“I remember seeing and working on John’s championship cars so to have
my own Full Throttle championship funny car is pretty neat. I have to
thank Auto Club and Tom McKernan as well as all our sponsors like
Castrol, Ford, Mac Tools and BrandSource for making my championship
possible. This is also more than just my car. This is a representation
of all the hard work my crew chief Jimmy Prock and my crew guys put into
making a great run in the Countdown last year,” said Hight, the No. 2
seed in the 2010 Countdown.
“Last year in Indy we barely made the Countdown and then we won three
races to get the championship. This season I wanted to be a dominant
car and we have won four races so far. I would never guarantee a
championship or a race win. They are too hard to earn. I have been in
the past four Mac Tools U.S. Nationals finals and I would love to get
this Full Throttle World Championship Auto Club Mustang into the
winner’s circle this year and start the Countdown with a lot of
momentum,” said Hight.
This is the third specialty Mustang Funny Car for Hight. He raced a
Rookie of the Year Mustang in 2006, the year after he won the Auto Club
Road to the Future award, winning the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals that year
and in 2008 he raced a Los Angeles Dodgers commemorative Mustang the
last two races of the season.