First No. 1 seed of 2025 season for former world champion
ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11, 2025) – In the Friday night qualifying session of the Texas Fall Nationals, Shawn Langdon threw down a blistering 3.684 elapsed time to earn the No. 1 qualifying spot in Top Fuel for tomorrow’s eliminations. It’s the first No. 1 qualifier of the season for Langdon as he seeks to claw his way back in the Top Fuel championship hunt with just three race days remaining this season.
Closely behind Langdon is defending Texas Fall Nationals Top Fuel winner, Justin Ashley, who earned the third seed, with Antron Brown in fourth, points leader Doug Kalitta in fifth and Texas native Steve Torrence in seventh.
In Funny Car, Ron Capps also had a successful Friday night session, earning the No. 2 seed with a 3.889 elapsed time. Capps looks to have a long Sunday at Texas Motorplex to inch closer in the Funny Car title fight. J.R. Todd fires off tomorrow as the No. 10 seed.
Tomorrow’s eliminations begin at 11 a.m. EST with TV coverage beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST on FOX.
Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
Texas Motorplex
NHRA Texas Fall Nationals
Race 18 of 20
TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Shawn Langdon | Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 1st | M. King |
| Justin Ashley | SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 3rd | D. Foley |
| Antron Brown | Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 4th | I. Zetterstrom |
| Doug Kalitta | Mobil Delvac Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 5th | J. Salinas |
| Steve Torrence | CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 7th | J. Hart |
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Austin Prock* | Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Funny Car* | 1st* | B. Alexander |
| Ron Capps | NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 2nd | A. Laughlin |
| J.R. Todd | DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 10th | C. Pedregon |
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
SHAWN LANGDON, Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports
TF Qualifying Result: 1st
How would you assess your qualifying runs heading into tomorrow?
“It’s nice to be able to make some good runs on Friday and Saturday. Last night set the tone, and then today, we were just trying to manage getting down the track and pick up some qualifying bonus points, which is critical at this point in the season. We have a good car and a lot of confidence for tomorrow. We’re excited about race day”
RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports
FC Qualifying Result: 2nd
How has the weekend been so far and what are you looking forward to tomorrow?
LANGDON CLAIMS TOP FUEL NO. 1 QUALIFIER FOR TEXAS FALL NATIONALS
First No. 1 seed of 2025 season for former world champion
ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11, 2025) – In the Friday night qualifying session of the Texas Fall Nationals, Shawn Langdon threw down a blistering 3.684 elapsed time to earn the No. 1 qualifying spot in Top Fuel for tomorrow’s eliminations. It’s the first No. 1 qualifier of the season for Langdon as he seeks to claw his way back in the Top Fuel championship hunt with just three race days remaining this season.
Closely behind Langdon is defending Texas Fall Nationals Top Fuel winner, Justin Ashley, who earned the third seed, with Antron Brown in fourth, points leader Doug Kalitta in fifth and Texas native Steve Torrence in seventh.
In Funny Car, Ron Capps also had a successful Friday night session, earning the No. 2 seed with a 3.889 elapsed time. Capps looks to have a long Sunday at Texas Motorplex to inch closer in the Funny Car title fight. J.R. Todd fires off tomorrow as the No. 10 seed.
Tomorrow’s eliminations begin at 11 a.m. EST with TV coverage beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST on FOX.
Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
Texas Motorplex
NHRA Texas Fall Nationals
Race 18 of 20
TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Shawn Langdon | Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 1st | M. King |
| Justin Ashley | SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 3rd | D. Foley |
| Antron Brown | Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 4th | I. Zetterstrom |
| Doug Kalitta | Mobil Delvac Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 5th | J. Salinas |
| Steve Torrence | CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 7th | J. Hart |
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Austin Prock* | Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Funny Car* | 1st* | B. Alexander |
| Ron Capps | NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 2nd | A. Laughlin |
| J.R. Todd | DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 10th | C. Pedregon |
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
SHAWN LANGDON, Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports
TF Qualifying Result: 1st
How would you assess your qualifying runs heading into tomorrow?
“It’s nice to be able to make some good runs on Friday and Saturday. Last night set the tone, and then today, we were just trying to manage getting down the track and pick up some qualifying bonus points, which is critical at this point in the season. We have a good car and a lot of confidence for tomorrow. We’re excited about race day”
RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports
FC Qualifying Result: 2nd
How has the weekend been so far and what are you looking forward to tomorrow?
“Great qualifying effort from the NAPA Auto Care Toyota team! Any time we can get in the top half of the field for Sunday, you get lane choice and that’s always a goal, and to be No. 2 is helpful. This track, as hot as it is, it’s very difficult to negotiate as a driver so the Toyota GR Supra Funny Car body has been very nice to have, especially when we get into the heat of the day that we’ll see tomorrow. It’s going to be tough. This is the time of the year where you have to make a run for a world championship, and this race always has something to say about who will do it. We’re looking to have the success we’ve had here in the past as we had back-to-back wins on the way to back-to-back championships. We’ll see if we can get that going again.”