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Shawn Langdon races to Funny Car win at NHRA Midwest Nationals

MADISON, Ill. -- Shawn Langdon beat Kalitta Motorsports teammate J.R. Todd in the Funny Car final Sunday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Langdon, a former Top Fuel season champion, is the second driver in NHRA history to win in both nitro classes at the St. Louis-area track. He topped Todd with a 4.068-second run at 310.41 mph in a Toyota Camry for his second career Funny Car win and 16th overall victory.

"What an incredible day," Langdon said. "Going through qualifying, we had a consistent car. We've got such a great group of guys and it was a pretty good day.