In a scene that fans haven ’ t seen at a major event in more than 20 years , three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps leads Top Fuel driver Billy Torrence in the first pairing of the Red Line Oil Top Fuel vs . Funny Car Shootout . Capps and his fellow Funny Car drivers got a twotenths starting-line advantage , with the quickest Top Fuel driver and quickest Funny Car driver of the first round moving on to compete in the final round for $ 10,000 and the Don Schumacher Nitro Superstar Award .

Photograph by Darrel Jackson Jr . Bradenton Motorsports Park | Bradenton , Florida | Saturday , February 10th , 2024

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