Fantastic Video: The Moment That Robert Hight’s Crew Learned That They Were Funny Car Champs In The Pits!


Fantastic Video: The Moment That Robert Hight’s Crew Learned That They Were Funny Car Champs In The Pits!

Now this is great! What you are about to see is the actual moment when Robert Hight’s hardworking crew found out that they were 2017 funny car champions at the World Finals last weekend. Now, you may be wondering why they didn’t know this earlier or when they were at the starting line. As things worked out, Robert Hight ran ahead of Ron Capps in the order and after winning his round and towing back to the pits to service the car, Ron Capps came up to race Del Worsham for their first round matchup. If Ron beat Del, the chase would have continued. Ron didn’t beat Del and here’s where things get awesome.

After a year that saw them traversing the country end to end, working in weather that ranged from unseasonably chilly to blast furnace hot, and everything in between, their hard work and struggle was validated. We love the genuine nature of the reaction and we love the fact that the guys basically line up to slap bear hugs onto their crew chief Jimmy Prock as well. Additionally we love the fact that they were right across from Courtney’s Advance Auto Parts car and that crew was obviously pumped up to boot.

Outside of the obvious happiness for winning the championship this win has huge implications for the crew guys as well. There are significant bonuses paid by sponsors for winning championships and a portion of that money goes right back to the crew in the form of bonus money. In some cases that bonus money can rival one’s actual yearly salary. We’re not talking $15 and a six pack, we’re talking way more than that.

This is one of the most real and honest behind the scenes looks that you’ll ever get at triumph like this.

Press play below to see what raw emotion looks like – This means A LOT to these men


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