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NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Maddi Gordon delivered an impressive qualifying performance at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals, posting a new personal-best mile-per-hour while temporarily resetting the … Continue Reading Gordon Achieves New Career Best At NAPA Auto Parts Midwest Nationals
Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team battled through a challenging weekend at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals, overcoming three consecutive traction-plagued qualifying attempts to … Continue Reading Capps Battles Through Difficult Midwest Nationals Weekend
NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Maddi Gordon and the Carlyle Tools Top Fuel dragster team showed strong progress at the second race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, … Continue Reading Gordon Shows Countdown Progress at Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock
Making his first appearance at Rockingham Dragway in nearly 30 years, three-time world champion Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team enjoyed a quality weekend at the … Continue Reading Capps Qualifies No. 1 at Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock
Maddi Gordon continued to make strides behind the wheel of the Carlyle Tools Top Fuel dragster during the inaugural Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals presented by Mopar at U.S. 131 … Continue Reading Gordon Takes Positives from Inaugural NHRA Great Lakes Nationals
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