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Shawn Langdon – Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Driver
Residence: Avon, Ind.
Hometown: Mira Loma, Calif.
Date of birth: Sept. 3, 1982
Crew chief: Brian Husen
Al-Anabi Racing Team Owner: His Excellency Sheik Khalid Al Thani
Al-Anabi Racing Team Manager: Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson Racing Owner: Alan Johnson
2011 wins/final rounds: 0/2 (.000)
Career wins/final rounds: 0/4 (.000)
2012 No. 1 qualifiers: 1
Career No. 1 qualifiers: 2
Best points finish: 5th (2010)
Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs appearances: 3 (2009, ’10, ‘11)
First start: Pomona 1, 2009
Career-best elapsed time: 3.754 seconds (Phoenix, 2012)
Career-best speed: 325.06 mph (Charlotte 1, 2012)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Height/weight: 5’10”, 190 lbs.
Hobbies: Bracket Racing, baseball, golf and bowling
Notable: Three-time NHRA series champion joined the Al-Anabi Racing Team prior to the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season after three successful seasons at Morgan Lucas Racing; won 2007 and ’08 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Comp championship; won 2005 and ’06 Super Comp title at JEG’s All Stars; won 1997 NHRA Junior Dragster championship in 14-under division; has competed in Top Fuel, Top Alcohol Dragster, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator and Junior Dragster.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2011: Drove for Morgan Lucas Racing and finished ninth in season-ending point standings for third consecutive top-10 points finish; was runner-up in season opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. losing to his teammate, Morgan Lucas, in the final round. Joined Al-Anabi Racing after the season ended.
- 2010: Finished career-best fifth place in NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel point standings driving for Morgan Lucas Racing. Recorded two runner-up finishes during Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs; posted a semifinal finish at the U.S. Nationals near Indianapolis. Led Top Fuel class in reaction time with .052-second average start; left the starting line before his opponent in 86 percent of his elimination rounds.
- 2009: Made NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series debut at season-opening NHRA Winternationals driving for Morgan Lucas Racing; was finalist for Auto Club Road to the Future Award with an impressive rookie class including Spencer Massey, Matt Hagan and Doug Horne; advanced to first-career final round in Charlotte and claimed first-career No. 1 qualifier at the spring Las Vegas race; finished ninth in NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel point standings.
- 2008: Won NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Comp championship winning one national event and two division events; won NHRA Division 3 Super Comp championship; finished eighth in season ending Super Gas point standings; competed in Alcohol Dragster.
- 2007: Won NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Comp National Championship winning two national events; won NHRA Division 7 Super Comp championship winning one race.
- 2006: Won Super Comp title at JEG’s All Stars event in Joliet, Ill.; drove Super Comp races while driving for Jack Brand with sponsorship from CSS Drywall.
- 2005: Won Super Comp title at JEG’s All Stars in Joliet, Ill.; won Super Gas national event in Houston; drove Super Comp and Super Gas while driving for Jack Brand with sponsorship from CSS Drywall.
- 2004: Drove Super Comp races while driving for Jack Brand with sponsorship from CSS Drywall.
- 2003: Drove Super Comp races while driving for Jack Brand with sponsorship from CSS Drywall.
- 2002: Drove Super Comp races while driving for Jack Brand with sponsorship from CSS Drywall; won first career national event in Seattle, Wash. at the Lucas Oil Nationals.
- 2001: Drove Super Comp races while driving for Jack Brand with sponsorship from CSS Drywall.
- 2000: Final season in NHRA Junior Dragster program; won Pomona track championship.
- 1999: Won Division 7 Junior Dragster Championship after winning national Junior Dragster title for 14-under in 1997.
CAREER STATISTICS
| 2011 |
22 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
13-20 |
| 2010 |
23 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
22-23 |
| 2009 |
24 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
24-23 |
| Total |
69 |
|
0 |
4 |
12 |
23 |
27 |
1 |
3 |
59-66 |
COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP NHRA PLAYOFFS STATISTICS:
| 2011 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1-5 |
| 2010 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10-6 |
| 2009 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5-5 |
| Total |
18 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
277 |
2 |
1 |
16-16 |
CAREER FINAL-ROUND RECORD
2011:
Pomona1 runner-up (Morgan Lucas)
Charlotte 1 runner-up (Del Worsham; not included in official NHRA final round totals).
2010:
Dallas runner-up (Tony Schumacher)
Pomona2 runner-up (Antron Brown)
2009:
Charlotte runner-up (Cory McClenathan)
CAREER NO. 1 QUALIFIER RECORD
2012: Phoenix
2009: Las Vegas1