Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel Dragster
2025 NHRA Arizona Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 3; defeated Scott Palmer, Justin Ashley, Brittany Force and Doug Kalitta.
Shawn Langdon Career Stats: 370 events, 22 wins, 29 runners-up, 414 round wins, 22 No. 1 qualifiers.
Current Points Position: 9
Pre-Race Notes:
Pre-Race Quotes:
“We definitely wanted a different outcome in Gainesville two weeks ago, but one run doesn’t change anything about this Kalitta Air Careers team. We have a great group of guys and a great team. The past is the past; we put that race behind us, and we’re 100 percent focused on this weekend’s race.
“We’ve had success in Phoenix the last few years, so we definitely want to keep the trend going. It just seems like we get good results at some tracks, and fortunately, Phoenix has been one of those tracks lately. We’re just gonna keep trying to make good runs, and then hopefully we can get another win there. Sometimes, there’s really no particular reason – things just go your way.
“It’s gonna be miserable with the heat this weekend, but NHRA moved the sessions up so that will help out a lot. With track temperatures like we’ll have this weekend, sometimes, there’s not enough prayers to be able to get down some of the racetracks at that temperature. We will try to do what we can, and we know heading into it that it’s gonna be a ‘tiptoe-down-the-track’ kind of scenario. We’ll just have to wait and see how the track looks and how it responds to the heat. The 10 a.m. runs will be our best opportunity to lay down a good run, but outside of that, it’s just a matter of what mother nature gives us.”
Langdon Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports
For Shawn Langdon’s 2026 race-by-race results, please click here.
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2025 NHRA Arizona Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 3; defeated Scott Palmer, Justin Ashley, Brittany Force and Doug Kalitta.
Shawn Langdon Career Stats: 370 events, 22 wins, 29 runners-up, 414 round wins, 22 No. 1 qualifiers.
Current Points Position: 9
Pre-Race Notes:
- After qualifying No. 2 at the season-opening race two weeks ago, Shawn Langdon went out in the first round after the Kalitta Air Careers dragster smoked the tires while leading Langdon’s opening round of the season. Despite the disappointing result, Langdon, Crew Chief Brian Husen and his Kalitta Air Careers team are poised for excellence in the new season following a runner-up showing last year and excellent pre-season testing including two runs that are the unofficial quickest (3.621 seconds) and fastest (345.62 mph) runs ever recorded.
- Langdon is a final round fixture at Phoenix having reached it in four of the last five years including the last three. The Mira Loma, Calif., native also has three No. 1 qualifiers at the suburban Phoenix track.
- Langdon owns 22-career race wins and is the 2013 NHRA Top Fuel Champion.
Pre-Race Quotes:
“We definitely wanted a different outcome in Gainesville two weeks ago, but one run doesn’t change anything about this Kalitta Air Careers team. We have a great group of guys and a great team. The past is the past; we put that race behind us, and we’re 100 percent focused on this weekend’s race.
“We’ve had success in Phoenix the last few years, so we definitely want to keep the trend going. It just seems like we get good results at some tracks, and fortunately, Phoenix has been one of those tracks lately. We’re just gonna keep trying to make good runs, and then hopefully we can get another win there. Sometimes, there’s really no particular reason – things just go your way.
“It’s gonna be miserable with the heat this weekend, but NHRA moved the sessions up so that will help out a lot. With track temperatures like we’ll have this weekend, sometimes, there’s not enough prayers to be able to get down some of the racetracks at that temperature. We will try to do what we can, and we know heading into it that it’s gonna be a ‘tiptoe-down-the-track’ kind of scenario. We’ll just have to wait and see how the track looks and how it responds to the heat. The 10 a.m. runs will be our best opportunity to lay down a good run, but outside of that, it’s just a matter of what mother nature gives us.”
Langdon Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports
For Shawn Langdon’s 2026 race-by-race results, please click here.
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