Just a week after Ron Capps suffered a violent explosion that sidelined his primary NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra, the three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion bounced back with … Continue Reading Capps Takes Backup Car to Final Round at Sonoma Nationals
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
After running low E.T. of Q1 and Q2, Ron Capps started race day from the pole for the third time in nine events and 28th time of his career on … Continue Reading Capps Races to the Semis from the Pole
Ron Capps qualified ninth for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway, a venue the California native considers to be a ‘home track.’ A loss of traction in the first … Continue Reading Capps Suffers Early Exit at Sonoma
Ron Capps raced to a runner-up finish on Sunday at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, California, his second final round in two weeks. Along the way to his fourth … Continue Reading Capps Races to Second Runner-Up Finish in Two Weeks
Ron Capps and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team maintained a big lead in NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series championship points despite losing in the … Continue Reading Capps Holds on to Big Points Lead after First-Round Loss at Sonoma
SONOMA, Calif. (July 31, 2016) – Turn back the calendar four decades and Ron Capps would have been one of the kids clinging to a fence in Sunday’s sold-out crowd … Continue Reading Ron Capps Drops Close Final to Force, Extends Points Lead for NAPA
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (July 27, 2016) – Ron Capps and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Funny Car team won what will be one of their biggest first-round match-ups Sunday in the Mile-High … Continue Reading Capps Happy to Return to Sea Level for NHRA Sonoma Nationals
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (July 23, 2013) – California became the birthplace of NHRA championship drag racing 60 years ago. The state that was synonymous with the sport had drag strips dotting the … Continue Reading NAPA Funny Car Driver Ron Capps Heads Home for Sonoma NHRA Nationals