Mon, 21 Sep 2026, 15:05 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals presented by MOPAR:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Shawn Langdon                           1 Doug Kalitta                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  3.663 346.95                     0.014  5.539 139.02
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Smith     ) 0.019  3.687 342.73      (B Torrence  ) 0.030  3.693 339.88
E1    (M Gordon    ) 0.044  3.652 344.04      (K Satenstein) 0.028  3.661 333.09
 Qualified:             #4  3.698 339.37                        #1  3.660 338.86

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,316 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

His win in Rd. 2 was Doug Kalitta's 47th holeshot win. In the 54 races between Kalitta and Langdon Shawn has "left first" 38 times

Langdon is 32 - 22 against Kalitta in prior events.

Kalitta with a great light, but shook and clicked it off early.

Langdon launched hard and kept it hooked up for the win. He makes the fastest pass in the history of the sport for the win.

Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.113, 660ft-2.955/301.41 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  421 Spencer Massey                         14 Tony Stewart                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.045  4.594 165.81                     0.029  9.489  77.59
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hart      ) 0.028  3.749 327.99      (A Brown     ) 0.039  3.653 343.51
E1    (T Schumacher) 0.024  3.722 329.67      (K Wurtzel   ) 0.034  3.725 289.95
 Qualified:            #10  3.736 330.15                        #6  3.714 339.62

Spencer Massey is 30 - 30 in Rd. 3 races.

This is the first time Massey and Stewart have faced each other in eliminations.

Stewart with the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke right at the hit and pedaled it before he clicked it off.

Massey was on a good pass until the engine let go on the top end. He coast to the win. He will give up lane choice to Langdon in the final.