Ron Capps
@RonCapps28
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Personal Twitter page for NHRA Nitro Funny Car World Champion driver Ron Capps 🏁 💥 I like to travel at ludicrous speed 💨💨
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Figured you all would appreciate how badass this is....
My
@theNAPAnetwork
teammate
@kaseykahne
rippin' the fence in a 410 Sprint Car 👌
🎥 -
@RacertoRacer
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It doesn't matter, Focus all your energy on hoping Ryan is OK 🙏
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Prayers 🙏
Just now seeing John Force's crash. One of the biggest of his career. He was alert and NHRA says he's at hospital for further evaluation. Not as bad as his Dallas crash of '07, but super scary. He was 58 then. He's 75 now. Get well, champ.
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Thank you for all congratulations on our contract extension🙏
I was asked to be a part of our 2019 paint scheme design, hope y'all like it as much as I do👌
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With wayyy too many leaving our planet lately, learn to appreciate the living legends...🐐
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It hurt a little.... But a bet is a bet and I'm a man of my word
@ClintBowyer
😉
#LenDawson
@NHRA
@NASCAR
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Y'all asked for my view during a true night run under the lights...
So hang on as
@robertHight7000
& I lined up & blasted into the Ohio darkness in 3.9 seconds for the
#NightUnderFire
final round Saturday night via my
#NAPAKnowHow
/
@Pennzoil
/
@e3sparkplugs
HD 👓
#YourWelcome
🤘
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Thank you
@courtneyforce
for making our sport, the Funny Car class, and the rest us
#NHRA
drivers better on and off the track. Your courage & charisma took our sport to new places & people and
lining up next to your racecar always brought out the best in my team & I 🙏
After an incredible run these last 7 yrs in funny car, I’ve decided it’s the right time for me to step away from driving duties. Thank you all for being so supportive in my racing journey & I hope to have your continued support in this new chapter! Info:
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I've always been a huge Fernando fan, but many current racing stars & ANY aspiring race car driver needs to pay attention to
@alo_oficial
& the way he carries himself...especially this last weekend.
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This dude.....😛
I think we all want this blood flowing through our veins at this age..
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I almost fell out of my chair last night watching these last few laps....
unreal.
.
@dirtvision
REPLAY: Kyle Larson rallies to take the win over
@LSchuchart1s
in a thriller at
@raceRiverCities
!
#LiveNOS
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You might be cool....
But you'll never be Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins in open faced helmet, banging gears in psychedelic shorts with knuckle padding on the dash..... Cool 😎
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Hey
@knoxvilleraces
/
@WorldofOutlaws
....
Plz get me the names and # of these safety workers so we can send them open invite to any of our
@NHRA
races.
How bout the one dude risking getting run over to make sure he put the fire out on the sprint car up by the wall... 😲
#BadAss
.
@dirtvision
REPLAY: Thankfullly, everyone involved in this one is okay after
@carson_macedo
,
@RealPaulMcMahan
,
@1sam91
,
@kmr29
and
@DumesnyMarcus
all crashed wildly on Lap Two.
#NOSvilleNationals
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Thank you
@ImpactbyMCS
🙏
Things didn't go our way today, it's the way things go sometimes in this awesome sport of
@NHRA
@CampingWorld
World Drag Racing.
We have one heck of a race car /race team w/ wins coming soon, but today's win was me wearing Impact Racing safety gear👌
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Hmmmmm....
Hey
@TonyStewart
🙄
Perhaps now is good time to get the
@PreludetoDream
race at
@EldoraSpeedway
again on
@iRacing
next weekend 🏁
@FS1
@FOXSports
@NAPAKnowHow
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May not be the little gold one from yesterday , but still getting to accompany the real trophy home ...
Birthday shoutout to my much better half...
Happy Birthday Shell 🥂 💙
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Whew.... So good to hear
NASCAR: Newman is undergoing treatment and evaluation. Serious condition, doctors say injuries are not life threatening.
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Pretty cool sounding.... But look at that drag strip !! 👀
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Shhhhhhh..... 👀
*** Sneak peek ***
Here's a look at our new
@Pennzoil
/
@NAPAKnowHow
@Dodge
#Hellcat
Funny Car we will be running at this weekend's
@NHRA
#ArizonaNats
at
@RaceWHP
.
Can't WAIT to see that chrome blue on the race track 👍
#TheProofisinThePennzoil
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This dude & I have had alot of battles on the Drag Strip...
