Ron Capps, who drove the new Brut Revolution Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car to the semifinals at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis over Labor Day weekend, made a recent diversion from the quarter-mile at the Nextel Prelude to the World at famed Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, Ohio.

He drove a Brian Ruhlman-owned Late Model to a fourth place finish in the A-Main, a second place finish in the heat race and a sixth place starting position with a 16.1 second lap. At the event Capps squared off against 17 NASCAR, USAC, and dirt-racing stars on the half-mile clay high-banked oval, including Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, J.J. Yeley, Kenny Wallace, Denny Hamlin, Bill Elliott, Red Farmer, Bobby Labonte, Levi Jones, Dave Blaney, Mike Wallace, Ken Schrader, Ryan Newman, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, and Josh Wise.

In the A-Main, Capps ran as high as third and had an exciting back-and-forth rally with Schrader but failed to hold off a hard-charging Stewart, who came from the back row to pass Capps and two others to take the victory. Capps captured fourth place, behind Stewart, Blaney, and Mike Wallace. Schrader ended up 11th.

“We had two laps of qualifying, and then the main event was set up as a full-blown race,” said Capps. “I was third for a long time in the A-main. Tony Stewart came by me from the back row with about five laps to go. I had been thinking I could finish third. He was coming fast. But I finished ahead of Kenny Schrader and some other guys, like Bill Elliott, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, and others. It was awesome.”

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