Seattle Victory Pushes Langdon To High Gas Level Lead

SEATTLE — High Gas’s Shawn Langdon moved previous Tony Stewart into the factors lead on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, defeating Brittany Drive within the ultimate spherical of the Muckleshoot On line casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.

Matt Hagan (Humorous Automobile), Dallas Glenn (Professional Inventory) and Gaige Herrera (Professional Inventory Motorbike) additionally received the eleventh of 20 races throughout the NHRA Mission Meals Drag Racing Collection season.

Langdon went 3.662 seconds at 337.07 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air Careers dragster to race previous Drive, choosing up his third win of the season for Kalitta Motorsports and the twenty second in his profession.

On a vital factors day, Langdon defeated Cam Ferre and Tony Stewart earlier within the day en path to his first profession win at Pacific Raceways.

Drive went 341.85 mph within the semifinals, making the quickest run in NHRA historical past, however suffered tire smoke within the ultimate spherical as Langdon cruised to the victory, making three runs within the 3.60s on Sunday. He now leads Stewart by 12 factors heading to Sonoma on yet one more constant weekend for the previous world champion.

“The blokes did a incredible job. They gave me an excellent race automotive,” Langdon mentioned. “It’s superior coming to tracks like this up right here, when you have got an excellent floor coupled with nice air, that’s what you’re going to see. We knew the expectation for at this time of what we wished to do, what we wished to perform.

“From right here on out, it’s nearly doing the identical factor, simply preserve doing the identical factor, preserve making nice runs. It is a scenario that you simply dreamed about as a child, having the ability to drive a High Gas automotive after which to have or not it’s aggressive, it’s superior for Connie [Kalitta, team owner], seeing the smile on his face could be very, very rewarding.”

Drive reached finals for the second time in 2025 and thirty ninth in his profession due to spherical wins towards Ida Zetterstrom, Antron Brown and Doug Kalitta, who set the monitor document with an unbelievable run of three.628 at 341.34.

Drive topped the velocity two rounds later, including one other historic mark in her profession.

Humorous Automobile’s Matt Hagan cashed in with a win on Sunday in Seattle for Tony Stewart Racing, ending off a robust day with a run of three.904 at 331.94 in his 12,000-horsepower Direct Connection Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to slide previous Ron Capps. Hagan had been constant for the majority of the season however had zero wins to indicate for it – till Sunday.

The four-time champion closed out qualifying by going 3.887 at 332.43 to take second and made two runs within the 3.80s on Sunday, choosing up spherical wins towards Buddy Hull, Jack Beckman and Alexis DeJoria to achieve the ultimate spherical.

Hagan was on his sport within the championship spherical, delivering a .054 response time earlier than choosing up his 53rd profession victory and shifting to 3rd in factors.

It’s his second profession win at Pacific Raceways, with the primary coming in 2013, so this was a welcome return to the winner’s circle for the longtime standout, particularly with it being the primary Humorous Automobile victory for first-year crew chief Mike Knudsen.

“I need to say thanks to Tony Stewart for believing in Mike and understanding that there was going to be slightly little bit of rising cope with bringing a brand new man in. I simply was actually pushing for that, and he believed in it, and right here we’re,” Hagan mentioned. “I believe we had been on the bottom of some actually good drag races early on.

“Everyone’s actually robust in Humorous Automobile. All of them convey every part to the desk on a regular basis. So, we had been capable of are available right here after a ultimate spherical in (Norwalk) Ohio, go some rounds once more this weekend, so this was a get-healthy weekend for us shifting into Sonoma.”

Capps reached the championship spherical for the fourth time in 2025 and the 156th time in his profession. Austin Prock leaves Seattle with a 140-point lead over Beckman.

In Professional Inventory, Dallas Glenn can lastly lay declare to a win at his residence monitor, choosing up his first profession victory at Pacific Raceways in his RAD Torque Methods Camaro when Jeg Coughlin Jr. went purple within the ultimate spherical.

Glenn, who earned the GESi No. 1 Qualifier Award, struggled off the beginning line as effectively, however was the beneficiary of Coughlin’s early begin, choosing up his fourth win this season and the seventeenth in his younger profession.

This one will definitely rank excessive for Glenn, who was spectacular all through qualifying and early on Sunday. He set the monitor E.T. document 3 times in qualifying after which obliterated it to open eliminations, going 6.446 at 212.43 to defeat Kenny Delco.

It was the second-quickest run in Professional Inventory historical past and Glenn stayed within the 6.40s the subsequent two rounds in wins towards Matt Latino and Greg Stanfield.

It arrange a rematch of final 12 months’s ultimate spherical and Glenn acquired his redemption, albeit in a manner he wouldn’t have predicted. Nonetheless, after a stellar weekend in Seattle, Glenn was thrilled to get the win in entrance of loads of family and friends, taking on the factors lead as effectively.

“The burnout was proper the place I wished it, good and easy. I staged good and shallow. I felt mild on the pedal. I felt like every part was going to go good after which after I let go, instantly, I believe it was in regards to the time it I noticed it was shaking my mind course of that it noticed a purple mild over there,” Glenn mentioned. “They put some very nice win lights down there, and if there was no win mild, it was going to return into second gear at a really excessive charge of velocity. I used to be going to be pushing it and pulling it till it went in.

“It’s undoubtedly actually particular. I’ve acquired all my household right here, all my sponsors right here. I imply, all people is right here. I only a phenomenal race automotive. I really feel like that is the perfect automotive I’ve ever had. We’ve labored actually arduous this season. We’re persevering with to work arduous. We’re undoubtedly not taking our foot off the fuel in any respect.”

Coughlin, the defending occasion winner, defeated Erica Enders, Cory Reed and Cody Coughlin to achieve the finals for the primary time in 2025 and the 121st time in his profession.

Herrera continues to rack up NHRA information, changing into the quickest competitor to achieve 25 profession wins in NHRA historical past after going a track-record 6.690 at 201.55 on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki to defeat Richard Gadson. Herrera reached the milestone victory in simply his forty third profession begin because the two-time world champion continues to rack up wins at a document and historic charge.

It’s additionally his fourth win this season and Herrera’s second at Pacific Raceways, knocking off defending occasion winner Chase Van Sant and Matt Smith to achieve the ultimate spherical.

Herrera was within the 6.70s all weekend, however the staff dialed up one thing huge within the ultimate spherical towards Gadson, producing the primary Professional Inventory Motorbike run within the 6.60s at Pacific Raceways. Herrera was a stout .010 on the beginning line after which rode his approach to a twenty fifth profession win.

“I by no means would think about attending to 25 (wins) this fast,” Herrera mentioned. “I’m residing the dream. I’m very blessed so far as that. To get 25 wins, I imply, it nonetheless appears like my first. Each time I get a win, it’s simply a kind of issues. You by no means lose the joy. You all the time drive and push your self to get the Wally, as a result of everybody needs to get the Wally.

“It’s actually arduous to maintain monitor of that stuff. It’s been lots to soak up in a short while for me personally. I can’t do with out, the entire band, the Vance & Hines staff and my crew chief Andrew [Hines] and it was good to have an all-Vance & Hines ultimate. Plus, I sort of acquired redemption from final 12 months right here. I had the 11 consecutive race wins after which Chase [Van Sant] beat us within the ultimate, so I had a objective coming right here to get the win right here.”