After starting the NHRA season with a win, the Top Fuel drag racer from Mira Loma hopes for more of the same this weekend at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip
Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon prepares for qualifying Sunday Sept. 3, 2023, at the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Clermont, Indiana.
Langdon and his team, headed by new crew chief Brian Husen and new assistant crew chief Justin Groat, were hitting on all cylinders. The only hiccup all weekend came when Langdon smoked his tires in his first qualifying run Saturday. His dragster was the first after the rain delay. Langdon, who now lives in Indianapolis, comes into Pomona atop the Top Fuel standings with a 39-point lead over Steve Torrence.
Mira Loma, located in west Riverside County, is only about 20 miles from Pomona. Langdon’s father Chad, who competed in amateur drag racing, regularly took his young son to the Pomona dragstrip. Among the legends young Shawn saw race was Connie Kalitta, who is now his boss. He owns Kalitta Motorsports, and Langdon is one of the team’s three drivers. The others are Doug Kalitta, Connie’s nephew and the defending Top Fuel national champion, and J.R. Todd, the Funny Car winner at Gainesville.
Gainesville was doubly special for Kalitta Motorsports. In addition to the double-up, the late Scott Kalitta, Connie’s son, was among the inductees into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame at a banquet on the Thursday night of the Gatornationals. Scott was killed in a horrific crash in 2008 at Englishtown, N.J. His dragster exploded at the finish line and continued on through the shutdown portion of the track.
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