--- title: "Inside Hurco blog: news and event from CNC machine company | Mike Cope (4)" description: Blog about Hurco that covers the people, customers, partners, and events that create the culture of innovation at this CNC machine company. (4) --- # Inside Hurco blog: news and events from CNC machine company Blog about Hurco that covers the people, customers, partners, and events that create the culture of innovation at this CNC machine company. Browse by All racing Hurco NHRA indy John Force Racing indycar Ed Carpenter Robert Hight rinus veekay Indianapolis 500 John Force Brittany Force Hurco 50th Anniversary Conor Daly JFR austin prock bottle breacher testimonials 5-Axis Machining WinMax Conversational Programming customer Cornwell Tools Education Automation CNC Control & Software Hurco50 Ryan Hunter-Reay youth in manufacturing Automotive COVID-19 Coronavirus Employees Jake Timm Medical NC / G-Code Programming cnc machining control technology hurco cnc Behind the scenes High Speed Machining Hurco Customer Inside Hurco Milling Mold Making Prototype Machining Victoria Beaner Racing bitcoin bmo automation cnc lathe cnc mill conversational cnc control funny car indy 500 machine tending vincennes university Aerospace & Defense Blog CAD/CAM / Post Processor Distributor News Dreyer and Reinbold Racing ESG Environmental, Social, and Governance Gatornationals Hurco History IMTS IMTS 2018 IMTS Spark IMTS2020 Innovators West Media Coverage Montana Brand Nasdaq PRI Show SkillsUSA Turning USSF Victoria Beaner Vintage Hurco Wade Moore Winner of Tickets YAMAHA air force conversational programming dragster entrepreneur firestone grand prix hurco france indianapolis motor speedway industrial automation inventions livery motorcycle procobots stealth bomber vmx30uhsi ## Posts by Mike Cope: ![Courtney and Brittany Force Reflect on 2016 and Look Ahead to 2017](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/BF%20Gator%20winners%20circle.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) ![HIGHT RACES TO SEMIFINALS AT AAA TEXAS FALLNATIONALS](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Hight_1st_rnd_Lewis-1.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) ENNIS, TX --- The AAA Texas Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team and driver Robert Hight qualified No. 1 and continued a dominant day at the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals racing to the semifinals before falling to eventual winner Matt Hagan. Hight made six consecutive 3.8 second runs including the quickest runs of the first two rounds of eliminations today. No driver has started a race with six consecutive elapsed times in the 3.8 range and his qualifying time was the third quickest Funny Car time in NHRA history. [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) **CHAMPIONSHIP WITHIN REACH FOR BRITTANY FORCE AND MONSTER ENERGY** ![BRITTANY FORCE RUNNER-UP AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/BFirce_2_Sun_Nastase_1.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) READING, PA --- For the second time in three years Brittany Force raced to the final round at the Dodge NHRA Nationals. Today she was facing the two-time world champion Antron Brown in a rematch of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. It was one of the closest final rounds so far in the Countdown as both dragsters ran identical elapsed times of 3.721 seconds. Force came up .003 of a second short to Brown after both drivers had nearly equal reaction times with Brown slightly edging Force, a three-time winner this season at the stripe. ![JOHN FORCE RACING ENJOYS DAY OF MOTIVATING AND EDUCATION IN MILWAUKEE](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Team_signing_autographs.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) MILWAUKEE, WI (September 27, 2016) --- The entire contingent of John Force Racing drivers as well as the crew of the PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team spent the day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, participating in two rewarding and exciting events in conjunction with Old World Industries, the parent company of team sponsors PEAK and Blue Def. The team, led by 16-time Funny Car champion John Force, were the featured speakers at the Al Hurvis/ADAMM Education Foundation, Inc. luncheon and then in the afternoon Force fired up his 10,000 horsepower Funny Car for over 100 students at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC).  [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) **HIGHT EAGER TO ARRIVE AT RECORD SETTING MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY** [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) **ROBERT HIGHT LOOKING TO ST. LOUIS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP BUMP** ![JOSEF NEWGARDEN FINISHES CAREER-BEST FOURTH IN INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/pic_1.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [indycar](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indycar) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) | Gearbox Issue Ends Spencer Pigot's Rookie Season Early  | | --- | | SONOMA, Calif. (September 18, 2016) – Race Notes Josef Newgarden will leave Sonoma... | | --- | ![JOHN FORCE WINS CAROLINA NATIONALS MOVES TO THIRD IN POINTS](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/JForce_Win_Nastase.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) CHARLOTTE, NC --- John Force made the most the first Countdown race of 2016 picking up his 146th career win and moving from the No. 8 to No. 3 position in the Mello Yello point standings. Force outran Dave Richards, Tim Wilkerson, Ron Capps and then Tommy Johnson Jr to pick up his first win at the Carolina NHRA Nationals. From the winner’s circle stage Force dedicated the victory to his sponsors and announced he would be sending the Wally trophy to Advance Auto Parts who were emblazoned across the side of his Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car along with primary sponsor PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant. ![COMEBACK EFFORT BY NEWGARDEN ENDS WITH A PODIUM FINISH AT WATKINS GLEN](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/ECR_1.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/racing) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/topic/nhra) ***Newgarden Earns 2nd Place At Watkins Glen International Following Accident on Saturday; Pigot Finishes 15th*** [ Prev ](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/3) [1](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/1) [2](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/2) [3](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/3) [4](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/4) [5](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/5) [ Next ](https://blog.hurco.com/backstage-pass/author/mike-cope/page/5) ### Subscribe to the Machinists Blog Copyright © 2026, Hurco Companies, Inc. ![](https://secure.pass8heal.com/222100.png)