Not many know, but he took me under his wing when I was rookie in Top Fuel & even had me as his initial choice to drive his first team car. Funny how life works..
This is the cleanest you'll see these two firesuits 👀
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My life is sprinkled with lotsa pretty cool moments... Arriving
#Indianapolis
airport to seeing our
@NAPARacing
/
@Pennzoil
racecar being oogled at is..
Well, like that dude in front of me just said...
#prettycool
🙏
#NHRA
#USNats
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Is been a year since my buddy
@JohnForce_FC
has raced with us.
Whatda think?... should I let him in the gate this time?? 😳
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Wanna drive a
#FuelAltered
?
* Only 115 inches long.
* 3500 + Horsepower of Nitro burning HEMI awesomeness.
* No down force
* Oh yeah... and you need to reach down & yank the lever back to shift into high gear.
👉 6.12 seconds @ 216 MPH - quickest run on
#MarchMeet
raceday 🏁
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Wow..... 🏆
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A mere flesh wound 🔥
Big explosion for
@NHRA
@shoeracing
driver
@RonCapps28
as he defeated
@MattHagan_FC
during
#NHRA
#Gatornats
at
@GvilleDragRaces
Capps OK!
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Thanks for all the messages and checking with us, back surgery went great and our
#MamaCapps
is doing great 💙
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🙏🙏
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Um.
Apparently while I was racing, my Mom was out doing appearances in the pit area....🙄
#mamacapps
|
@RaceSonoma
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Few come along that change the path / history of something iconic in our lifetime...
Blessed we got to have him come along during our childhood 🤘
#RIPEVH
🎸
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You have to give credit where its due.
I drove 1st few
@NHRA
races of 2004 with broken collarbone after
@cbnationals
flip. With no surgery and it was excruciating.
So
@roberthight7000
hopping back in car after surgery & gritting it out...
to a win nonetheless ....
#Savage
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Wow.... Pretty cool
WE DID IT! 🐍💪
Parked this Hot Wheels /
@theNAPAnetwork
@ToyotaRacing
GR
#Supra
in the
#USNats
winner’s circle! 🙌🎉🏆
@gearwrench
|
@Mattel
|
#TeamToyota
|
#teamNAPA
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It's the one time a year I still get to embarrass our not-so-little-man-anymore ....
Happy Birthday Caden Capps 👏👏👏👏
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Security - you an actor?
Me - no
Security - That looks like an Oscar
Me - it's funny you say that....
Been a crazy week for
#Wally
🏆
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What a day.... 😳
-Gr8 weekend for Tobler & our guys
-Force, Force, Force ...
-Good weekend
-The nitro harley animal Beau Layne
-"Night Under Fire"
- headed to
@BIRrace
👍
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💥Giveaway time 💥
Time to share some of our great partners with this awesome 20 piece combination set!
To win...
1.Make sure you follow
@gearwrench
Tools
2. Reply with
#gearwrenchtools
hashtag.
That's it! Good luck 🤞
#GEARWRENCH
#HandTools
@TeamRonCapps
#NAPAAutoCare
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Yesterday was my last day at
@shoeracing
It's been an incredible 17 years, I went there to join my buddy Scelzi and have had the best teammates and sponsors throughout the years I could ever ask for.
There is alot of ~
Cont....
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You might be cool....
But you'll never be Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins banging a 4-speed cool ...
*Bounus points for the cigar-puff after the 4th gear shift 😝
#turnitup
#dragracing
#oldschool
#HangOn
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Them : Why didn't you do this.... Or why didn't you do that on that run?
Me : 🤔
339 MPH in 3.8 seconds 👌
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My side....
You'll see near the end of the video...
@JRTodd373
had just run 3.90 and had a few choice words for me when I hopped out of the car..
👇
👇
👇
👇
👇
Relax everyone.... We were having fun at the top end👌
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Is been hard to keep this secret all year and I can't wait any longer.... Getting to drive this bad boy this weekend in Seattle , plus our
#Vegas
race in October !
Love this
@Pennzoil
Synthetics/
#NAPAautoparts
@Dodge
Funny Car look🏁
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Ending this Great 2018 with the way we started it....🏁
Strap in & join me in our first blast down the track back in January
🔥 👀🔥
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Man.... So happy for
@chaseelliott
, Alan and the
@NAPAKnowHow
team.
How can you not be happy for this kid, been fun to watch 🏆
#AllWeDoisWin
@TeamHendrick
We knew it was coming. Congratulations to
@chaseelliott
and
@TeamHendrick
on an incredible season.
