Ron Capps (racing driver)
| Ron Capps | |
|---|---|
| File:Ron Capps (28174892856).jpg Capps in 2016 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | June 20, 1965 |
| NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series career | |
| Debut season | 1995 |
| Current team | Ron Capps Motorsports |
| Crew chief | Dean Antonelli & Tom Buckingham |
| Former teams | Don Schumacher Racing |
| Championships | 3 (FC) |
| Wins | 77 (76 FC, 1 TF) |
| Fastest laps | |
| Championship titles | |
| 2016, 2021, 2022 | NHRA Funny Car Champion |
| Awards | |
| 1997 | Auto Club Road to the Future Award |
| Statistics up to date as of September 15, 2025. | |
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Ron Capps (born June 20, 1965) is an American NHRA Funny Car racer who owns and drives the NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Supra.
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 5 times, twice behind John Force, once (while with Schumacher) trailing teammate Gary Scelzi.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
Motorsports career results
[edit | edit source]Superstar Racing Experience
[edit | edit source](key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.
| Superstar Racing Experience results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SRXC | Pts |
| 2023 | 28 | STA | STA II | MMS | BER | ELD 10 |
LOS | 21st | 01 |
References
[edit | edit source]Sources
[edit | edit source]- Burk, Jeff. “50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 3” in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp.52-64.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Ron Capps driver statistics at Racing-ReferenceLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
