FORCE VERSUS CAPPS - 1000 ON LINE
Sun, 2008-05-04 06:28
John Force has denied Ron Capps a championship many times. In
Sunday’s first round, Capps has the opportunity to return the favor.
Force will have to beat Capps if he wants to win his 1,000th round win.
"The NAPA team did all that hard work to post four good runs in a row that all went down the track, and we're rewarded by getting 'the Champ' in the first round," smiled Capps. "You've got to race him eventually, so I think we're ready.” John Force has denied Ron Capps a championship many times. In
Sunday’s first round, Capps has the opportunity to return the favor.
Force will have to beat Capps if he wants to win his 1,000th round win.
"The NAPA team did all that hard work to post four good runs in a row that all went down the track, and we're rewarded by getting 'the Champ' in the first round," smiled Capps. "You've got to race him eventually, so I think we're ready.”
Capps' career record against Force is 17-38 in round wins. He's won nine of the last 11 meetings against Force, and has won the last four first-round match-ups over Force. This is their fourth meeting at Gateway, with Force leading 2-1 in those match-ups. The only other time the pair raced in the first round at Gateway was in 2005, and Capps won.
“Obviously, I had to get in (the show) for my 59th birthday tomorrow,” Force said. “If I’d have missed out, that would have been a bummer (but) the race car doesn’t know it’s your birthday. You just have to make it run.”
Either way, Capps expects to make history on Sunday.
"The one thing about racing John," Capps said, "there's always a chance you'll be a footnote in history. He's broken so many records and done so many things in the sport."
Ron Capps said anytime you run John Force you end up a footnote in drag racing history.
Force will have to beat Capps if he wants to win his 1,000th round win.
"The NAPA team did all that hard work to post four good runs in a row that all went down the track, and we're rewarded by getting 'the Champ' in the first round," smiled Capps. "You've got to race him eventually, so I think we're ready.” John Force has denied Ron Capps a championship many times. In
Ron Capps said anytime you run John Force you end up a footnote in drag racing history.
Force will have to beat Capps if he wants to win his 1,000th round win.
"The NAPA team did all that hard work to post four good runs in a row that all went down the track, and we're rewarded by getting 'the Champ' in the first round," smiled Capps. "You've got to race him eventually, so I think we're ready.”
Capps' career record against Force is 17-38 in round wins. He's won nine of the last 11 meetings against Force, and has won the last four first-round match-ups over Force. This is their fourth meeting at Gateway, with Force leading 2-1 in those match-ups. The only other time the pair raced in the first round at Gateway was in 2005, and Capps won.
“Obviously, I had to get in (the show) for my 59th birthday tomorrow,” Force said. “If I’d have missed out, that would have been a bummer (but) the race car doesn’t know it’s your birthday. You just have to make it run.”
John
Force said his car doesn't know Sunday is his birthday, nor does it
know round win #1000 rests on the first round in St. Louis.
Either way, Capps expects to make history on Sunday.
"The one thing about racing John," Capps said, "there's always a chance you'll be a footnote in history. He's broken so many records and done so many things in the sport."
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