Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 3rd
NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Highlights:
Overall zMAX Dragway Highlights:
2024 NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified eighth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Chad Green in E1; defeated by Austin Prock in E2)
Last Event (Reading):
Qualified 12th; Semifinal finish (defeated J.R. Todd in E1, Jack Beckman in E2; defeated by Blake Alexander in E3)
2025 Statistics:
15 races; one win, three runner-up finishes
Career Statistics:
664 races; 77 wins, 37 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
Quotable:
“If you go back and look at all the drivers’ press releases from last year going into each race, you could tell by their attitudes who was doing well and who was happy with their start to the Countdown, and I feel like we’re off to a solid start this year. Went to the semifinals in Maple Grove; the guys did a great job in challenging conditions. Now we’re headed to zMAX and the stakes are high, but on top of that, it’s the first-ever four-wide playoff race, so I’m sure it’ll be a little more pressure on the drivers and crew chiefs. Our NAPA Auto Care team will have special guests with Warren Oil featured on the side of our car this weekend and we love having that kind of event where we can brag on some of the people involved with NAPA Auto Parts. So, you throw a four-wide in there, a great race track, the pressure of the playoffs, and a chance for us to move into the points lead, and it’s really shaping up to a big weekend for our NAPA Auto Care team.”
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Highlights:
- Three-time event champion (2012, 2018, 2022)
Overall zMAX Dragway Highlights:
- Four-time winner
- 2025 Charlotte 1 runner-up
- One No. 1 qualifier
2024 NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified eighth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Chad Green in E1; defeated by Austin Prock in E2)
Last Event (Reading):
Qualified 12th; Semifinal finish (defeated J.R. Todd in E1, Jack Beckman in E2; defeated by Blake Alexander in E3)
2025 Statistics:
15 races; one win, three runner-up finishes
Career Statistics:
664 races; 77 wins, 37 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
- Advanced to the semifinals at the 2025 Countdown opener last weekend in Reading, Pa. and moved up one spot in the Funny Car standings to third
- This weekend kicks off the first-ever four-wide Countdown event. Capps’s previous four-wide successes include:
- Powering to a runner-up finish at this year’s Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals contested earlier this Spring
- Winning Ron Capps Motorsports’ first race during the ’22 Las Vegas four-wides from the pole position
- 2017 Charlotte four-wide event champ, and ’14 Charlotte four-wide No. 1 qualifier
- Capps’ NAPA GR Supra will carry the Warren Oil logo on its rear quarter panel this weekend. Warren Oil is proud to partner with NAPA, delivering trusted performance from their family-owned headquarters in North Carolina. Warren Oil delivers a full range of lubricants, greases, and automotive chemicals – engineered to perform across industries worldwide. From passenger cars to heavy-duty fleets, agriculture to marine, Warren Oil products keep the world moving.
Quotable:
“If you go back and look at all the drivers’ press releases from last year going into each race, you could tell by their attitudes who was doing well and who was happy with their start to the Countdown, and I feel like we’re off to a solid start this year. Went to the semifinals in Maple Grove; the guys did a great job in challenging conditions. Now we’re headed to zMAX and the stakes are high, but on top of that, it’s the first-ever four-wide playoff race, so I’m sure it’ll be a little more pressure on the drivers and crew chiefs. Our NAPA Auto Care team will have special guests with Warren Oil featured on the side of our car this weekend and we love having that kind of event where we can brag on some of the people involved with NAPA Auto Parts. So, you throw a four-wide in there, a great race track, the pressure of the playoffs, and a chance for us to move into the points lead, and it’s really shaping up to a big weekend for our NAPA Auto Care team.”
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