Ron Capps has 4 wins at this event. Ron starts the day with 700 Funny Car round wins and he is just the 2nd driver (J. Force) to record 700 or more wins in the class.

This is the 98th meeting between these two and that is the 3rd most head-to-head meetings between any two pro drivers. This is the 20th time they have met in the first round.

Force gets out of the gate first and starts extending his lead early. Capps is able to start making up ground after the 330 foot mark, then is able to just get around him at the stripe and take the win.

Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

Capps will have lane choice over Tasca in the next round.