{"id":105226,"date":"2026-11-14T15:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/capps-and-lee-to-recreate-iconic-snake-vs-mongoose-matchup-at-nhra-finals\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T15:44:04","slug":"capps-and-lee-to-recreate-iconic-snake-vs-mongoose-matchup-at-nhra-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/capps-and-lee-to-recreate-iconic-snake-vs-mongoose-matchup-at-nhra-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Capps and Lee to Recreate Iconic \u201cSnake vs. Mongoose\u201d Matchup at NHRA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHRA Funny Car drivers Ron Capps and Paul Lee will bring a piece of drag racing history back to the track Saturday, Nov. 14, at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.<\/p>\n

The two drivers will line up side by side during the first qualifying session of the day, sporting nostalgic liveries honoring the legendary 1976 Funny Cars of Don \u201cThe Snake\u201d Prudhomme and Tom \u201cThe Mongoose\u201d McEwen. Capps will sport the colors of Prudhomme\u2019s iconic U.S. Army paint scheme (last seen when Capps\u00a0earned a runner-up finish at the 2024 U.S. Nationals), while Lee will recreate McEwen\u2019s English Leather Funny Car, commemorating one of the sport\u2019s most memorable rivalries. Prudhomme, who helped\u00a0Capps get his start in professional drag racing, will be on the starting line to watch this piece of American hot rod nostalgia unfold.<\/p>\n

WHO:\u00a0<\/strong>NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car drivers Ron Capps and Paul Lee<\/p>\n

WHAT:\u00a0<\/strong>Side-by-side qualifying run featuring nostalgic 1976 \u201cSnake vs. Mongoose\u201d Funny Car liveries<\/p>\n

WHEN:\u00a0<\/strong>Saturday, Nov. 14 \u2013 First qualifying session of the day (scheduled for 11:30 a.m. PST)<\/p>\n

WHERE:\u00a0<\/strong>In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, Pomona, Calif.<\/p>\n

EVENT:\u00a0<\/strong>In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals<\/p>\n

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NHRA Funny Car drivers Ron Capps and Paul Lee will bring a piece of drag racing history back to the track Saturday, Nov. 14, at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. The two drivers will line up side by side during the first qualifying session of the day, sporting nostalgic liveries honoring the legendary 1976 Funny […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}