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SONOMA, Calif. --
The other winners at the 15th race in the 23-race NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season were Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) and Michael Phillips (Pro Stock Motorcycle). The owner of the NAPA Dodge Charger team, Don Schumacher, switched crew chiefs - bringing in John Medlen to replace Ed "Ace" McCulloch - in June and in the three races since the move Capps reached the quarterfinals in Norwalk, the final round in Seattle, and the Winner's Circle in Sonoma.
The win was the 31st for Capps, who moved up from seventh to fifth place in the Funny Car standings and clinched a berth in the Countdown to 1 NHRA Playoffs. Also clinching berths in Funny Car were Matt Hagan, Beckman and Tim Wilkerson. In Top Fuel, Dixon (3.879, 317.12) and the Al-Anabi team defeated arch-rival Tony Schumacher (4.006, 300.73) and the U.S. Army team to remain perfect in final rounds this season, winning for the eighth time in eight trips there including twice against Schumacher.
The win capped off a weekend sweep for Dixon, who qualified No. 1 and was competing in his 100th career final round. "The car was flawless, unbelievable job by Alan Johnson just pulling everyone on the team. You see those numbers, running 84 a couple of times, to me that humbling. They were on their game. They weren't leaving anything in their back pocket," Dixon said.
"It was a good race car and that's exactly what you need in Pro Stock when you're separated by literally 10-thousandths of a second. There is no room for error," Coughlin said. Coughlin also defeated the other half of the Summit team, Greg Anderson, who had won the previous two races, in the second round. "They are multi-time world champions so any time you get by them it's awesome, to get by both of them in the same day, that's a tough feat," Coughlin said. Line did clinch a berth in the Countdown to 1.
"We've been playing with different carburetors and that's where we picked up. We've been running crazy mile-per-hour," Phillips said. Phillips, Matt Smith and Andrew Hines all clinched berths in the Countdown to 1. None of the three winners from Seattle repeated so there will be no chance for a sweep of the Western Swing, which will conclude next weekend, July 23-25, with the 31st running of the Mopar Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway outside Denver. Sunday's final results from the 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway. The race is the 15th of 23 in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series- Top Fuel -- Larry Dixon, 3.879 seconds, 317.12 mph def. Tony Schumacher, 4.006 seconds, 300.73 mph. Funny Car -- Ron Capps, Dodge Charger, 4.169, 296.44 def. Jack Beckman, Charger, 4.210, 298.93. Pro Stock -- Jeg Coughlin, Chevy Cobalt, 6.590, 209.52 def. Jason Line, Pontiac GXP, 6.602, 209.39. Pro Stock Motorcycle -- Michael Phillips, Suzuki, 6.886, 196.76 def. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.909, 194.16. Competition Eliminator -- Mike DePalma, Chevy S-10, 8.156, 159.46 def. Tom Mettler, Dodge Dakota, 7.365, 176.03. Super Stock -- Tony Mandella, Chevy Camaro, 9.735, 133.98 def. Jimmy DeFrank, Chevy Cobalt, 8.809, 155.94. Stock Eliminator -- Jimmy DeFrank, Chevy Camaro, 10.421, 113.92 def. Jim Durham, Dodge Duster, DQ. Super Comp -- Kyle Seipel, Dragster, 8.916, 155.33 def. Aaron Kinard, Dragster, 8.885, 166.46. Super Gas -- Shawn Langdon, Chevy Camaro, 10.489, 117.58 def. Val Torres, Chevy Corvette, foul. Top Sportsman -- Mike Ferderer, Pontiac Grand Am, 7.431, 182.50 def. Gary Forkner, Pontiac GTO, 7.175, 193.68.
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