Highlights:
* Third-seeded
* Capps' win at
* Ninth consecutive Funny Car final round appearance for a DSR Dodge SRT Hellcat entry dating back to
* DSR is now one wally trophy away from an unprecedented NHRA milestone 350 national event wins
* No. 1 qualifier
* DSR Dodge fleet of Funny Cars now 1-2-3-4 in the championship points race
* No. 3 qualifier
'Leave it to 2020 to get my first win at
'For Dodge to jump in and to win a Dodge race for them and Pennzoil, means something,' adds Capps. 'This is hallowed ground and I really started to wonder if I would ever win here. It may not be the
After qualifying third, Capps drove his HEMI-powered ride through eliminations with wins over
Capps' 64th career Funny Car victory, second only to John Force (151) on the all-time win list, was earned at the third
'The last two weeks were hard with these two races here,' says Capps who jumped up two positions to fourth place in the championship points battle. 'After the break, we came back and knew that we were on limited time to make a run in the points. We came back from the hiatus and I didn't get a whole lot of laps in the car. We didn't get to do a whole lot of testing like some other teams did. The one saving grace is that I've got a great team and (Rahn)
With the win, DSR extends a streak of nine consecutive final round appearances for one of their Dodge Charger SRT Hellcats that dates back to
The DSR Dodge Charger foursome is also now 1-2-3-4 in the Funny Car championship points standings with each driver having earned a Wally (trophy) of their own this year to date (and one rain postponed final (Indy 2) between
Taking over the lead in the championship chase from teammate Beckman is
Seeded second for eliminations, Hagan and his Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye remain third in the standings after a first round win over Beckman but encountering a setback in the quarterfinals with a loss to
After advancing to the final round of eliminations in three of four national events this season, Beckman's difficulties in qualifying put him at a disadvantage for the first time this year with a 15th place on the eliminations ladder. His first-round loss dropped him into second place in the Funny Car championship battle from his position as points leader which he had held since the start of the season.
In Top Fuel competition,
The next scheduled events on the ever-changing calendar are the NHRA Southern Nationals, slated to take place in
NOTES and QUOTES:
(No. 15 Qualifier - 4.621 seconds at 179.90 mph)
Round 1: (0.045-second reaction time, 4.293 seconds at 219.01 mph) lost to No. 2
'I've never been done on Sunday at 10:40 in the morning. It's a surreal feeling with an early start to get beat first round. We're not gonna 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' this. We pushed hard both qualifying runs and it was just a little too aggressive. It put us in the unenviable position of running a teammate who had qualified good and had better data than us. That's drag racing. On a perfect day, you beat four people and they hand you a trophy and it's damn near impossible. We will pick up the pieces for our next race. I'm not sure when and where that is. These are unprecedented times. We will be back to the form we were in late last year and early this year and we will make an absolute run at that championship.'
Round 2: (0.087/4.881/195.17) lost to No. 7
'We still had a really good race weekend. We qualified No. 2 and went some rounds and took out (Jack)
(No. 1 Qualifier - 3.976 seconds at 318.54 mph)
Round 1: (0.084-second reaction time, 3.955 seconds at 322.81 mph) beats No. 16
Round 2: (0.070/4.689/178.50) lost to No. 9
'That was very surprising. I wasn't expecting that second round. We've had such a flawless race car going down the track each lap and it caught me off guard when it pulled them loose out there. It seemed like it was on a good run and just drove into smoke. It's both surprising and frustrating, but you can't get too disappointed. You lick your wounds and move on, learn from this and be better. We'll figure out why and address that. To qualify No. 1 again and come out of here with the points lead is a positive.'
Round 2: (0.069/3.990/320.51) beat No. 6
Round 3: (0.045/4.065/316.30) beat No. 7
Round 4: (0.065/4.110/294.63) beat No. 5
'This track makes you run it. This is not the kind of track where you roll up to it, stab the gas and go straight down the track. It's got little nuances that make it really unique. You look at the Indy 500 and there's things some drivers master and you look at Daytona and there's things that some drivers have mastered there. You really have to know this track.
'This trophy is going to my wife who has been coming to this racetrack with me for 26 years and has ridden that emotional roller coaster with me getting close and not winning. On top of it her birthday is always at the Indy (
Round 2: (0.133/3.829/313.07) beats No.10
Round 3: (0.084/3.861/316.60) loss to No. 14
'Another semifinal finish here in Indy for this Dodge Redeye team. We grabbed some points during qualifying and we keep advancing along with the top cars. Unfortunately, we brought a knife to a gun fight in the semis. There was more out there on the track then we anticipated. We'll regroup and we have a ton of momentum with this team. We got Cory's (McClenathan) car on track this weekend. Wherever our next race is at, I feel like we've got a very good race car. The car is doing what we ask it to. Our DSM parts and pieces are performing well. We need to make the right steps and keep charging hard.'
NHRA Championship Points Standings:
Following the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals
FUNNY CAR (season wins in parentheses)
Bob Tasca III - 298
TOP FUEL (season wins in parentheses)
Brittany Force - 153
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