TWO WINS SHOWS HIGHT'S 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP WAS NO FLUKE
Mon, 2010-05-17 15:00
In the past six years, Robert Hight has been in the finals four times in the 
Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. He won in 2007 and on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the Peach State, Hight beat out sister-in-law Ashley Force Hood for his second win at the Commerce, GA facility and his second consecutive win of the season.
Hight won his first race of the season two weeks ago in St. Louis.
“This Ford Mustang has been unbelievable this weekend. We only missed this racetrack one run and it was on a killer run that run,” said Hight. “To run 18, 18, 19 and 18 again is unheard of in these fuel cars.”
In the past six years, Robert Hight has been in the finals four times in theSouthern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. He won in 2007 and on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the Peach State, Hight beat out sister-in-law Ashley Force Hood for his second win at the Commerce, GA facility and his second consecutive win of the season.
Hight won his first race of the season two weeks ago in St. Louis.
“This Ford Mustang has been unbelievable this weekend. We only missed this racetrack one run and it was on a killer run that run,” said Hight. “To run 18, 18, 19 and 18 again is unheard of in these fuel cars.”
Hight clearly was consistent all day long and it was that consistency which led to the win. Hight posted the fastest time through every round of eliminations and was quickest at the tree when in meant the most in the semifinal and final rounds.
Asked earlier this year about his goals for 2010, Robert Hight never hesitated saying he wanted to win the Funny Car championship again, just not in the same style of the 2009 season title.
Last year Hight entered the Countdown to 1 in the final transfer spot under suspect circumstances. This year, Hight is third in the point standings behind teammates John Force and Ashley Force Hood.
He is five points behind second place Force Hood, on the strength of consecutive wins in St. Louis and Atlanta Dragway. He says winning at St. Louis and now again in Atlanta shows his team is ready to defend their title.
“St. Louis Sunday morning,” says Hight is where his season turned this year. “We qualified in the bottom half of the field there. Jimmy (Prock) made some changes to the engine. When you're fighting a gremlin you forget about all the other things; you just have to work on the engine. We had been burning pistons up, so he made wholesale change Sunday morning and we haven't looked back since.”
Hight remembers struggling last year, so when his team was presented with their championship rings this weekend he told them “Guys, let's go out here and act like were champs. We earned it last year.”
Hight admits to having concerns early in the year but with two Wallys in the past two races he knows his title last year was no fluke and that his Auto Club Ford Mustang is for real.
Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. He won in 2007 and on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the Peach State, Hight beat out sister-in-law Ashley Force Hood for his second win at the Commerce, GA facility and his second consecutive win of the season. Hight won his first race of the season two weeks ago in St. Louis.
“This Ford Mustang has been unbelievable this weekend. We only missed this racetrack one run and it was on a killer run that run,” said Hight. “To run 18, 18, 19 and 18 again is unheard of in these fuel cars.”
In the past six years, Robert Hight has been in the finals four times in the
Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. He won in 2007 and on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the Peach State, Hight beat out sister-in-law Ashley Force Hood for his second win at the Commerce, GA facility and his second consecutive win of the season. Hight won his first race of the season two weeks ago in St. Louis.
“This Ford Mustang has been unbelievable this weekend. We only missed this racetrack one run and it was on a killer run that run,” said Hight. “To run 18, 18, 19 and 18 again is unheard of in these fuel cars.”
Hight clearly was consistent all day long and it was that consistency which led to the win. Hight posted the fastest time through every round of eliminations and was quickest at the tree when in meant the most in the semifinal and final rounds.
Asked earlier this year about his goals for 2010, Robert Hight never hesitated saying he wanted to win the Funny Car championship again, just not in the same style of the 2009 season title.
Last year Hight entered the Countdown to 1 in the final transfer spot under suspect circumstances. This year, Hight is third in the point standings behind teammates John Force and Ashley Force Hood.
He is five points behind second place Force Hood, on the strength of consecutive wins in St. Louis and Atlanta Dragway. He says winning at St. Louis and now again in Atlanta shows his team is ready to defend their title.
“St. Louis Sunday morning,” says Hight is where his season turned this year. “We qualified in the bottom half of the field there. Jimmy (Prock) made some changes to the engine. When you're fighting a gremlin you forget about all the other things; you just have to work on the engine. We had been burning pistons up, so he made wholesale change Sunday morning and we haven't looked back since.”
Hight remembers struggling last year, so when his team was presented with their championship rings this weekend he told them “Guys, let's go out here and act like were champs. We earned it last year.”
Hight admits to having concerns early in the year but with two Wallys in the past two races he knows his title last year was no fluke and that his Auto Club Ford Mustang is for real.
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