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With just two first-round losses in the first 16 races of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Series season, three-time and defending Funny Car world champion Ron Capps wasn’t expecting an … Continue Reading Tire Smoke Bites Capps in Rare First-Round Exit at Carolina Nationals
As the regular season champion going into the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, Ron Capps needed a strong points-earning weekend at the NHRA Reading Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. While … Continue Reading Capps Charges to Semifinal Finish at Maple Grove
Fifty years after Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme won the 1973 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Funny Car, reigning event champion Ron Capps put the iconic ‘Snake’ Hot Wheels livery back in … Continue Reading Capps Puts Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme Tribute Funny Car in U.S. Nationals Winner’s Circle
Three-time and reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps secured a milestone victory Sunday afternoon when he defeated Robert Hight in the final round of the NHRA Nationals at … Continue Reading Capps Takes Points Lead with Brainerd Win, Reaches Milestone 75th Victory
NHRA Funny Car star Ron Capps went into the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor chasing his fifth Topeka win and the 75th event title of his career. His pursuit … Continue Reading Capps Maintains No. 2 Points Position after Quarterfinals Finish in Topeka
Three-time and reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps parlayed a strong qualifying effort at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals into a late-round finish Sunday afternoon at Sonoma Raceway. The … Continue Reading Capps Misses Sonoma Final Round by .006 Seconds
Ron Capps continued his quest for a fourth Funny Car world championship as the NHRA returned to Pacific Raceways near Seattle for the NHRA Northwest Nationals, the second of three … Continue Reading Capps’ Successful Seattle Outing Falls Short of Event Win
After winning victory No. 74 last month, Ron Capps was looking to etch his name in the Bandimere Speedway history books by capturing his milestone 75th NHRA triumph on Sunday … Continue Reading Capps Advances to Semifinals in Denver, Maintains No. 2 Ranking
Though Ron Capps’ weekend at the NHRA Norwalk Nationals ended in the second round, the three-time and reigning Funny Car world champion had another solid race weekend overall in his … Continue Reading Capps Experiences Rare Second-Round Exit at Norwalk
Three-time and reigning Funny Car world champion Ron Capps went into the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals tied with Tony Schumacher as the winningest driver at Bristol Dragway. On Sunday evening, … Continue Reading Capps Becomes Winningest Driver at Bristol Dragway with Thunder Valley Nationals Victory