FUNNY CAR

Ron Capps (Richard Muir photo)

In Funny Car, it was all DSR when Ron Capps edged past teammate Tommy Johnson Jr. in the Make-A-Wish Dodge sponsored by Terry Chandler and led by crew chief John Collins with assistant Rip Reynolds.

It was the third straight event in which DSR filled both spots in the final round of Funny Car.

And the NAPA AUTO PARTS team became the first in Funny Car to complete all eight runs in the 3-second range, and that included his No. 1 qualifying time of 3.865 seconds on Friday that is the second quickest in the sport's history.

"Nearly perfect, that's the key," Capps said of gaining 10 of a possible 12 bonus points in qualifying. The NAPA Dodge was quickest twice and second best twice.

"We gathered up a lot of qualifying points and that's something we haven't done in a while. We've been working on that over the last couple years.”

Capps got the first round win over Dave Richards and then beat Courtney Force (3.956/323.12 to 3.999/323.04). In the semifinal his 3.926/318.69 got the win over John Force’s 3.966/319.14.

It was all DSR in the final as Capps met Tommy Johnson Jr. Johnson had a slight advantage off the starting line with his reaction time of .044 seconds to Capps' .054, but the win light came on in the NAPA AUTO PARTS lane. Capps ran a 3.923 at 325.61 mph over Johnson's 3.947/322.11.