Next up was Terry McMillen, who is also serious about trying to make his way into the top ten for the first time. The drivers were even on the starting line before the Kalitta horsepower helped the Red Line Oil team move to semi-finals for the second consecutive weekend. Powerhouse Don Schumacher Racing and Tony Schumacher were next. Todd chose his lane and again was ready at the tree. For the second time in Seattle, Todd led the entire class in reaction time and drove it straight down the track to easily defeat a tire-smoking Schumacher.

A tough match-up in the final put Todd against Langdon. Todd had a slight advantage on the tree and drove that all the way to earn his first victory of the season. It is his eighth career victory and first since Denver 2014. He has now completed the career sweep as he also won in Sonoma in 2006.

“To bounce back, it feels amazing!” said Todd. “I feel like we sustained momentum in Sonoma and carried it over here. It sucks that Connie isn’t here, but he relayed information over to Jim O (Oberhofer) and James (Riola) and it worked. I have to thank Red Line Oil, SealMaster, all the companies that continue to help this team out. This is a big win!”

Todd moved from ninth in the standings all the way up to the sixth spot, which is the highest he has ranked in the season. He is a full race ahead of 11th in the point standings.

Langdon took the win over Crampton (far lane).

Langdon advanced to his second final of the season after winning the season-opener at Pomona, Calif. The 2013 world champ was steady on Sunday, beating Antron Brown, Richie Crampton and Larry Dixon to advance to the final in his Knuckle Sandwich/Toyota dragster. Langdon moves to seventh in points.

Tony Schumacher remained in the series lead in Top Fuel, and holds an 87-point lead over Antron Brown. Schumacher lost in the second round to Steve Torrence.

Troy Buff lost in the first round to Brittany Force.