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CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals
Pomona, Calif.
(February 7-10)

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Robert Hight Auto Club Ford Mustang

Pomona, Thursday: 2005 Rookie of the Year Robert Hight will continue to try and get a handle on his newly designed Auto Club of Southern California Ford Mustang. Under the new qualifying structure Hight is not slotted based on his qualifying run today since it was not one of the twelve quickest runs of the day. Hight still has three more opportunities to qualify for Sunday’s eliminations.

“The qualifying schedule for this race is good if you get in the first session but it isn’t if you are in the position we are in,” said the two-time POWERade Funny Car Championship runner-up Hight. ”We have all night to think about it and we have one more run tomorrow and then Saturday. We have been here before and we’ll be fine. You don’t get in a groove with one run a day.”

Both Hight and teammate Mike Neff are piloting Ford Mustang Funny Cars that have been structurally overhauled for the first time in 25 years. The new heavier chassis are also equipped, as are all Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters, with Ford Blue Boxes to further enhance the new safety initiatives that the NHRA, John Force Racing and Ford Motor Company are implementing.

“There is nothing wrong with this Ford Mustang. It drives nice and you have a lot of room. They also react to steering input really well. We are going off of all the information we got at testing in Phoenix which was a lot different than here. We have to regroup and we are going to run the car closer to the set-up from last year. It was really just too fast today,” said Hight.

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