NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Highlights:
2024 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified third; Event runner-up (defeated Cruz Pedregon in E1, J.R. Todd in E2, Matt Hagan in E3; defeated by Bob Tasca in E4)
Last Event (Seattle):
Qualified fourth; Event runner-up (defeated Hunter Green in E1, Daniel Wilkerson in E2, Spencer Hyde in E3; defeated by Matt Hagan in E4)
2025 Statistics:
11 races; one win, three runner-up finishes
Career Statistics:
660 races; 77 wins, 37 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
Fan Events:
Quotable:
“Sonoma Raceway is one of my favorite places. I grew up a few hours south of here, and for us, we’ve always centered our annual family summer trip with the kids around this race. A lot of our family and friends that I grew up with make a trip out of it every year, so it’s always a lot of fun with a lot of great memories. I grew up going to Sears Point as a kid, working on different race cars, and I’ve watched how much this facility has changed and evolved over the years. We came into this race last year after that explosion in Seattle, and we brought out our backup car and ended up going to the final round and came close to winning the whole event, so that’s just another page in the memory book of what is now Sonoma Raceway.
“We’ll kick off the race week tonight at Russian River Brewing with Antron (Brown), and we’ll have some of our local NAPA supporters join us there. We have a huge contingent of AAA folks coming out on Friday and joining us at the track. And on Saturday and Sunday, we’ll have a huge amount of our NAPA folks come out, and it’s just great to have that kind of support around you.
“This will be our team’s 75th race, so a lot of fun things happening, and I can’t wait to get it all started. Obviously, would love to finish Sunday on the stage drinking out of the wine goblet.”
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- Four-time event champion (1997, 2010, 2011, 2013)
- Five-time runner-up (2002, 2005, 2016, 2018, 2024)
- Two-time No. 1 qualifier (1998, 2021)
2024 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified third; Event runner-up (defeated Cruz Pedregon in E1, J.R. Todd in E2, Matt Hagan in E3; defeated by Bob Tasca in E4)
Last Event (Seattle):
Qualified fourth; Event runner-up (defeated Hunter Green in E1, Daniel Wilkerson in E2, Spencer Hyde in E3; defeated by Matt Hagan in E4)
2025 Statistics:
11 races; one win, three runner-up finishes
Career Statistics:
660 races; 77 wins, 37 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
- Advanced to the final round at the 2024 event
- Returns to Sonoma after having powered to a runner-up finish at Pacific Raceways last weekend
- Will compete in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Funny Car Challenge on Saturday
- Ranked fourth in the Funny Car standings with three races of the regular season remaining. Less than two competition rounds separate the No. 2 through 4 ranked drivers
- The NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra will carry a special decal this weekend celebrating the AAA Mountain West Group’s 125th year of service. The Ron Capps Motorsports team will host employees of the AAA Mountain West Group through their partnership with NAPA
- Sonoma marks Capps’ 75th race as an NHRA team owner
- As a native of central California’s San Luis Obispo, Capps considers Sonoma Raceway to be a home track
Fan Events:
- Wednesday, 4 – 7 p.m., will appear with the NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra at Russian River Brewing Co. (700 Mitchell Lane, Windsor) alongside Antron Brown and his Top Fuel dragster
- Friday, 3:00 p.m., Kids-Only driver autograph session, underneath the Main Grandstands
- Saturday, 8:45 – 9:15 a.m., Mission #2Fast2Tasty driver autograph session, Mission Foods midway display
- Saturday, 9:30 – 10 a.m., Team Toyota driver autograph session, Toyota midway display
Quotable:
“Sonoma Raceway is one of my favorite places. I grew up a few hours south of here, and for us, we’ve always centered our annual family summer trip with the kids around this race. A lot of our family and friends that I grew up with make a trip out of it every year, so it’s always a lot of fun with a lot of great memories. I grew up going to Sears Point as a kid, working on different race cars, and I’ve watched how much this facility has changed and evolved over the years. We came into this race last year after that explosion in Seattle, and we brought out our backup car and ended up going to the final round and came close to winning the whole event, so that’s just another page in the memory book of what is now Sonoma Raceway.
“We’ll kick off the race week tonight at Russian River Brewing with Antron (Brown), and we’ll have some of our local NAPA supporters join us there. We have a huge contingent of AAA folks coming out on Friday and joining us at the track. And on Saturday and Sunday, we’ll have a huge amount of our NAPA folks come out, and it’s just great to have that kind of support around you.
“This will be our team’s 75th race, so a lot of fun things happening, and I can’t wait to get it all started. Obviously, would love to finish Sunday on the stage drinking out of the wine goblet.”
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