Jon Capps didn’t flinch when asked about the weight he’s carrying into this weekend’s Bakersfield March Meet at Famoso Dragstrip. He knew exactly what the question meant.
“What do you mean?” Capps said with a laugh before answering it himself. “Oh, the target on my back?”
Capps returns to Bakersfield riding an eight-round winning streak at Famoso, having swept the prestigious March Meet and the California Hot Rod Reunion in his nitro campaign. The run has made him the man to beat in one of drag racing’s most tradition-rich venues…