Funny Car points leader Robert Hight matches his career-best mark with sixth victory this season.For Funny Car dominator Robert Hight, winning the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals Sunday at Pacific Raceways, near Seattle, was a bit commonplace.
Coughlin Jr. called himself “definitely blessed” to break onto the Pro Stock winners list. “I’ll never forget this. It hasn’t sunk in yet.”Elite Performance team owner Richard Freeman said, “T.J. wanted that. He deserves it. We struggled first part of the year, but it’s coming around.” As for two of his cars facing off in the final, he said, “I think you’re going to see a whole lot more of that.”
Joe Maynard said Sunday, “I think I bought a winner. Tony said, ‘We’ve had every rough break you could have.’ Cathi and I don’t have any doubt this is winning team. It just hadn’t started yet. We think it started today, and we plan on it staying this way for a long time. We’ve got the bets that’s ever been, so I’m going to go with that.”Robert Hight denied final-round opponent JR Todd the distinction of being just the fourth to win at Pacific Raceways in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.
He might also have lost some cash if he had bet three weeks ago that he would have opened a 228-point advantage on closest rival Matt Hagan during the Western Swing. Just before the trek through Denver, Sonoma , and Seattle, Hight swiped the points lead from Hagan, a three-time winner and six-time finalist early in the year – by a mere 21 points. Hagan lost in the first round at all three Western Swing stops.
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