Sometimes it seems Shawn Langdon gets lost in the Don Schumacher Racing Top Fuel stable which also consists of Antron Brown, Leah Pritchett and of course Tony Schumacher.

Well, Langdon was the one basking in the spotlight at the Midwest Nationals Sunday in St. Louis.

The 2013 Top Fuel world champion claimed the victory with a holeshot win over Schumacher in the finals at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Langdon clocked a 3.798-second run at 323.66 mph while Schumacher had a quicker 3.782-second lap at 317.49 mph.

The difference was at the starting line as Langdon had a .032 reaction time compared to Schumacher’s .064 light.

“Sarge had probably one of the best cars of the weekend,” Langdon said about Schumacher. “He was making good runs. He .045 on the last two lights and I felt like we were at a little disadvantage going in, maybe a little bit of an underdog going into the final. We took a chance at it and we got put over in the left lane and we just trusted each other and what we wanted to do, and we were able to get a great team victory.”

This was Langdon’s third win of the season to go along with his back-to-back victories at Bristol, Tenn., (June 19) and Norwalk, Ohio, (June 26) and the 14th NHRA Top Fuel win of his career. Langdon also won at St. Louis for the first time in his career.

The victory also put Langdon back in the hunt for another championship as he moved up from seventh to fourth in the points in his Sandvik Coromant-sponsored dragster.

The win didn’t come easy for Langdon as he knocked off stars and points leader Antron Brown, Doug Kalitta and No. 1 qualifier Richie Crampton in consecutive rounds before finally upending Schumacher.

“We fell back after Charlotte,” said Langdon, who lost in the first round to Wayne Newby at Charlotte. “In order to get back up in the mix we had to take those guys out early. Obviously, it it’s not ideal running our DSR teammate first round with Antron, but it’s how it played out, so we just had to take the chips how they fell and we just did the best that could.”

Langdon acknowledged the Sunday’s success was a team effort.

“We has a couple of setbacks (Sunday), we had the ignition problem going into (the semifinals), but all in all the Sandvik/Red Fuel team just did a great job giving me a great race car,” Langdon said. “I just tried to hit the gas on time and do my part, but I couldn’t be more proud of these guys fighting back and digging deep to get that victory. That means a lot. We got the job done here in St. Louis and more importantly we have four more races and we have a shot at the championship. That’s all we can ask is to give ourselves a shot at the championship.”