Ron Capps suffered a supercharger explosion and the misfortune enabled the veteran Funny Car driver an opportunity to test NHRA's newly-mandated Electrimotion Safety Shutoff Controller during the first round of the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. Ron Capps suffered a supercharger explosion and the misfortune enabled the veteran Funny Car driver an opportunity to test NHRA's newly-mandated Electrimotion Safety Shutoff Controller during the first round of the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.

"It was so quick. It struck the tires and then exploded the supercharger right after that. If there is a bright side, we have the new shutoff controller on it, so when an explosion happens like that it shuts the fuel off and puts the parachute out.

"As soon as it blew up, I reached down to shut the fuel off, because you're trained to do that as a driver, and it was already off. So the ‘chute was out and everything did its job. If something like that happens and you get knocked out or something goes very wrong with the car, having that system is a good thing. It worked.”