He bested DHL-sponsored racer JR Todd in the finals, completing the dream weekend and the bonus was having Prudhomme celebrate with him. This year, Capps enters the 70th annual US Nationals ...

Don Prudhomme, a kid from Southern California ... and ran the quickest pass in Funny Car history with a 6.27. Fifty years later, Ron Capps, defending NHRA Funny Car champion and former driver ...

The Ron Capps Motorsports team still will operate ... He said he was lucky “to have people around me, like we’ve had at DSR, Don Prudhomme, the way I was able to take notes, and be around ...

Icon Sportswire//Getty Images Ron Capps is a two-time NHRA Funny Car ... One of the first phone calls I made was to Don Prudhomme, obviously one of my earliest mentors. And driving for the Snake ...

Ron Capps is an NHRA drag-racing Funny Car ... Capps: I drove 10 years for one of my heroes, Don “The Snake” Prudhomme. As a kid, I played with his hot wheels and built his models.

Don “The Snake” Prudhomme grew up in Van Nuys and made ... Prudhomme said Saturday as his funny car drivers, Ron Capps and Tommy Johnson Jr., ended the day in the No. 5 and 16 qualifying ...

California native Ron Capps has had tremendous success ... at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Feb. 24-27. Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, who won four world championship titles and claimed 49 ...

Funny Car driver Ron Capps’ Las Vegas racing memories ... “I was in the backseat with Mario Andretti and (car owner) Don Prudhomme,” Capps said. “As we drove out to the site where the ...

Forty years ago, the names Don "The Snake" Prudhomme ... lot of respect for all of my drivers and Ron (Capps) felt very strongly about this decision," Prudhomme said. "Ron called me and started ...

When Ron Capps inches his Funny Car towards the staging ... where he was noticed and ultimately hired by Don Prudhomme, one of the greatest legends in drag racing. The storied sport has evolved ...

This season was to be a celebration of Don Prudhomme’s 100th victory as a ... said Friday in the staging lanes as funny car drivers Ron Capps and Tommy Johnson Jr., and top fueler Larry Dixon ...

Team owner and three-time Funny Car champion Ron Capps confirmed the multi-year ... a 31-year NHRA Funny Car veteran. “When Snake (Don Prudhomme) brought me up to the pros, I was lucky enough ...