The fact he has no experience doesn’t scare NHRA Funny Car driver Robert Hight.
On Nov. 6, Hight will debate NASCAR racer Joey Logano at the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR race in Ft. Worth. The debate will kick off at 9:45 a.m., CST. at the AAA display.
The great debate, Hight hopes, will determine which is better, racing in a straight line or turning in circles.
“No experience whatsoever with debating, but I have good ammo because I’m talking about NHRA drag racing being better than NASCAR racing,” Hight said. “So that’s easy to talk about right?”
Hight wouldn’t reveal his game plan, but says drag racing’s naturally good attributes makes his job easier.
“The fans can come back here in the pits and be a part of what’s going on; see my team work on my car, get autographs from all the drivers,” Hight said. “We get the fans more involved than NASCAR.”
And right now, the election is in the hands of those fans who are decidedly on Hight’s side.
“Right now I’ve got 53 percent of the votes, he’s got 47 percent, and each of us has a race to gain votes,” Hight explained. “When I go to Dallas to do this debate, I’ll be at that NASCAR race, and hopefully I can sway some of those NASCAR fans to vote NHRA.”
Hight said the debate should help AAA Auto Club of Southern California in the presentation of the company to motorsport fans.
“I think Autoclub is using it as a measurement of how well their activation is at an NHRA event versus a NASCAR event,” Hight said. “Right now that gives me a lot of pride knowing that we go in with each of us having one race to get votes and us leading. We finish off at Pomona, and we know there are a lot of AAA fans and AAA members at that race that’ll be out there voting.”
Hight promises, as much as he and Logano want to drive their points home, there will be no mudslinging like in the United States Presidential debate.
“He and I are going to have a good time,” Hight said. “He’s a good guy. No mudslinging. We’ve all had enough of that with what’s going on in the presidential campaign. In fact, I think either him or I could do a better job than either one of those two bozos.”
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Bobby Bennett is the Publisher/Editor of CompetitionPlus.com, a leading independent online drag racing magazine, since 1999. For the latest in dragster news worldwide, visit www.competitionplus.com or follow on Twitter @competitionplus
