Hight rockets to top Funny Car spot; Shoe, Anderson also leads in Vegas.
Reigning Rookie of the Year Robert Hight showed Las Vegas Motor Speedway the quickest Funny Car pass in its' eight-year history Friday, covering "the Strip's" quarter-mile in 4.702 seconds at 327 mph to lead the qualifying action at the seventh annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals.
Three-time and reigning Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher and Pro Stock points leader Greg Anderson also earned provisional low qualifier honors at the $1.7 million race, the fifth of 23 on the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Schumacher posted a 4.501-second lightning strike in the first round of action, while Anderson waited until the cooler evening session to run a 6.787-second pass.
Just got round 3 off the Summit site; looks like its a little warm in the desert today - lots of tire smokers. No major changes.