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LAS VEGAS (Nov. 4, 2025) – Carlyle Tools, the private label hand tool brand of longtime Ron Capps Motorsports (RCM) partner NAPA Auto Parts, will back NHRA drag racer Maddi Gordon as she embarks on her rookie season competing in the sport’s professional Top Fuel ranks, it was announced today at the Specialty Equipment Market
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Ron Capps Eager for What’s Next After Promising Debut of New Car at NHRA Nevada Nationals
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LAS VEGAS (Nov. 2, 2025) – 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 world champion left Las Vegas more energized than ever about the future of Ron Capps Motorsports. Debuting a brand-new
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Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 4th NHRA Nevada Nationals Event Highlights: Four-time event champion (2001, 2005, 2011-2012) Two-time runner-up (2020, 2021) Two-time No. 1 qualifier (2011, 2020) The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Overall Highlights: Six-time winner Four-time runner-up Three-time No. 1 qualifier 2024 NHRA Nevada Nationals Event Recap: Qualified seventh; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Alexis
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ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 12, 2025) – After battling through three rounds of eliminations at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, Ron Capps and his NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team met up with points leader Austin Prock in the final round to fight it out for a Wally, a points boost, and a Texas cowboy hat. A
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RON CAPPS Driver of the NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 4th Texas NHRA FallNationals Event Highlights: Two-time event champion (2021-2022) Four-time runner-up (2011, 2016-2017, 2024) Two-time No. 1 qualifier (1997, 2005) Note: With his 1998 Spring race (now discontinued) victory, Capps is a three-time overall winner at the Motorplex
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MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 28, 2025) – 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 in the opening round of eliminations at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals. Racing at World Wide Technology
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Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 3rd NHRA Midwest Nationals Event Highlights: Four-time event champion (1997, 2005, 2007, 2017) Four-time runner-up (2009, 2022, 2023, 2024) 2009 No. 1 qualifier 2024 NHRA Midwest Nationals Event Recap: Qualified third; Event runner-up (defeated Buddy Hull in E1, Bobby Bode in E2, Blake Alexander in E3; defeated by Jack Beckman
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Ron Capps Determined to Rebound from Body-Launching Explosion at NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals
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CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 21, 2025) – 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 his NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra. Though Capps didn’t advance to the final quad at zMAX Dragway, the
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Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 3rd NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Highlights: Three-time event champion (2012, 2018, 2022) Overall zMAX Dragway Highlights: Four-time winner 2025 Charlotte 1 runner-up One No. 1 qualifier 2024 NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Recap: Qualified eighth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Chad Green in E1; defeated by Austin Prock in E2) Last Event (Reading):
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READING, Pa. (Sept. 14, 2025) – 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 Reading, Pa. The three-time Funny Car world champion and his Ron Capps Motorsports team had to thrash to repair