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Courtesy of John Force Racing<\/em><\/p>\n

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (March 13, 2025) \u2013 Robert Hight confirmed Thursday that he is stepping down as President of John Force Racing, confident that the company is in capable hands moving forward.<\/p>\n

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Robert Hight\/ Photography: John Force Racing \/ Auto Imagery \/ Gary Nastase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI had 30 great years at JFR,\u201d Hight said. \u201cBut being out of the car last year made me realize there are other things I want to do, especially with my wife Leslie and my family.  John opened so many doors for me and I\u2019m just glad I was there to help him and the company through everything that happened last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 55-year-old Hight began his career as a crew member on Force\u2019s championship-winning Funny Car in 1995. Later he was the Facilities Manager at JFR before becoming the company\u2019s first designated test driver in 2004. He made his competitive driving debut in 2005, winning in just his fourth career start. Force promoted him to company president in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Robert Hight. NHRA photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Driving primarily for crew chief Jimmy Prock, Hight won 65 tour events and Funny Car World Championships in 2009, 2017 and 2019. He was runner-up to Matt Hagan in his final season (2023) before being sidelined with a medical issue in 2024. The driver who replaced him, Prock\u2019s youngest son Austin, won the championship last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamily is everything,\u201d Force said. \u201cSo as much as I\u2019ll miss Robert, I understand that he has some other things he wants to do. He was a big part of the success of John Force Racing for more than 25 years. I love him and I wish him well in whatever he decides to do. Down the line, we\u2019ll name a new President, but right now we\u2019ve got a great team in place and I\u2019m looking forward to working closer with everyone. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe just signed new deals with PEAK, Cornwell Tools and HendrickCars.com,\u201d said the Hall of Fame team owner and driver. \u201cAnd I\u2019m really excited about being back at the track with all of them, with our race teams and with all our other partners including Chevrolet and Monster.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy and Thomas Prock, Nate Hildahl, my son-in-law Daniel Hood, Chris Cunningham, Tim Fabrisi, David Grubnic and John Collins. That\u2019s our brain trust,\u201d Force said. \u201cThey run the race cars, but they also work with Sam Fabiano at Force American Made, our company in Brownsburg (Ind.) that makes all our parts, everything from chassis to engine blocks to cylinder heads to superchargers. It\u2019s why we stay on top.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Robert leaving, Bob McAleer will be my go-to guy,\u201d Force said, referring to JFR\u2019s Brownsburg-based Director of Business Operations. \u201cHe already works closely with our partners. Now, he\u2019ll be working with me a lot more, and with the brain trust, to keep this machine firing on all cylinders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of John Force Racing BROWNSBURG, Ind. (March 13, 2025) \u2013 Robert Hight confirmed Thursday that he is stepping down as President of John Force Racing, confident that the company is in capable hands moving forward. \u201cI had 30 great years at JFR,\u201d Hight said. \u201cBut being out of the car last year made me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":50334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[116,6,121],"class_list":["post-50332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhra","tag-john-force-racing","tag-nhra","tag-robert-hight"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-d5O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25276,"url":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/14\/brittany-force-robert-hight-dominate-at-nhra-springnationals\/","url_meta":{"origin":50332,"position":0},"title":"Brittany Force, Robert Hight dominate at NHRA SpringNationals","author":"Mike Haag","date":"April 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Mike Haag BAYTOWN, Texas - It was a John Force Racing kind of day Sunday at the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park. 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