Kalitta Sets zMAX Dragway Record, Wins NHRA 4-Wide Nationals

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Langdon almost didn’t get a chance to advance into the final round. When he pulled into his lane for his semifinal run, his dragster broke a front heim. NHRA gave the team time to fix it, and he ended up winning his quad with a 3.748 e.t., 329.02 mph.

In the day’s final run, Kalitta was third off the line put his powerful dragster chased down his competitors for the victory. Langdon owned the starting line advantage and the power in his Kalitta Motorsports dragster allowed him to hold on for the holeshot win over Pruett. Langdon’s reaction time was .052 to Pruett’s .095. Stewart was second off the line but smoked the tires.

Kalitta defined a 4-wide event as a “crapshoot.”

“Actually, I had been hitting the tree pretty good all weekend and for whatever reason, that was my worst light of the weekend,” Kalitta said about his final run. “The lineup we had in the final was an incredibly close race all the way across. They don’t come easy. That’s one thing for sure.”

Kalitta said 88-year-old Connie Kalitta didn’t make it to the Concord, North Carolina, track but “I’m sure he’s pretty proud of what we accomplished.”

“zMAX is the nicest facility that we run at, so to be able to win here is a big deal,” Kalitta said.

Ron Capps claimed Funny Car honors, while Matt Hartford took Pro Stock.