Hight Gets New Record

For the second time this year, John Force team driver Robert Hight has recorded the quickest Funny Car pass in history.

Hight finished a quarter-mile in 4.636 seconds at 327.74 mph during qualifying for the Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.

Track conditions may have contributed to a string of new records on Friday night.

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Top Fuel leader Tony Schumacher's set a track record time of 4.430 seconds in his dragster, the fourth-quickest run ever in that category.

Defending Funny Car race winner Tommy Johnson Jr.'s top speed of 330.88 mph in a Chevy Monte Carlo also was a track record.

Funny car newcomer Ashley Force drove a career-best 4.730 at 319.82 mph to place her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang in fifth place. Her decorated dad is a distant 15th on the grid after a shutoff 5.507 at 232.99 mph.

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