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Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps opened the 2026 NHRA Countdown to the Championship with a career-best speed of 339.37 mph in the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car during … Continue Reading Capps Sets New Career-Best Speed at NHRA Great Lakes Nationals
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
Ron Capps capped a strong NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season with a semifinal finish Monday afternoon at the 72nd annual NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. … Continue Reading Capps Wraps Up NHRA Regular Season with Semifinal Finish at U.S. Nationals
Competing in the marathon that is the NHRA U.S. Nationals for the first time as a Top Fuel pilot, Maddi Gordon took her Carlyle Tools Top Fuel dragster to the … Continue Reading Gordon Reaches Quarterfinals in First NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Fuel Appearance
NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Maddi Gordon raced to her second career Top Fuel final round Sunday afternoon at the NHRA Brainerd Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, losing a … Continue Reading Gordon Charges to Second Career Final Round at NHRA Brainerd Nationals
Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team advanced to the quarterfinals Sunday at the NHRA Brainerd Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, closing a challenging weekend at the … Continue Reading Ron Capps Reaches Quarterfinals at Brainerd, Turns Focus to Indy
Maddi Gordon, the driver of the Carlyle Tools Top Fuel dragster, is leaving Pacific Raceways with a new personal best elapsed time, made in the opening round of competition today … Continue Reading Gordon Reaches New Personal Best ET at NHRA Northwest Nationals
Funny Car points leader Ron Capps bowed out in the opening round of eliminations Sunday morning at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, but he’s staying focused on the … Continue Reading Capps Focused on Big Picture after Early Exit in Seattle
Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team went into Sunday eliminations at the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals with serious momentum. He entered the weekend as the most … Continue Reading Capps Maintains Points Lead despite Sonoma Early Exit
In just her 10th career NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event, Rookie of the Year candidate Maddi Gordon became the eighth woman in NHRA history to win in Top … Continue Reading Gordon’s First Top Fuel Win Highlights Dream Weekend as Ron Capps Motorsports Doubles Up