His record of 58 final rounds in Funny Car is the fourth best in the history of the class. Capps also has one win in two final rounds in the Top Fuel class.

Capps got the first-round win when Gary Densham broke, then sent home Cruz Pedregon in the quarterfinal with a 4.173/293.98 to Pedregon’s 4.230/288.46. His semifinal match-up against his teammate Jack Beckman produced a 4.203/294.63 to 4.825/199.17 win, despite a lack of lane choice for the first time.

He regained lane choice for the final round against Force Hood, making a strong and convincing run to take the victory by a margin of 29 feet, using another stellar and consistent run of 4.187/297.22 to triumph over Force Hood’s 4.231/296.96.

"She's great," said Capps in the winner's circle. "They're on a roll and that's a tough car to beat. We had such a great car. When (crew chief) Ed 'Ace' McCulloch ran that (unofficial) track record 4.12 on Saturday (to qualify No. 1) I knew it was a privilege to drive the NAPA car. And going into the final I thought it is my job not to mess up now, because we have a great car.

"What a great deal. I was told there was only five tracks we haven't won at, and now it's four. I wanted to win here for so long. I've been to three final rounds now here and the Bandimeres make it so nice to come here and the people in this area are just wonderful. To win here is big.

"It rattled the tires pretty good the last run (against Force Hood) and I got ready to pedal it and then it cleared up and took off. And I could hear her car over there somewhere and I was just hoping we could get down there without spinning the tires."

As for having relinquished the lead following the Chicago event that he had held for the first 10 races, "We tested for three races after Topeka - Chicago, Englishtown and Norwalk. Then we brought out a new car," said Capps. “And Ace always has a plan. I talked to Ace last week and he said we're back at it and we're going to get the points lead back and I've never heard him talk like that. I could tell with the new car it was like going back and starting the season over, and if that's the way that he was thinking, that's a good thing because we rattled off two wins right off the bat in Pomona and Phoenix, so I feel like we're in the same spot right now.

"If we can just make a run to the Countdown and get ready for it with the points lead that would be an extra bonus of 20 points."

Ashley Force Hood and the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang raced to their sixth final in ten races this season with a solid effort at the 30th annual MOPAR Mile High NHRA Nationals. She held onto the points lead as the NHRA Western Swing leaves Denver headed to Seattle next weekend for the 22nd annual Northwest NHRA Nationals. The youngest driver in the John Force Racing stable was defeated in the final by veteran Ron Capps for the second time this season. Her 4.231 second run was no match for No. 1 qualifier Capps’ 4.187 second pass. In Norwalk, Ohio, two weeks ago Force Hood bested Capps in a wild second round match-up that saw her take the points lead with the round win.