Capps posts four consistent runs to qualify No. 6 in Sonoma

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 15 of 23
Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals
Infineon Raceway
Sonoma, Calif.
Race Date: July 28-30, 2006

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CAPPS POSTS FOUR CONSISTENT RUNS TO QUALIFY NO. 6 IN SONOMA

SONOMA, Calif. (July 29, 2006) - NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car
points leader Ron Capps and the Brut Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team put
together a string of four impressive qualifying runs to garner the No. 6
spot in the Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway.

Of the four passes, it was the 4.821-second elapsed time (second quickest of
the round) at 320.81 mph in the final session that earned him that position.
His other laps this weekend included a 4.973/298.14, a 4.851/314.17 and a
4.848/319.07.

The only bad news is that he will face his teammate Whit Bazemore in the
first round of eliminations on Sunday. Capps lost to Bazemore in the final
round last Sunday in Seattle.

"It gives you a lot of confidence going into Sunday," said Capps, who also
receives support from Knoll Gas-Torco Race Fuels. "The great part about our
Brut Dodge guys is as soon the (final) run was over they were back in the
pit area and focused on tomorrow.

"There's no time for celebration that we ran that good," he added. "As far
as Full Throttle points go (for most consistent qualifier), that's huge. I'm
not sure we won that award yet, but I imagine going down the track four
times has won it for us. That just tells you about the Brut crew and what
they did. That award gets pretty serious for the crew guys and the crew
chief."

As for racing Bazemore in the opening round, "It's going to be interesting,"
he said. "It's nice to have lane choice. One thing we don't want to do is
run Todd (Okuhara, Bazemore's crew chief) and those guys. It's unfortunate
because not only are we teammates, that's a tough car. And that's obvious
because they beat us in the final in Seattle.

"We're still enjoying ourselves. We're not thinking about the championship
to the point where it's going to make us sick and not enjoy this. So, we're
just going about our business and keep going down the track and see what
happens on Sunday."

Capps entered this event 88 points ahead of second-place John Force.

"This track has just been great," said Capps. "To watch the cars in all
categories go down the track in both lanes is a tribute to this track."

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