Everyone knows how miserable it feels to have a 102-degree fever.
You're hot. You're cold. And sore all over.
Most would call in sick to work and stay under blankets.
But Ron Capps can't take a few sick days away from his office.
The veteran driver of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Funny Car woke up sick with a high fever Sunday morning. He not only showed up for work but advanced to the semifinals round of the NHRA Winternationals on a cold, dreary day at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif.
"Fever this morning and feel like I was run over by a Freightliner truck," Capps posted Tuesday on his Twitter.com account (@NapaRonCapps).
He promises to be with his Don Schumacher Racing team when it arrives in Phoenix for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.
Capps, who won the Phoenix title in 2009 and was runner-up there in 2005, was pleased with how crew chief "General" Tim Richards had his NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T running at Pomona.
"It's encouraging going into Phoenix," he said of the car's performance before leaving Pomona on Sunday.
"The best part about having a guy like the General is when we get conditions that are warm and marginal track conditions that aren't like they were here at Pomona you have to have the experience and be a savvy crew chief to be able to back the car down and he has that.
"The best part is looking around at the crew guys. We just lost, but they are encouraged. They are excited and can't wait to go to the next race. That means a lot."
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