NHRA
Charlotte II: Ron Capps Saturday report
CAPPS EARNS NO. 10 IN CONCORD QUALIFYING CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 18, 2010) - Racing the NAPA Brakes Dodge Charger Funny Car, Ron Capps qualified No. 10 for the third annual NHRA Carolinas Nationals, recording his quickest lap of 4.149 seconds at ...
Published: Sep 19, 2010, 1:29 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
CAPPS EARNS NO. 10 IN CONCORD QUALIFYING
CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 18, 2010) - Racing the NAPA Brakes Dodge Charger Funny Car, Ron Capps qualified No. 10 for the third annual NHRA Carolinas Nationals, recording his quickest lap of 4.149 seconds at 288.27 mph in the cooler Friday night session, one of four consistent passes this weekend.
His other laps included a 4.210/292.65 (No. 4) earlier on Friday, and a 4.240/293.35 (No. 8), and a 4.211/293.60 in the heat today. He will face his Don Schumacher Racing teammate Jack Beckman in the opening round of eliminations.
"We're consistent right now, but we're a tenth (of a second) off of where for sure I know (crew chief) John Medlen wanted to run," he said. "The good thing is the NAPA Brakes car is going down the track.
"We wanted to run a little better than that, and obviously it didn't give us lance choice first round, and the worst part is we run Beckman.
"DSR is a team operation but, I tell you, on Sunday morning all bets are off, and the way I have to approach the race is Jack entered the event second in points (then slipped to third after qualifying), and I want to be second in points right now. We're going to go up there and step on it and see what happens.
"Tomorrow is going to be hot. We may not have lane choice, but I really don't think that matters here.
"The car is feeling like it will go down the track, which is a little bit of an advantage as far as intimidation goes, when you're running somebody. When they know you've gone down the track in the heat it will put a little more pressure on somebody else. As a driver, I've got a little more confidence."
-source: dsr
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Charlotte II: Series Saturday qualifying report
Next article Salem II: Series race report
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Ron Capps
Capps, Torrence, Hines win Southern Nationals in Atlanta
NHRA
NHRA
Atlanta
Capps, Torrence, Hines win Southern Nationals in Atlanta
Capps, Schumacher score their first wins of 2018
NHRA
NHRA
Bristol
Capps, Schumacher score their first wins of 2018
Motorama show offers Canadian fans chance to warm up for race season
NASCAR Canada
NASCAR Canada
Motorama show offers Canadian fans chance to warm up for race season
Latest news
Pedro Acosta signs Monster as personal sponsor
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Qatar GP
3 min
Pedro Acosta signs Monster as personal sponsor
How young can a Formula 1 world champion actually be?
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 29 min
How young can a Formula 1 world champion actually be?
Sebastien Ogier tipped for partial WRC 2027 programme
WRC
WRC WRC 2 h
Sebastien Ogier tipped for partial WRC 2027 programme
Max Verstappen jokes about key difference with Kimi Antonelli at 20: “He speaks Italian!”
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Mexican GP
2 h
Max Verstappen jokes about key difference with Kimi Antonelli at 20: “He speaks Italian!”
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe