Capps places new car in 11th in Memphis

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 19 of 23
COUNTDOWN TO FOUR (Round 2 of 4)
O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals
Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park
Sept. 14-16, 2007

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CAPPS PLACES NEW CAR IN 11TH IN MEMPHIS

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (Sept. 15, 2007) - Ron Capps and crew chief Ed "Ace"
McCulloch put the new Brut Revolution Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car through
its paces this weekend, and landed in No. 11 in qualifying for the O'Reilly
NHRA Mid-South Nationals.

Capps, fourth in the Countdown to Four standings, set his quickest lap, a
4.869-second pass at 311.70 mph, in the Friday-night session. His other
passes included a 4.965/303.57, a 4.905/304.94, and a 4.880/317.05 in
today's final run under cooler and less humid conditions.

"We're going down the track," said Capps, "and we're confident, but we feel
like we're off a tenth (of a second) right now and Ace is up in the trailer
right now scratching his head a little bit. We made some really big changes
for what Ace usually does for a tune-up, but it doesn't' seem to respond
like it usually does for him.

"That's the great thing about him. I can go to bed tonight and know that
he's going to figure out why. We know it's going to get a little warmer
again tomorrow and conditions will change again.

"It's a very tricky track. We're getting to some tracks with character. Each
has lanes that need so many different ways to approach them as a driver, let
alone as a crew chief.

"I tell you, in the Friday night session, every Funny Car driver I talked to
said it was hard to see. None of us could see, and a lot of us almost shut
our cars off because we couldn't see. So, it was good to get back in the day
time, and focus on getting the race day set-up.

"We expected to run a high 4.70 or a mid-.70 and it's just not responding.
It's almost like it's got a governor on it. But I can tell you, Ace and the
Brut Dodge guys will work on it all night and will figure out why."

Capps faces Tony Pedregon in the opening round of eliminations on Sunday.

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