Ron Capps to participate in "Night of Fire" at Eddyville Raceway Park in Iowa

June 30

Ron Capps, winner of 31 national NHRA races and driver of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car, will be a guest competitor Saturday at Eddyville Raceway Park’s “Musco Lighting Night of Fire presented by NAPA AUTO PARTS.”

The track, an 1/8th-mile drag strip located less than one hour from Des Moines, will feature Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car races, with Capps making two runs. In addition to Capps driving a Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car, Doc Halladay, a former AHRA World Champion, will return to Eddyville behind the wheel of his nitro-fueled "Telstar" entry alongside the "Showtime" Corvette

The event will also feature Nitro Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragsters, the Jet Cars of Rock-n-Roll Thunder and Strip Tease, Wheelstanders Chevy Rebellion and the Wheelie Wagon, Nitro Fueled Altereds, Super Shifters and from the Chicago the popular Midwest Super Stock Mafia. Of course a Night of Fire would not be appropriate without a Fireworks celebration.

"We are extremely happy to have Ron Capps driving at the Night of Fire" said track-operator Gerald Kramer. "It's not often we can get an NHRA driver with more than 30 career wins and has been a Championship contender for more than a decade." 
More event information is available on the track’s web site – www.eddyvilleraceway.com.

Capps, from Carlsbad, Calif., is known as a versatile driver who welcomes the opportunity to driver any kind of race car.

“When Steve Gardner (Eddyville Raceway Park partner) called and asked if I would like to drive one of their Nostalgia Funny Cars for their ‘Night of Fire,’ I didn’t hesitate to accept his invitation,” said the Don Schumacher Racing driver, who comes off a great weekend in Norwalk, Ohio, making it to the finals on Sunday and moving into sixth in the Funny Car standings. “It’s great to get around the country and see all the NHRA fans who can’t always get to the national events, and we know the Iowa fans really follow our series.”

Since beginning his career in 1995 driving a Top Fuel dragster, Capps has collected 31 wins in 65 final rounds, covering both nitro classes. By the numbers, since joining DSR in 2005, Capps has earned a seasonal runner-up position in the championship hunt (2005); 17 national-event wins, 19 event runner up finishes, 22 semifinals and 25 quarter-final ones. His round record during this period is: 190-123.