Capps finishes 4th in Eldora (1 Viewer)

[Kelly]

Here are the results from the rescheduled Nextel Prelude to the World from Eldora....
http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/results.html

 

[Bullard Anderson]

"Damn, this kid is good"

Jester, TOP GUN, 1986

 

[Rich]

That's cool. I love sprint car racing. Capps did great especially considering that he was racing against some drivers who have a lot of experience in sprint cars. Heck, Stewart didn't even do that good when he drove a 360 sprint here at Skagit Speedway last week. I only wish that race would have been televised because I would have loved to see Capps driving one of those things.

 

[Rich]

Ooop. I believe they were driving late model dirt cars and not sprints. Still very cool, though.

 

[Jim]

Wow, that was not your typical celebrity deal....

... all those guys are roundy-round drivers!

Good on 'ya Ron!

 

[Sully]

Capps finished ahead of some very good dirt track oval drivers - congrats!

 

[Kelly]

CAPPS TAKES DETOUR FROM U.S. NATIONALS, FINISHES FOURTH IN NEXTEL PRELUDE TO THE WORLD IN ELDORA​

ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 7, 2006) - Ron Capps, who drove the new Brut Revolution Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car to the semifinals at the prestigious NHRA U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind., on Monday, and took back the points lead, made a diversion from the quarter-mile and headed to Eldora Speedway on Wednesday.

Capps competed in the NEXTEL Prelude to The World - originally the NEXTEL Prelude to The Dream, which was rained out on June 7 - in a Brian Ruhlman-owned Late Model for the second straight year. He squared off against 17 NASCAR, USAC and dirt-racing stars on the half-mile clay high-banked oval, including Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, JJ Yeley, Kenny Wallace, Denny Hamlin, Bill Elliot, Red Farmer, Bobby Labonte, Levi Jones, Dave Blaney, Mike Wallace, Ken Schrader, Ryan Newman, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch and Josh Wise.

After qualifying sixth with a 16.1-second lap time (Stewart set best time at 15.457 seconds), Capps finished second in his 10-lap heat to Blaney, qualifying for the 25-lap A-main. In that event, he ran as high as third and had an exciting back-and-forth rally with Schrader, but failed to hold off a hard-charging Stewart, who came from the back row to pass Capps and two others to take the victory. Capps captured fourth place, behind Stewart, Blaney and Mike Wallace. Schrader ended up 11th.

"We had two laps of qualifying and then the main event was set up as a full-blown race," said Capps. "I was third for a long time in the A-main. Tony Stewart came by me from the back row with about five laps to go. I had been thinking I could finish third. He was coming fast. But I finished ahead of Kenny Schrader and some other guys, like Bill Elliott, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, and others.

"It was awesome. Last year I felt like I was in over my head and was out there trying not to wreck or do anything dumb and just finish the race, which I did, and I finished well (ninth). This year, with five laps to go, I thought, Man I got a shot to finish in the top three.

"Brian Ruhlman and his guys set up the car and every time I'd come in and told them what I thought it was doing, they made it better and better.

"It was a long night. It raised a lot of money for Kyle Petty and the Victory Junction Gang. It was packed again. There were about 28,000 people there. It was pretty wild."

The straight-line racer actually impressed other car owners at Eldora, who offered him Late Model rides in the future. "It was cool," said Capps.

Capps is scheduled to drive a midget and a modified race car at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway this Saturday, Sept. 9. Check www.bakersfieldspeedway.com for additional information.

OFFICIAL RESULTS:
NEXTEL PRELUDE- 18 Cars
Fast Time 15.457 set by Tony Stewart
Heat 1: Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, JJ Yeley, Kenny Wallace, Denny Hamlin,
Bill Elliot, Red Farmer, Bobby Labonte, Levi Jones

Heat 2: Dave Blaney, Ron Capps, Mike Wallace, Ken Schrader, Ryan Newman,
Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Josh Wise

B-Main: Ryan Newman, Bill Elliot, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Levi Jones, Red
Farmer, Bobby Labonte, Aric Almirola, Denny Hamlin,

A-Main: 1) Tony Stewart, 2) Dave Blaney, 3) Mike Wallace, 4) Ron Capps, 5)
Kenny Wallace, 6) Bill Elliott, 7) JJ Yeley, 8) Mark Martin, 9) Matt
Kenseth, 10) Aric Almirola, 11) Ken Schrader, 12) Red Farmer, 13) Levi
Jones, 14) Ryan Newman, 15) Kurt Busch, 16) Bobby Labonte, 17) Denny Hamlin
(did not start), 18) Josh Wise (did not start)

 

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And a reminder,
Capps to drive another circle dirt track this coming weekend in Bakersfield.
I think another sprint car and a street stock.
This is a "East vs. West" race where the Bako guys come out to Santa Maria to race against the locals(labor day weekend). Then, the following weekend, the coast guys go out to Bako and race the Bako guys.
If I go, I'll try to get some pics for you guys.

 

[Paul]

Not bad for a drag racer! There was some talent in that field.

 

[Kelly]

If I go, I'll try to get some pics for you guys.

Cool! Thanks, Paul!

 

[Kelly]

There are some pics added to the story on NHRA....
Click Here