Langdon races to first NHRA Funny Car victory

CONCORD, N.C. -- Shawn Langdon won the Funny Car title in the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on Sunday to become the second driver to win in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories at zMAX Dragway and the 17th in NHRA history with wins in both categories.

Langdon, a 14-time winner in Top Fuel and a former season champion, won in his 30th Funny Car start. He had a run of 4.125-seconds at 305.08 mph in the final in a Toyota Camry. Robert Hight was second, followed by John Force and Matt Hagan.

"There's so many things that I've gone through to get to this point," Langdon said. "The reason I'm here is because of the people I've been surrounded by. They're the ones who picked me to…