Now, let’s run it back.
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Sneak peek 👀
My ride for this weekend....
Couldn't think of a better time to go all
#Pennzoil
on em' , yea?
#napaknowhow
#SinCity
#Dodge
#PoweredbyPennzoil
#VegasNats
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You may be cool..... but you'll never be Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins cool ..
🤜 🤜 🤜 🤜
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Now... I would pay money to go watch 30 old school dirt cars like this 👍
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Today we honor the women and men who died while serving in our country's armed forces 🇺🇸
#MemorialDay
#NeverForget
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Best part about our off-season is more fun on
@iRacing
... running some laps the
@cbnationals
this morning 🏁
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Wait....
That just might be the most awesome firesuit in the history of firesuits...
@Terbo_91
/
#DirtLMDream
/
@FloRacing
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Emotional win for many reasons..🏆 But saying goodbye to one of our own that's been there had our back & started as an intern as my publicist over 7 years ago at
@shoeracing
is leaving to go work with
@DaleJr
&
@DirtyMoMedia
peeps.
@lmvaughn
,
We love ya & wish you the best 💙
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Anyone else get the feeling their governor is gonna sell them undercoating and extended warranty for their car ...?
#AskingForAFriend
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And for my next trick 🎸🥁🎺
Me practicing for tonight's
@MonNightRacing
race..
1987 stock cars at over 200 MPH the historic Monza Oval 😯
#yeehaw
@iRacing
@Pennzoil
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Pretttty.... Prettyyyy good 😁
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If you know...... You know
This
#FlashbackFriday
picture pretty much wraps up my childhood...and a pretty awesome childhood I must say 👌
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Thoughts are with our brother Antron and the whole Brown family 🙏
She was larger than life 💙
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Take it all in ....
Think about it ....
Then take it all in again ....
No, seriously.
He built that, hopped in it , and drove it really, really, really, really, really, really fast..... 👀
Hence the nickname...
" the Thrill " 👌
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#tbt
Spokane 1995~
This dude took me as Top Fuel rookie under his wing.
He's Elvis, Mario & Earnhardt all wrapped into one at the time to me.. still is.
Here Duke, Fisher & I watched Force duff his shot & then throw his 5- wood into a lake 40 yards away. It was awesome 😝
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Checked another box off on the "awesomess" list last weekend... ✔️
#FuelAltered
#MarchMeet
#nitro
#famosoraceway
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Here's the cockpit view from my
@NAPAKnowHow
#WorldofOutlaws
dirt sprint car last night as we battled
@CruzPedregon
for the 5th spot in last night's
@iRacing
race 🏁
#NAPAautoparts
@NHRA
@obutto
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Appreciate all the messages , thankfully our team members are all safe 🙏
Still not sure the extent or damage yet inside our
#NAPAautoparts
race hauler or racecars.
We'll miss preseason testing , but thanks to hurculean effort from so many people, we'll see you in Pomona 🏆
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Reposted from our crew chief Guido -
" These soldiers are getting the final touch on graphics to head to pre season testing.
Can't wait to hit the gas."
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I told Caden to pick a good shirt to wear under his firesuit yesterday... Even this dude Approved 🐍
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Crazy that Grosjean miraculously escaped the accident with only minor burns 😮
Repost from
#bestmotorsports
A horrifying accident has occurred in today’s
@F1
Bahrain Grand Prix. Romain Grosjean went across the track on Daniil Kvyat and went head on into a guard rail.
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RIP Don Schumacher 🏁
We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of driver and legendary championship team owner Don Schumacher. Our hearts are with his family and friends.
More on Don’s life and legacy:
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29 years 🎉
Happy 29th wedding anniversary to my... Rock n Rolla, head bangin', fish til you drop, down for anything, much much much better half 💙
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We have royalty riding with us...
Hang on Robin... 💪
Thanks
@marshallpruett
#RIP
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#RobinMiller
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#oneofakind
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That a boy, nice burnout! Congrats to
@chaseelliott
&
#NAPAAutoCare
team! 👍🏁
#NAPAKNOWHOW
#AllWeDoisWin
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So sad to hear of Neil Peart passing. Lucky enough to have seen Rush too many times to count,one of my favorite bands. Do yourself a favor & read Neil's books. He went through unimaginable tragedies w/family & wrote the books while riding motorcycles all around north america🙏
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