tires in the second round. It was a setback but only a minor speed bump.
“We just move on,” Langdon said. “We just missed it in the second round at Chicago – not a big deal. Unfortunately, we lost the points lead, but we’re only two points behind so we can possibly regain the lead in qualifying. We move onto Epping and try to really hit these next races hard to hopefully regain the points lead and hopefully get a couple of wins. You can always count on making good power at Epping because the air is typically pretty good.”
Race Information:
NHRA New England Nationals New England Dragway; Epping, N.H.
TV Schedule (All times eastern):
- Qualifying Show 1: 7-8 p.m. Friday, May 30 on FS1
- Qualifying Show 2: 7-8 p.m. Saturday, May 30 on FS1
- Finals: 6-9 p.m. Sunday, June 1 on FS1
2024 NHRA new England Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 4; defeated Shawn Reed and Billy Torrence before losing to Doug Kalitta in the semifinals.
Shawn Langdon Career Stats: 356 events, 21 wins, 27 runner-up, 391 round wins, 21 No. 1 qualifiers.
2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Results to Date (Wins in Italics):
- Gainesville: Qualified No. 11; defeated Justin Ashley, Tony Stewart and Jasmine Salinas; lost to Antron Brown.
- Phoenix: Qualified No. 3; defeated Scott Palmer, Justin Ashley, Brittany Force and Doug Kalitta.
- Pomona: Qualified No. 3; defeated Ida Zetterstrom and Josh Hart; lost to Tony Stewart.
- Las Vegas: Qualified No. 11: lost to Antron Brown, Mike Salinas.
- Charlotte: Qualified No. 2; defeated Ida Zetterstrom and Scott Farley, Brittany Force and Josh Hart, Justin Ashley, Tony Stewart and Antron Brown.
- Chicago: Qualified No. 3; defeated Kyle Wurtzel, lost to Steve Torrence.
Shawn Langdon Image Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports
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