Coming off his first final-round appearance of his rookie campaign, Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon
has picked up the sponsorship support of Mach 1 Global Services, a worldwide industry leader in the
overnight freight forwarding business.
Langdon will race the Mach 1 Global Services/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster at this weekend's 24th
annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals and will pick up a boisterous group of
supporters from the organization's Dallas office as well as a huge group of Mach 1 customers.
The company will also have a presence on team owner Morgan Lucas' GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil
dragster.
"We're excited to join Morgan Lucas Racing and be on Shawn's dragster for this event," CEO Jamie
Entzminger said. "Dallas is a very important market for us and to have a chance to introduce our
loyal customers to NHRA drag racing through a professional race team as highly regarded as this one
should only strengthen our position in the DFW area.
"We had a chance to meet Shawn and Morgan earlier this year and have been following them ever
since. The synergy between Lucas Oil and Mach 1 is tremendous. We're both family-owned and operated
businesses that strive to be the best in our respective industries. We're very excited about this
upcoming weekend and our future with Morgan Lucas Racing."
Mach 1 certainly joins the race team at a perfect time as both Langdon and Lucas are solidly in the
fight for 2009 Full Throttle Championship. Langdon's big weekend in Charlotte at the first of six
Countdown to 1 playoff races lifted him to fifth place in the crowded rankings. He's now just 48
points off the class lead. Lucas is just a few ticks behind Langdon in eighth place.
"Mike Entzminger (Mach 1 founder) and his daughter Jamie are great people and it's very cool to
have Mach 1 Global Services on Shawn's car this weekend," Lucas said. "Hopefully, he'll have
another big weekend and we can kick off our relationship with Mach 1 in the winner's circle.
"Shawn's car and crew won the Dallas race last year so they know how to get it done at the Texas
Motorplex. Plus, the way Shawn is driving this year you know they're going to be tough. It should
be a great weekend."
Based in Phoenix, Mach 1 Global Services has supported John Force Racing and David Baca Motorsports
in the past, backing drivers John Force, Ashley Force Hood, Robert Hight, Mike Neff, David Baca,
and J.R. Todd.
