Champion Spark Plugs
Ron Capps Motorsports Sparks Partnership with DRiV’s Champion® Brand
BROWNSBURG, IN – Two-time defending NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps and his NAPA Auto Parts Toyota GR Supra Funny 
Car team have solidified a partnership with DRiV’s Champion® brand, it was announced today.
For over 115 years, the iconic Champion brand has been a world leader in the manufacturing of spark plugs for every kind of combustion engine. Champion offers a full line of spark plugs for all types of machines including cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, boats, lawn equipment and more to keep engines running their best. Champion has also been a long-time preferred spark plug vender of NAPA Auto Parts, with DRiV having been a supplier to the NAPA system for many years.
Ron Capps Motorsports (RCM) crew chief Dean ‘Guido’ Antonelli has utilized Champion spark plugs throughout much of his tuning career and knows that the difference between running a high-quality spark plug from Champion versus a lesser-quality brand could cost a team a round-win at best, and engine damage at worst.
“Spark plugs can really be a make-or-break for a team,” said Antonelli, the driving force behind the RCM/Champion partnership. “The spark plug is one of the most important parts in keeping all eight cylinders in the engine lit. Engines have 16 spark plugs – two in each cylinder – so if you have a spark plug failure and drop a cylinder, you lose more than a thousand horsepower in a split second. That can not only cost you your race oftentimes, but even worse, it could also lead to costly engine damage, so it’s important for us to run the best parts and pieces in our car, and Champion plugs are the best, no question.”
‘Search for a Champion’ Finalist Marina Anderson Kicking off 2017 Season with Final Licensing
JOLIET, IL – After being selected as one of 25 finalists in Champion Spark Plugs’ ‘Search for a Champion’ contest, 
Marina Anderson will begin her 2017 season with the final passes required to earn her NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster license. Anderson and her family-owned A/Fuel dragster anticipate a multi-race schedule with the NHRA and ADRL series. The Illinois team will be working with Premium Motorsports Products (PMP) to accommodate its parts supply needs and to provide supplementary technical support.
Anderson, 24, was one of only two drag racers to be named a finalist in the 2017 Search for a Champion contest, put on by Champion Spark Plugs since 2012. Anderson’s story of fabricating and driving her nitromethane-injected A/Fuel dragster captured the attention of thousands of voters over the multiple voting periods required to reach the “Finalist” status.
“It was definitely rewarding to be named a finalist because there were over a thousand entries,” Anderson said. “It was an honor to know that I was in the top 25 of the thousand on-the-track entries. It’s been a really big honor to be a part of it and to have people, some that I didn’t even know, telling me that they voted for me. It’s been a humbling experience.”
