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Capps Ready to Defend at Gators CAPPS READY TO DEFEND AT GATORS DSR intent on rebounding from disappointing visit to Phoenix Ron Capps and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team led by crew chief Rahn Tobler have a couple important reasons to be eager to get to the next race. The NAPA team won the season-opener then was No. 1 qualifier two weeks ago near Phoenix and will arrive in Gainesville, Fla., atop the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series standings for the March 18-20 Gatornationals. A year ago, Capps and the NAPA team defeated John Hale in the championship round to earn his 45th Funny Car title and become the second winningest driver in the category. Two weeks ago on Feb. 27, Tobler and assistant Eric Lane tuned the NAPA Dodge to a track-record time of 3.925 seconds on its last qualifying run to earn the pole for the NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Motorsports Park never Phoenix. But that was the last highlight of the weekend for Don Schumacher Racing which failed to advance at least one team to a semifinal round since 2007, a span of over 216 events according to research by NHRA “National Dragster” reporter Brad Littlefield. Work to correct issues that plagued the seven-car team near Phoenix began the moment each returned to their pit and continued through on- track testing the following day for the Sandvik Coromant/Red Fuel and Matco dragsters, and the Mopar Express Lane/Rocky Boots Funny Car. After a two-day drive back to DSR headquarters in Brownsburg, Ind., little time elapsed before work resumed to prepare for the third event of the 24-race Mello Yello season. But after winning 27 NHRA titles in 2015 to run the DSR total to 267 – NAPA’s Winternationals win became No. 268 - memories of Phoenix would vanish until another winning streak begins. The most stunning losses on Sunday at Wild Horse were by Capps and DSR’s two-time and reigning Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown and the Matco/U.S. Army team despite qualifying No. 2 for eliminations. However, Capps and Brown lost to eventual event winners; Tim Wilkerson in Funny Car and Leah Pritchett in Top Fuel. “Oh, I don’t know, we were a little more aggressive than what the track temperature and conditions would hold,” Capps said It was the first time in 14 runs this year that the NAPA Dodge was not running at full power at the finish line. Perhaps more surprising was a redlight, false start by Brown who is noted for being one of the quickest to leave the starting line and rarely gets disqualified for leaving early. The last time a race day ended with a redlight for Brown was in 2012 at Topeka, and this is only the fifth time he has been disqualified for a premature departure in 845 races. “That’s all on me right there, I was just pushing too hard and just wanted to win bad,” he said. “Starting off the year you just want to do so many things; I know better. From all the experience we have from the other years, I’m glad it happened now. It’s a good learning deal, I just have to go out there and relax, and do what we do.” Design by DSR art director Aaron Holland NEVER NEVER BLAND All in the family at DSR for Allie, Cody By ALLIE BLAND For the past four years, my husband has been sleeping around. Around the country, that is. My husband, Cody, started his career in drag racing in 2012 after finishing school at the University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) where he studied motorsports technology. However, I am the one who led him down the straight and narrow path. Of drag racing. Cody grew up in a dirt-track racing family whose business was building wings for dirt Sprint Cars. They also owned and raced on dirt tracks that led him to follow his racing passion to UNOH to strive toward a career in motorsports. In September 2010, I invited my dirt-track boyfriend to join my dad and me at the NHRA U.S. Nationals near Indianapolis. Being the rough-and-tough, dirt-in-his-ears young man he was he didn’t think he needed to wear any ear plugs while watching a Top Fuel dragster warm up in the pits. My dad and I laughed at him. I knew better. My dad instilled a love for drag racing in me when I was a teenager. I remember watching Kenny Bernstein warm up his car and “whack” throttle that made my eyes water for about an hour. I thought I was going to die, but I’ve been back every year since. So, now let’s talk about me (I’m more fun than Cody, anyway). I studied public relations at Franklin College, a small liberal arts school just south of Indianapolis. My career goal since going to my first U.S. Nationals has been to work with a drag racing team. That opportunity came when I joined Don Schumacher Racing in November . I was able to go with DSR to the NHRA Winternationals last month in Pomona to help in the DSR merchandise trailer. The weather was beautiful and the fans were excited. I was thrilled to see the NAPA team kick off the season with a win. I also experienced In-N-Out Burger for the first time. For a southern-Indiana girl, the burger was well worth the wait, my friends. I will be assisting the PR team in Las Vegas at the NHRA Nationals in April. I’m looking forward to interviewing drivers, tweeting run times and, hopefully, taking pictures of our teams hoisting Wallys in the winner’s circle. Take note that I was employed at DSR before Cody by a couple months. He’s working on the U.S. Army Top Fuel team building engines. He’s excited for his fifth season of drag racing. I’m looking forward to what 2016 brings to DSR and to me. I’m excited to use my PR degree in a field I’m so passionate about. I’ve already been lucky enough to travel to the other side of the country and will be attending more races as a PR person with DSR as the year goes on. So, I guess I’ll be doing some sleeping around this year too. With my husband. (This is the first column in “Shoe’s News” by Allie who will take you behind the scenes at DSR. You can share ideas for her at [email protected].) DSR, Mopar drivers go left and right at Bondurant Driving School DSR’s Tony Schumacher, Ron Capps, Matt Hagan and Tommy Johnson Jr. were joined by fellow Dodge drivers Jeg Coughlin and Erica Enders on Feb. 25 for an afternoon of driving Vipers, a Challenger SRT 392, and Challenger and Charger Hellcats at the Bondurant School of Driving at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park at the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix. The event marked Dodge SRT becoming the official vehicle of the country’s best driving school that was founded by Bob Bondurant, who still directs the facility. Bondurant and FCA US LLC, through its Dodge and SRT brands, have entered into a world-class partnership to introduce the Bondurant Racing School (bondurant.com) as “The Official High Performance Driving School of Dodge/SRT.” Among media participating were Elana Scherr of the Hot Rod Network (hotrod.com/features), Amanda Busick of FS1/NHRA, Bobby Bennett of CompetitionPlus.com and Robbie Baker of NBC 12 Sports (12news.com). Ron Capps helps noted motorsports journalist Wally Cahill review the 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat during a live report on 3TV (KTVK) during Sunday morning of the NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix. At right, 3TV weather person Kim Quintero presents posters to Don Schumacher that feature his earliest Funny Cars. ‘Morning Sickness’ joins Capps Ron Capps, left, looks forward to Phoenix visits so he can hang out with Holmberg's Morning Sickness show crew from 98KUPD, Arizona's top-rated radio program. At far right is John Holmberg along with sidekick Brady Bogen. DSR EXPANSION CONTINUES Viewership numbers continue to climb for Fox on NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (March 9, 2016) – NHRA’s revamped race coverage on FOX Sports earned more than 300,000 additional viewers through the first two Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events of the season, which included the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Pomona, Calif. on Feb. 14 and the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Phoenix on Feb. 28. “We’re extremely happy with the numbers from our first two events on FOX Sports 1,” said Peter Clifford, NHRA president. “Our fans’ response has been incredible and we look forward to continuing to provide a great product on FOX the rest of the season. Our audience is trending younger and we are keeping our viewers tuned in for longer periods of time during each telecast. It is a terrific start with our new television partner.” According to Nielsen Media Research, FOX Sports 1’s airings of the two NHRA events realized a 15 percent increase over the same two events last year. The 2016 coverage had a total of 2.6 million viewers for the finals telecasts, qualifying shows and re-airs on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. “The power of our partnership with FOX Sports is the number of hours of programming and increased opportunities it gives our fans to watch NHRA,” said Ken Adelson, NHRA vice president of broadcasting and executive producer.
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