Anderson, Capps win at NHRA Nationals in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS — Greg Anderson gained his a centesimal profession NHRA race, defeating Dallas Glenn within the Professional Inventory finals of the U.S. Nationals on Monday.

Anderson reached 208.07 mph in his 6.587-second successful run. Seven of his victories have come at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

“I do not know if I can clarify how significant that is,” Anderson stated. “It is unimaginable and this (a centesimal) win was meant to occur right here. Indy means every part to me, and I’ve stated that my complete profession. Nothing compares to this place and to get my a centesimal win right here, I could not presumably ask for something extra.”

Veteran Ron Capps, the defending world champion in Humorous Automotive, gained for the 71st time in his profession and first in 27 appearances at Indy with a run of three.911 seconds at 327.98 mph to defeat factors chief Robert Hight within the ultimate spherical.

“We have come near this, and we have had nice race automobiles, however the automotive right this moment was simply so constant,” Capps stated. “It is an emotional place to come back to and we completed all of the targets we had on the desk. Robert is pretty much as good because it will get, and he is raised the bar for everyone. This place has such historical past and nice moments, and it is simply been an unbelievable yr.”

Antron Brown (High Gasoline) and Matt Smith (Professional Inventory Motorbike) additionally gained at NHRA’s ultimate regular-season occasion, the sixteenth of twenty-two races general.

Brown picked up his second win in three races and the seventieth in his profession with a run of three.706 seconds at 321.66 mph in his dragster to knock off factors chief Brittany Pressure within the ultimate spherical.

Smith, the defending world champ, gained for the primary time in Indy since 2006 with a run of 6.872 seconds at 195.99 mph on his Suzuki within the ultimate spherical.