ROBERT HIGHT *Became the third different driver to win a World Championship for John Force Racing with a year-end rally in which he won half the races in the Countdown to 1 playoffs. *Is the first driver in Funny Car history to win at least two events in his first six professional seasons as well as the first to lead the points in each of his first six campaigns. *Became the first and thus far only driver since the creation of the NHRA’s playoff system to win the title from the No. 10 and last starting position. *In, 2007, posted the two quickest quarter mile times in Funny Car history (4.646 at Pomona Calif., 4.636 at Phoenix, Ariz.) before the race course was shortened to 1,000 feet the following year. *In 2008, recorded the quickest time at the new distance when he was clocked in 4.005 seconds at Richmond, Va. *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 2010 *Beat boss, teammate and father-in-law John Force in the final round at Denver, Colo., and sister-in-law Ashley Force Hood in the money round at Atlanta. 2009 2008 *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 *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 *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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