ENNIS, Texas -- Robert Hight topped qualifying Friday in the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals with the third-quickest Funny Car pass in NHRA history.
Hight had a 3.839-second pass at 332.02 mph to break the Texas Motorplex time record. The 2009 season champion won this season in Gainesville, Florida.
"That was pretty impressive," Hight said. "Going up to that run, (crew chief) Mike Neff told me he thought we could run 3.84. To me, looking at that, we've never run that and we go up there and run a little quicker at 3.83. That shows he has a great handle on it and I'm not going to question him.