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NHRA family celebrates Medlen's memory at HRP

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Sunday, April 1, 2007

BAYTOWN, Texas -- Moments after Ron Capps blasted down the track at more 307 mph to earn his second consecutive NHRA victory, he got out of his Funny Car, pulled off his helmet and started to cry. Those weren't tears of joy. J.R. Todd, who won in Top Fuel, knew exactly what Capps was feeling. Everyone did. An emotional and difficult weekend at the O'Reilly Spring Nationals ended nine days after Funny Car racer Eric Medlen lost his life from a testing crash in Gainesville, Fla. "I've neve ...

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