Ron Capps to participate in Arm Drop by the Sea at Samoa Drag Strip Oct. 24

DON SCHUMACHER RACING

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RON CAPPS TO PARTICIPATE IN ARM DROP BY THE SEA AT SAMOA DRAG STRIP OCT. 24

CARLSBAD, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2009) - Ron Capps, five-time national event
champion driving the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Funny Car in the 2009 NHRA Full
Throttle Drag Racing Series, will depart from his usual activities of trying
to win his first Funny Car championship on the NHRA pro circuit to
participate in California's Humboldt County's first NAPA Stores Arm Drop
Competition at Samoa (Calif.) Drag Strip on Oct. 24.

Capps will serve as the official "starter" when 200 licensed drivers of
imports, domestics, motorcycles, snowmobiles, dragsters or any other vehicle
approved by the NHRA that can run quicker than 20 seconds in the
quarter-mile compete for a Grand Prize of $2500 cash and a stocked NAPA tool
box.

The event is presented by the Humboldt County NAPA Stores and the Humboldt
Del Norte Timing Association.

"What the NAPA folks and Samoa Drag Strip have done with the Arm Drop is
basically bring back the style of the old days," said Capps, a Northern
California native. "I'll be standing up there as a starter and I'll drop my
arm to start the competition between two cars. It brings back memories of
the beginnings of the sport. Many people have seen the movie 'American
Graffiti' and have seen how races with two cars are started by an arm drop
instead of the Christmas Tree that is used now in NHRA competition.

"It's exciting for me to be invited, first of all. And to go to a track like
Samoa Drag Strip, which is an NHRA track located way up in Northern
California, is quite an honor. From what I hear, there's a lot of racers who
show up at this track.

"Every year at the NHRA national event in Sonoma (Calif.) I talk to a lot of
people who race up there. I'm excited just to see the place. It's beautiful
country, I'm told, and it's going to be a lot of fun to interact with the
racers. Also, we're going to have dinner a couple of the nights with some of
the winners, so that part always excites me.

"They're going to give away a lot of NAPA equipment at this event. That's
always a good incentive for somebody who races part time."

Saturday racing on Oct. 24 begins at 10 a.m. sharp. For more information or
questions, contact Danny Wright at 707-845-575 or Mark Rynearson at
707-498-1298.

Additional information is available on
http://www.samoadragstrip.com/armdroprules.html

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