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SONOMA, Calif. (July 19, 2026) – Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team went into Sunday eliminations at the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals with serious momentum. He entered the weekend as the most recent Funny Car winner on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour after a historic double-up win with
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Ron Capps and NAPA Funny Car Team Secure First Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge Win Of The Season
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SONOMA, Calif. (July 18, 2026) – Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car, skated into his first Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win of the season on Saturday afternoon at the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals. The California native defeated Alexis DeJoria and Jack Beckman in front of packed grandstands at Sonoma Raceway to win
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Driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Highlights: Four-time event champion (1997, 2010, 2011, 2013) Five-time runner-up (2002, 2005, 2016, 2018, 2024) Two-time No. 1 qualifier (1998, 2021) 2025 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Recap: Qualified seventh; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Chad Green in E1; defeated by Spencer Hyde in E2) Last
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Dream Weekend for First-Time Top Fuel Winner Maddi Gordon as Ron Capps Motorsports Scores First-Ever Double-Up at Norwalk
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NORWALK, Ohio (June 28, 2026) – In just her 10th career NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event, Rookie of the Year candidate Maddi Gordon became the eighth woman in NHRA history to win in Top Fuel Sunday afternoon at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. Gordon’s triumph
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NORWALK, Ohio (June 26, 2026) – Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car and current Funny Car points leader in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, leapt to the top of the timing sheets on Friday afternoon at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. If the three-time Funny Car world champion remains
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RON CAPPS Driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car NHRA Norwalk Nationals Event Highlights: 2016 event champion Four-time runner-up (2011, 2013, 2014, 2024) Three-time No. 1 qualifier (2019, 2021, 2022) 2025 NHRA Norwalk Nationals Event Recap: Qualified third; Semifinal finish (defeated Paul Lee in E1, Dave Richards in E2; defeated by Austin Prock) Last Event
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Newly Crowned ‘Legend of Thunder Valley’ Ron Capps Charges to Semifinals at Bristol
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 14, 2026) – Just days after being named the newest member of Bristol Dragway’s ‘Legends of Thunder Valley,’ Ron Capps raced to a third consecutive semifinal finish Sunday afternoon at the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Capps, crew chief Dean ‘Guido’ Antonelli, and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team set
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RON CAPPS Driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Event Highlights: Eight-time event champion (2001, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025) 2015 event runner-up 2016 No. 1 qualifier 2025 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Event Recap: Qualified third; Event champion (defeated Matt Hagan in E1, J.R. Todd in E2, Dave
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RON CAPPS, THE WINNINGEST NHRA FUNNY CAR DRIVER IN BRISTOL DRAGWAY HISTORY, INDUCTED INTO LEGENDS OF THUNDER VALLEY AS ONLY THE THIRD ACTIVE PARTICIPANT BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 14, 2026) – Ron Capps, the winningest NHRA Funny Car driver in Bristol Dragway history, has been named the 2026 honoree for the prestigious Legends of Thunder Valley,
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Funny Car Points Leader Ron Capps Records Another Semifinal Finish at NHRA New England Nationals
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EPPING, N.H. (June 7, 2026) – Ron Capps continued to lead the way in the NHRA Funny Car championship chase Sunday at the NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway, driving the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car to his second consecutive semifinal finish. The three-time Funny Car world champion entered the eighth event of