Making the switch from Top Fuel to Funny Car is no easy task, and Shawn Langdon should be commended on having made it to the Countdown in his first season in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car division.

However, one thing that has eluded the 36-year-old Indiana native in his rookie season has been a win and, with just Charlotte, Las Vegas and Pomona left on the schedule, Langdon knows he is running out of time to achieve a ‘very, very important’ task.

“If I don’t get my s*** together, I’m not going to have to worry about next year,” Langdon said on Friday at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, N.C. “So my focus is absolutely on this year, on this race, on the last three races. I want to get a win. I feel like we have a team capable of doing that. Just for whatever reason, it hasn’t done it. We’ve made some mistakes, I’ve made some mistakes along the way. We’ve learned from them all, but yeah, it’s very, very important to us to be able to get a win before the end of the year.”

While Langdon’s eyes are currently set on taking home a Wally, at the start of the year his main goal was the make the NHRA Countdown to the Championship.

But while Langdon achieved that, the driver of the Global Electronic Technology Toyota currently sits 10th and last in the Countdown standings. Langdon makes no bones about the fact that he is still in the learning curve.

“I’m still learning every lap I go down the track,” said Langdon. “It’s been a big learning curve for me this year, but it’s been fun. I mean I enjoy the challenge. Obviously would have like to have a little more success this year but I think we’ve got a good thing going right now with the team that I have.”

It could be argued that Langdon may not have achieved quite the success this year that he would have had with another year in Top Fuel, yet the Kalitta Motorsports driver insists that he has no regrets about making the switch.

“I’m glad I made the switch. I think at the end of the day it makes me a more versatile driver. I’ve always prided myself on the fact that I can hop in any car at any given time and be competitive. So the fact that I’m able to do that in a Funny Car, I’m excited about the opportunity, and I’m thankful for the opportunity. I’m just trying to make the best of it and hopefully, try and do a little bit better job.”