Ron Capps notes and quotes: Mid-South Nationals postponed until Monday

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2009 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 3 of six in Countdown to 1 Playoffs
Round 21 of 24 for season
NHRA MID-SOUTH NATIONALS
Memphis Motorsports Park
Oct. 2-4, 2009

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RAIN POSTPONES NHRA MID-SOUTH NATIONALS TO MONDAY
RON CAPPS NOTES AND QUOTES

MEMPHIS, (Oct. 4, 2009) - Because of rain, the NHRA Mid-South Nationals
eliminations rounds at Memphis Motorsports Park have been postpoined until
Monday, at 10 a.m.

Ron Capps, driving the NAPA Adaptive One Brakes Dodge Funny Car, who faces
rookie Daniel Wilkerson (the 21-year-old son of fellow Funny Car racer Tim
Wilkerson) in the opening round, commented on the rain delay.

"It doesn't disrupt us," he said. "This is what we do for a living, so it's
not like we need to go back to work on a Monday. It's unfortunate for the
fans. You try to go out there and sign autographs even though it's in the
rain and everybody is getting wet. But you want to make sure that the
die-hard fans that come out to walk around in the rain and get soaking wet
at least go home with some autographs. It's good to see all the drivers out
there. 

³From a standpoint of getting ready for the racing, I've learned from
hanging out with the people who have been in the business for a long time
that you can't control it, so there's no reason to get that excited.

"I did, however, tell some of Daniel Wilkerson's guys that I think Daniel
has to be back in school on Monday," Capps said, with a laugh. "If he
doesnıt, I'm going to call his teachers and tell them that he needs to get
back in class on Monday.

"All joking aside, we were hanging out here all day waiting to see what the
weather was going to do."

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