Indianapolis Event Highlights:
2018 Indianapolis Recap: Qualified 13th; First round exit (defeated by Tommy Johnson Jr. in E1)
Last Event (Brainerd): Qualified seventh; Event champion (defeated J.R. Todd in E1, Jack Beckman in E2, Shawn Langdon in E3, Tommy Johnson Jr. in E4)
2019 Season Statistics: 27 round wins; ranked fourth in points
Career Statistics: 548 races; 64 wins (one Top Fuel); 23 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
- Enters the race weekend as the most recent Funny Car winner on tour
- Has raced to the final at the past two events (Brainerd, Seattle)
- Capps, who is celebrating his 25th season driving a nitro car, is laser-focused on his first U.S. Nationals victory
Quotable: “You can always judge how a season is going by seeing where you’re at come Indy. For our NAPA team, it’s been a great season so far, but coming into what we consider to be our ‘Super bowl’ event, everything is heightened. Indy is points-and-a-half, and we’re trying to move up in the Mello Yello standings. Second place is the goal going into the Countdown to the Championship. Besides that, this is a race I’ve never gotten to win. We’ve come very close in the past, had great race cars where I thought we had the best chance ever to be able to hold a U.S. Nationals Wally, but for whatever reason, it just hasn’t happened. Indy is a long, grueling race weekend but I definitely like our chances at finally getting that win this year. “Our team is in a good spot, and it’s hard to not look ahead to the playoffs and think about what it will take to win a championship, but right now, (crew chief) Rahn Tobler, and our NAPA AutoCare team, and myself are focused on qualifying well Friday night and holding the Wally on Monday evening.”
MATT HAGAN Driver of the MOPAR Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody
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