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Defending Gateway Funny Car Champ Capps Returns with 'Ace' By His ...

RON CAPPS QUICK FACTS: * Leading 2006 Funny Car point standings after 11 events, by 106 over John Force * Has five wins, two runner-up finishes, one semifinal finish in 2006 so far * Qualified No. 2 at 2005 O‘Reilly Midwest Nationals, winner to Tim Wilkerson * Won 1997 Funny Car event here * Had three wins, four runner-up finishes in 2005 (St. Louis was his first win for DSR in ‘05), won at Chicago 2 at Route 66 Raceway and Las Vegas 2 * 2005 Funny Car championship runner-up, eight points short of title * Qualified No. 1 once in 2005, in Dallas; first time since Brainerd 2000 * A perennial fan favorite, Capps has driven and won in both Top Fuel and Funny Cars since he began his pro NHRA career in 1995 * His best season points finishes were seconds in Funny Car in 1998, 2000 and 2005 * He has 22 event wins in 44 final rounds to his credit (21 national event wins in Funny Car, one in Top Fuel) * His career-best elapsed time (established during an event) is 4.694 seconds, set in 2005 in Dallas * His career-best speed is 329.02 mph (Chicago - more available

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Skeletons in the closet

If the writers and editors at the country's top fashion magazines are not dipping into their publications' closets -- or at least not confessing to an occasion al skim -- there is a good reason. Magazines are in a constant battle to get their hands on the same one or two dresses. Clothes seldom stick around for more than a few weeks before being shipped back, and sometimes hotter fashions are only on the premises just long enough to photograph. The dress that is modeled on the runway at seasonal fashion shows is the same dress that Halle Berry wears on the red carpet the following week. It's also the same dress that eventually makes its way to Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Elle.

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Skeletons in the closet

If the writers and editors at the country's top fashion magazines are not dipping into their publications' closets -- or at least not confessing to an occasion al skim -- there is a good reason. Magazines are in a constant battle to get their hands on the same one or two dresses. Clothes seldom stick around for more than a few weeks before being shipped back, and sometimes hotter fashions are only on the premises just long enough to photograph. The dress that is modeled on the runway at seasonal fashion shows is the same dress that Halle Berry wears on the red carpet the following week. It's also the same dress that eventually makes its way to Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Elle.