Ron Capps Sets New Career-Best Speed at NHRA Great Lakes Nationals

Photo courtesy of Ron Capps Motorsports Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps opened the 2026 NHRA Countdown to the Championship with a career-best speed of 339.37 mph in the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car during Monday eliminations at the inaugural NHRA Great Lakes Nationals at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park. Capps paired the milestone speed with a 3.859-second pass to defeat Chad Green in the opening round before tire smoke ended his day in the quarterfinals. The early exit moved Capps from second to fourth in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car standings after the first of…