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NOSTALGIA RACING; NHRA driver Ron Capps goes old school in a 1970 Funny Car.(Revs)

Byline: MARK VAUGHN Einstein said that if you go fast enough you'll eventually go back in time. Or was it that time would slow down? Drag racer Ron Capps never met Einstein, but he goes pretty fast, 300-plus mph several times every weekend in his nitro-powered Funny Car. Last month Capps finally went back in time, about 35 years back. At the Eighth Annual Goodguys Pomona Nitro Nationals on Aug. 5-7, Capps spent his off-weekend driving a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Nostalgia Funny Car. "It's been a dream of mine ever since I used to go to Lions drag strip with my dad,'' he said. ...