12,000hp? 330mph? No problem… Maddi Gordon, Ron Capps on a dream NHRA debut

When three-time NHRA Funny Car champ Ron Capps wanted to add a second dragster for 2026, there was only one driver on his radar: rising star Maddi Gordon. Gordon made her NHRA Top Fuel Dragster debut at the season-opening Gatornationals, putting in a sensational run of results that saw her beating two former Top Fuel champs before meeting reigning champ Doug Kalitta in her first ever TF semi-final. Capps showed that his side of the Ron Capps Motorsports awning will be up there, too, posting the fastest Funny Car pass of the weekend. Both drivers join RACER Weekly to talk about that memorable weekend in Gainesville, taking their 330mph momentum into the rest of the season, and what it’s like to race a 12,000hp, nitro-burning dragster.