Ron Capps (born June 20, 1965) is an American

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Funny Car racer who owns and drives the

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. Capps drove for

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, who recruited him from

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dragsters, and later for Don Schumacher, winning twenty NHRA Funny Car national events and three Skoal Showdowns, coming second in the NHRA title race 5 times, twice behind John Force, once (while with Schumacher) trailing teammate

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. Capps has earned 75 of 76 of his NHRA national event wins in the Funny Car class. He also finished second in the championship 5 times. His best career elapsed time is 3.821 seconds. His best career speed is 339.28 mph. Capps won his first NHRA Funny Car championship in 2016.

Motorsports career results

Superstar Racing Experience

( key) * – Most laps led. ¹ – Heat 1 winner. ² – Heat 2 winner.

References

Sources

*Burk, Jeff. “50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 3” in ''Drag Racer'', November 2016, pp.52-64.

External links

* Sportspeople from San Luis Obispo, California 1965 births Racing drivers from California Living people NHRA drivers {{US-autoracing-bio-stub