Posts tagged: Ron Capps
Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car) and Erica Enders-Stevens left the Arizona Nationals with Wally's in their hands as each posted victory on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series second event of the 2013 season.
Shawn Langdon defeated Tony Schumacher Sunday with a performance of 3.785 seconds at 326.71 mph in his Al-Anabi Racing dragster, holding off the hard-charging Schumacher, who finished in 3.808 at 322.27 in his U.S. Army dragster. Langdon won from the top qualifying position and beat Chris Karamesines, Bob Vandergriff and Brandon Bernstein to advance to the final round.
Ron Capps (Funny Car), Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were winners at the penultimate regular season event in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Tony Schumacher’s U.S. Army dragster ran like a bracket car all during Sunday’s eliminations, with his slowest pass coming in the final round against long-time on track rival, Doug Kalitta. Schumacher did his job on the starting line, as his reaction time was four-hundredths better than Kalitta’s, leading to Schumacher’s slower, but winning E.T., 3.819-second pass at 324.28 mph.
Ron Capps, who has raced to four consecutive finals and one victory since new crew chief Rahn Tobler took over tuning duties for his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger in early April, claimed his 12th career No. 1 qualifying position with the historic performance of 3.964 seconds at 320.89 mph during Friday evening’s qualifying session.
Ron Capps, who used a consistent string of 4.16-second runs to take his 34th career victory, outran Robert Hight in the final round, who was trying to give JFR its seventh consecutive win of the season. Capps’ Napa Auto Parts Dodge Charger posted a 4.166 second run at 303.91 mph to take the win, while Hight’s Auto Club Ford Mustang trailed with a 4.399 at 273.44.
With three more round victories Ron Capps will become the 16th driver in NHRA history to record 400 in a career. The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series resumes this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.
California native Ron Capps has had tremendous success at the NHRA Winternationals and looks to add to his career win total from the Pomona, CA track this weekend.