J.R. Todd survives scare on way to Funny Car runner-up finish at Indianapolis.
Robert Hight pockets $80,000 for winning Funny Car’s Pep Boys All-Star Callout
Capps—and Prudhomme—shared the spotlight Monday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with first-time U.S. Nationals Pro Stock winner Matt Hartford and three-time and back-to-back Pro Stock Motorcycle winner Matt Smith.“This is a dream come true, both as a kid growing up and now as an NHRA driver,” Capps said. “It’s exciting to bring together the old-school Hot Wheels fans like myself with the next generation and offer up a tribute car.
The 1:64-scale Hot Wheels die-cast version of Prudhomme’s bright yellow car, as well as partner Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen’s red version, brought drag racing to the living rooms of kids around the world. The toy sets introduced Prudhomme and McEwen to a mainstream audience, propelling both drivers and the ntir sport of drag racing in general to unprecedented heights.
Still battling clutch, ignition, and electrical troubles through servicing for the final round, Brown managed to eliminate three of the class’ toughest customers – Brittany Force, Clay Milican, and Justin Ashley – before defeating four-time champion Steve Torrence.“It’s one of those weekends where we never quit, and that’s what you have to do to win the U.S. Nationals,” Brown said. “We went through all the trials and tribulations, and that’s what makes this win so special.
Robert High didn’t take home the top prize at the U.S. Nationals, but he did win $80,000 in the Callout specialty race over the weekend.The Robert Hight approach to the Pep Boys All-Star Call-Out specialty race was to treat it like a bar fight. The race officially is the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals, but Toyota was the big beneficiary. That was a surety after the semifinal, with Steve Torrence and Antron Brown set to face off in the Top Fuel final and J.R. Todd and Ron Capps poised for a Funny Car showdown.
“I do what I do, and I was really lucky in this Mission Foods deal. It was almost a red light against Robert. He knows it; I screwed up. Then with Capps, I took all the bulbs to New York. But then I got to race Capps and the Don ‘The Snake” Prudhomme car, and that means a lot. He used to whoop me up every week,” Force said. “In the final, the last thing I said to my crew chief Danny Hood was ‘Look where we’re at. Let’s get out of the bottom half .’ He and Tim Fabrisi both said, ‘Go for the win.
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