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ROBERT HIGHT *In, 2007, posted the two quickest quarter mile times in Funny Car history: 4.646 at Pomona Calif., 4.636 at Phoenix, Ariz. *In 2008, recorded the quickest time to 1,000 feet, the distance at which Funny Car races have been contested in the aftermath of the June, 2008 death of two-time world champion Scott Kalitta (4.005 seconds). *Won the 2005 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award as the NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year. *Won his first NHRA POWERade tour event in just his fourth start (Houston, Texas). *Won six straight championships as a member of the crew supporting the John Force-driven Castrol GTX Funny Car (1995-2000). YEAR-BY-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS 2008 *Started from No. 1 a category-best five times. *Posted the quickest Funny Car time to 1,000 feet (4.005 seconds at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway). *Highest-finishing Ford driver for the second straight year (fourth). *Won multiple events for fourth straight year and won Mac Tools U.S. Nationals for second time in three years. 2007 *Finished second in points for second straight year, losing the championship by less than one racing round (19 points). *Would have won the Funny Car title if the NHRA hadn’t altered the format with the creation of the Countdown to the Championship. *Started from No. 1 a category-best eight times and posted two quickest times in Funny Car history at 4.646 seconds and 4.635 seconds. 2006 *Started from No. 1 a category best nine times. *Won the world’s oldest, largest and richest drag racing, the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals 2005 *Finished fifth in POWERade points as a Funny Car rookie, earning the Auto Club’s Road to the Future Award as the Rookie-of-the-Year. *Won his first NHRA POWERade tour event in just his fourth start, beating Cruz Pedregon in the final round of the 2005 O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston, Texas.
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