With an earlier date this year for the O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals, and a change from a night race to a standard NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series weekend format, Funny Car points leader Ron Capps hopes this weekend’s event at Gateway International Raceway will bring him better results than it did in 2006.
“Last year was not a good weekend for us, ” explained the driver of the Brut Revolution Dodge Charger R/T, also leading the points at the time, who qualified 15th then and was bumped out in the first round by his teammate Whit Bazemore. “This is going to be the first time in a long time St. Louis won’t be in the same conditions we’ve had the last few years. It won’t be a night race.
“You know how excited I get when a track gets tough and hot, ” said Capps, who has won twice so far this season and is 45 points ahead of Robert Hight in the rankings. “We usually do pretty well. It will still be warm and tricky, but it’ll be interesting. “
