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While a close first-round loss at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway brought Ron Capps’ race day to an early end Sunday at the NHRA Nevada Nationals, the three-time … Continue Reading Capps Debuts Promising New Car at NHRA Nevada Nationals
After battling through three rounds of eliminations at the Texas Motorplex, Ron Capps and his NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team met up with points leader Austin Prock in the … Continue Reading Ron Capps Scores Runner-Up Finish at Texas NHRA Countdown Event
The unpredictable nature of Funny Car competition in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship portion of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season bit three-time world champion Ron Capps … Continue Reading Capps Stays in the Game as Countdown Heats Up at NAPA Midwest Nationals
Ron Capps’ race day at the NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals came to a dramatic end in the second round Sunday afternoon as a massive engine explosion destroyed the body on … Continue Reading Capps Determined to Rebound from Body-Launching Explosion at Carolina Nationals
Ron Capps’ 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship campaign kicked off with an eventful outing at the 40th NHRA Reading Nationals presented by Nitro Fish at Maple Grove Raceway near … Continue Reading Capps Kicks Off Countdown with Resilient Semifinal Finish at Reading
One day after racing to a runner-up finish in the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout, three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps took his Carlyle Tools Toyota GR Supra … Continue Reading Capps Sets Sights on Title Run following Quarterfinal Finish at U.S. Nationals
Three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps added another semifinal finish to his 2024 scorecard Sunday afternoon at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. Following … Continue Reading Capps Wraps 2024 Season Finishing Third in Funny Car Championship Points
Three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps was in the mix for a late-season win at the NHRA Nevada Nationals Sunday afternoon with the third-quickest pass of the cutthroat … Continue Reading Capps Moves Up to Third in Funny Car Standings in Las Vegas
In a rematch of the 2022 Texas NHRA FallNationals Funny Car final round, three-time world champion Ron Capps came up .011 seconds short to four-time world champion Matt Hagan Sunday … Continue Reading Capps Races to Second Consecutive Countdown Final Round at Dallas
For the third consecutive year, Funny Car driver and team owner Ron Capps raced to the final round Sunday afternoon at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway … Continue Reading Capps Reaches Fourth Final Round of 2024 at St. Louis