Current team Don Schumacher Racing Wins 43 Role Racing Spouse Shelley Capps | Crew Chief Rahn Tobler Name Ron Capps Nationality American | |
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Born June 20, 1965 (age 59) San Luis Obispo, CA ( 1965-06-20 ) Engine NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Best finish 2nd in (1998, 2000, 2005, 2012) Similar People Jack Beckman, Matt Hagan, Tony Schumacher, John Force, Robert Hight Profiles | ||
Ron Capps is an American NHRA Funny Car racer who drives the NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger.
Capps drove for Don Prudhomme, who recruited him from Top Fuel dragsters, and later for Don Schumacher, winning twenty NHRA Funny Car national events and three Skoal Showdowns, coming second in the NHRA title race three times, twice behind John Force, once (while with Schumacher) trailing teammate Gary Scelzi.
Since he began driving funny cars, Capps has earned 52 NHRA national event wins and has come second in the championship three times.
His best career elapsed time is 3.885 seconds on November 15, 2015 in Pomona, CA. His best career speed is 327.19 mph (526.56 km/h) on September 26, 2015 in St. Louis, MO. Capps won his first NHRA Mello Yello Series Funny Car championship in 2016.
