NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Shawn Langdon in Top Fuel and Dallas Glenn in Pro Stock sealed their second career NHRA Top Fuel championship in round one of the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.

Langdon won the title with a defeat of Josh Hart. That win eliminated his teammate, reigning world champ Doug Kalitta, from title contention, though both remain in the hunt for the event win.

Glenn had an easier route as he needed only to take the green light on a bye run to win his second straight crown.

Langdon, who won his first championship in 2018, and crew chief Brian Husen have already won eight races this year, including four straight in the midst of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

“What an incredible run that we had this year,” he said. “I'm so proud of my team. It's incredible, really, what Brian brought to this team, giving this team a whole new look and bringing his work ethic, bringing his determination. The dude's been a champion for years, and he taught this whole team now to be a champion. I’m so damn proud of all of them.

“Thank you to Connie Kalitta. He's not here this weekend, but Connie, we got 1-2 again, two years in a row. We do this all for you. You give us the platform to come out here and live our dreams, and you know there's not enough to say about a legend of the sport. All of our partners, Kalitta Air, DHL, Mac Tools, RevChem, Hounder, Mobile 1; they stick with us through thick and thin. We had some rough years, but these last couple years, we felt like we've made our mark in the sport.”

Glenn turned a difficult start to the Countdown into a championship-clinching opportunity.

The reigning Pro Stock champion qualified No. 1 at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with a 6.512-second pass at 208.42 mph, securing a first-round bye.  After sealing the deal on Saturday, Glenn needed only to stage his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro in Sunday’s opening round to claim his second straight world championship.

Glenn won the last two races and secured his third consecutive No. 1 qualifier, bringing his total to five No. 1 qualifier awards this year.

His résumé this year will also show six wins: FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, NHRA Southern Nationals, NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto, Texas NHRA Fall Nationals, MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge, which includes the prestigious Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.

Glenn also scored the GETTRX Pro Stock All-Star Callout and three Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge wins.

Much like his back-to-back world championship, Glenn is also the back-to-back regular season Pro Stock champ and notched another championship for his team KB Titan, bringing them to 12 overall.

"This season was a lot to come into the 75th anniversary season with the number one on my window," Glenn said. "It was motivation - I didn't want to have to change the number after the season, but to be introduced as the world champion, defending world champion for the entire season is an absolute honor.

"With all the people before me who have won championships, to be in that group is amazing, but this whole thing really comes back to everybody at KB Titan. I get to be the one up here, but really, there's just a monster amount of people behind me: Dan and Tammy from RAD Torque Systems, Freddie with VP Lubricants, Jerry Haas Race Cars, Mr. H... HendrickCars.com, Jim Greenleaf from Summit Racing, Holley, Simpson - there are just so many people that make this possible, and this is really for them. This is their moment. They're the ones that make this possible, so thank you to them."