Sometimes even the best pairings get lost along the way.

Now, in their reunion some four years later, Robert Hight and Jimmy Prock are hotter than ever. 

Friday in Brainerd, Hight with an aggressive tune-up in his Auto Club Camaro Funny Car became the quickest Funny Car driver in the world with a 3.793 elapsed time. 

And this was just the continuation of a hot streak dating where  Hight has won two of the last three NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events plus the special Night Under Fire match race at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio last weekend.

"We got the band back together, and we’re having a blast," said Hight. "Working hard, working together, talking to Jimmy. There’s not a day that goes by where Jimmy Prock and I don’t talk about the race car. Just best of friends and it’s like we never left each other and I hope we never do again."

Friday's record run was a major turn from four years ago when their combination had turned stale. 

Team owner John Force, in a surprise move, broke them up, moving Prock over to his team, and joining Mike Neff with Hight. 

Prock eventually left the team a year later, joining Don Schumacher Racing. Both the separation of a driver and tuner who once appeared joined at the hip, and the eventual departure of the tuner, both came as a total surprise. 

What came as no surprise; however, was the resumption of the Hight and Prock combination, which was ready to run roughshod on the extreme edge of pushing the envelope. 

Hight believes now, the rut which damned them in the previous association and the pitfalls are distant in the rearview mirror of a team going forward at a rapid rate. A bonafide anecdote for prevention of past mistakes is the addition of a third wheel to the duo. 

Call Chris Cunningham their insurance policy. 

"I think Chris Cunningham has made Jimmy Prock better," Hight revealed. "He is a great addition to this team. I saw Jimmy go right up to Chris before the [3.79] run and they had a little pow-wow up there in the staging lanes, and then Jimmy goes right back to the box, and it just worked out perfect."

Hight believes Cunningham is the voice of reason for Prock's aggressive nature.

"Without a doubt," Hight said. "You can hear that on the radio. He [Chris Cunningham] is assertive. When Jimmy asks him something it’s not “well I don’t know”, it’s “yes, do this and do that”. He’s sure of himself, and they are a great team. I was amazed that when I got back with Jimmy what a difference the two of them made together because Jimmy really never had anybody when he was with me to bounce ideas off of."

Let the record reflect Cunningham is no "yes" man.

"Jimmy does not sit still," Hight said. "He wants to go quicker and faster. In fact, I bet you by know he’s looked at the data and figured out where he could have run better than a .79 with a few tweaks here and there. There is no perfect run to Jimmy Prock. He is always out to be quicker and faster every single run."

And this suits Hight just fine.