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NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Maddi Gordon made her presence known Sunday at the NHRA Gatornationals when she raced to a semifinal finish at Gainesville Raceway. Gordon piloted her … Continue Reading Statement-Making Top Fuel Debut Sends Maddi Gordon to Gatornationals Semifinal
Ron Capps kicked off NHRA’s 75th anniversary season by qualifying his NAPA Auto Care Funny Car in the No. 1 spot to score the first Funny Car pole of the year at the … Continue Reading Capps Opens 2026 NHRA Season with No. 1 Qualifier at Gatornationals
Ron Capps’ 2025 campaign came to an early close on Sunday when persistent rain forced NHRA officials to cancel the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. The … Continue Reading Capps Wraps Up 2025 Season Ranked No. 4 at Rainy NHRA Finals
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
Driving the NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra, three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps qualified in the top four and advanced past the first round on race day … Continue Reading Capps Stays Strong with Quarterfinal Finish at Brainerd