2007 NHRA NATIONAL EVENT SCHEDULE
Listen to Trackside Interviews with Champions, Drivers and Crew Chiefs
Robert Hight
Hillary Will
Bob Vandergriff
Dave Connolly
Ed Iskenderian
Cory McClenathan
Robert Hight
Jim Yates
Tony Bartone
Hillary Will
Whit Bazemore
Byron Hines
| AWESOME IS HIGHTS DESCRIPTION OF
FLIGHT WITH NAVYS BLUE ANGELS
EL CENTRO, Calif. – POWERade points leader Robert Hight enjoyed 30 minutes of seat time in the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet Friday as he flew up, over and beyond the El Centro Naval Air Facility as the guest of Air Force pilot Nathan Miller, who piloted the jet used by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels precision flying team.
“It was awesome,” Hight said. “I didn’t know what to expect, but it
was a great experience. At one point we were pulling about 7.6 Gs and I
just about blacked out. I never got sick and by the end of the trip I
was very comfortable in the cockpit.
“I’m a pretty mechanical guy so when we were really diving and
accelerating over those mountains I was thinking, ‘What if we stall or
have an engine problem?’ We’d have been finished,” said the driver of
the Automobile Club of Southern California Ford Mustand Funny Car. |
“Those
pilots put so much time and effort into practicing and being the best at
what they do. It is really impressive and inspiring. I have nothing but
respect for them. Flying with the Blue Angels was something I have
always wanted to do and I am just very appreciative that, thanks to the
Auto Club, I got the chance of a lifetime,” concluded Hight.
