Brut Revolution Funny Car driver Ron Capps enjoyed a somewhat nerve racking time last weekend. Capps' younger brother, Jon, qualified No. 1 and reached the final round at the IHRA event in North Carolina in just his third race in a fuel Funny Car. His older brother was on pins and needles all weekend as he kept track of his brother on the Internet and by cell phone.

"I was a nervous wreck at home," said Capps, "my mom and dad were visiting and we were surfing all the drag racing websites trying to get as many quick updates as we could. I was waiting for his phone call but I had people text messaging me from the track. I tried to stay back and not be a distraction. I was going to go to his first race in San Antonio and I said 'you know I need to stay back and let him do his deal.' I've had to stay home and it's not been fun. I really look forward to going to another race. He's qualified No. 1 and been to a final. So now I can go hang out and be Jon's brother."

During Friday's Atlanta qualifying, the older Capps sibling had enough problems of his own. Once again, he had helmet related issues. In Houston, his helmet moved to the point he couldn't see during the final round. Same story, different problem this time.

Reportedly, an air line came loose to the helmet. 

"There's so much clutch dust in these cars," said Capps, "it just coated my eyes. I was almost to the finish line and all of a sudden I felt kind of a low pressure in my helmet. I think the tube in the back might have come off. It just filled up the helmet with clutch dust, so I was breathing it in and it all got in my eyes. The cool part is we have some of the best guys down here at the top end. The doctor jumped right in and washed it all out of my eyes. Thank God they're down here; we've got the best in the business. I'm fine, I'll go back and put some more stuff in my eyes. The doctor pulled a ton of clutch material out of my eyes and hopefully it didn't scratch them too bad."