HIGHT KNOCKING ON DOOR OF NEW FC RECORD
Sat, 2010-03-27 14:00
John Force Racing’s Robert Hight ripped down the zMax Dragway during the second round of qualifying for the 
4-Wide Nationals, setting a track record and posting the third-quickest 1,000-foot time in NHRA history.
But Hight wants more. And, he knows he might need more. Hight said Friday that his 4.024-second, 314.24 mph run may not hold up in Saturday’s qualifying sessions.
“Yeah, I believe the conditions will be good enough tomorrow that if I don’t run better than a 4.02, that may not stay No. 1,” Hight said. “I’ve been in this position quite a few times, running these killer runs, and never backed it up for a national record. I’ve never got a record. I’ve made the quickest runs at quarter-mile and quickest runs at 1,000 feet, but never backed it up. Tomorrow, our goal is to back this thing up.”
John Force Racing’s Robert Hight ripped down the zMax Dragway during the second round of qualifying for the4-Wide Nationals, setting a track record and posting the third-quickest 1,000-foot time in NHRA history.
But Hight wants more. And, he knows he might need more. Hight said Friday that his 4.024-second, 314.24 mph run may not hold up in Saturday’s qualifying sessions.
“Yeah, I believe the conditions will be good enough tomorrow that if I don’t run better than a 4.02, that may not stay No. 1,” Hight said. “I’ve been in this position quite a few times, running these killer runs, and never backed it up for a national record. I’ve never got a record. I’ve made the quickest runs at quarter-mile and quickest runs at 1,000 feet, but never backed it up. Tomorrow, our goal is to back this thing up.”
Hight’s run was the third-quickest and the second-fastest at 1,000-feet in NHRA history.
Hight ran the quickest 1,000-foot run in 2008 at Richmond, but he didn’t back it up within one percent of that time to claim a national record. Ron Capps, fastest in the first qualifying session, holds the national record of 4.023 seconds, set in Phoenix in 2009.
Hight said crew chief Jimmy Prock and the team figures that record could be broken on Saturday, with a 4-second flat or a 4.01-second run possible.
“I’d really like to go out there tomorrow and duplicate that and get a national record,” Hight said. “Now, NHRA pays attention to it and acknowledges a national record, and that’s 20 more points toward this championship, and that’s big right now.”
What about a 3.99-second pass?
“You never know,” Hight said. “If we can get this thing to run better to the 330-foot mark, a couple hundredths better, there’s a chance of that. We’ve done that in the past. It’s a tough deal putting all of those pieces together and making it run all the increments on the race track.”
4-Wide Nationals, setting a track record and posting the third-quickest 1,000-foot time in NHRA history.But Hight wants more. And, he knows he might need more. Hight said Friday that his 4.024-second, 314.24 mph run may not hold up in Saturday’s qualifying sessions.
“Yeah, I believe the conditions will be good enough tomorrow that if I don’t run better than a 4.02, that may not stay No. 1,” Hight said. “I’ve been in this position quite a few times, running these killer runs, and never backed it up for a national record. I’ve never got a record. I’ve made the quickest runs at quarter-mile and quickest runs at 1,000 feet, but never backed it up. Tomorrow, our goal is to back this thing up.”
John Force Racing’s Robert Hight ripped down the zMax Dragway during the second round of qualifying for the
4-Wide Nationals, setting a track record and posting the third-quickest 1,000-foot time in NHRA history.But Hight wants more. And, he knows he might need more. Hight said Friday that his 4.024-second, 314.24 mph run may not hold up in Saturday’s qualifying sessions.
“Yeah, I believe the conditions will be good enough tomorrow that if I don’t run better than a 4.02, that may not stay No. 1,” Hight said. “I’ve been in this position quite a few times, running these killer runs, and never backed it up for a national record. I’ve never got a record. I’ve made the quickest runs at quarter-mile and quickest runs at 1,000 feet, but never backed it up. Tomorrow, our goal is to back this thing up.”
Hight’s run was the third-quickest and the second-fastest at 1,000-feet in NHRA history.
Hight ran the quickest 1,000-foot run in 2008 at Richmond, but he didn’t back it up within one percent of that time to claim a national record. Ron Capps, fastest in the first qualifying session, holds the national record of 4.023 seconds, set in Phoenix in 2009.
Hight said crew chief Jimmy Prock and the team figures that record could be broken on Saturday, with a 4-second flat or a 4.01-second run possible.
“I’d really like to go out there tomorrow and duplicate that and get a national record,” Hight said. “Now, NHRA pays attention to it and acknowledges a national record, and that’s 20 more points toward this championship, and that’s big right now.”
What about a 3.99-second pass?
“You never know,” Hight said. “If we can get this thing to run better to the 330-foot mark, a couple hundredths better, there’s a chance of that. We’ve done that in the past. It’s a tough deal putting all of those pieces together and making it run all the increments on the race track.”
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