RON CAPPS put it all on the line bringing young
MADDI GORDON up to drive a Top
Fuel dragster, and the world was immediately struck by her uninhibited
exuberance and seemingly natural talent. Capps hit the jackpot and Maddi made it big, but all of drag racing is winning.
By KELLY WADE
Photographs by RICK BELDEN, DAVID BEITLER, TOM MACHT, and NHRA
Thirty years after former crew member Ron Capps got his start as a professional drag racer in Top Fuel, he extended the same opportunity to Maddi Gordon, who grew up working on her father’ s Top Alcohol Funny Car.
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