On Sept. 5, 2022, Ron Capps experienced a feeling of euphoria like never before. For the first time during his 28-year NHRA Funny Car career, Capps was a winner at the U.S. Nationals. “I wouldn’t be here, period, if he wouldn’t have saw something in me,” Capps said. Is this going to happen?’ And it was like that for three months,” Capps said with a laugh. “I think bringing (Prudhomme) in, the Indy Gods were like, ‘Hey, I remember you, Snake,’” Capps said. After every big round, Prudhomme was there to give Capps a fist bump. “To end up winning, 50 years after (Prudhomme) won Funny Car — just think about all the stuff that lined up,” Capps said.

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