Harris Racing has long considered
Rocky Mountain Raceway their "home track" and during
the 2006 season the Nitro Thunder cars made three appearances
between June and August at this state-of-the-art facility. Since
these were not open competition appearances there are no race
reports per se. So, we have taken selected shots from all three
events to make this a collection of Rocky Mountain highs.
Photo credit: Lisa Leonard -
High Performance Coatings, Inc.
The new Nitro Thunder funny car
with Jack Harris at the wheel was featured at all three events.
"The Sheriff"
always gives credit to his "Posse".
Harris gets his gear
on prior to a run.
Ready!
Backing up from the burnout.
Don Tyrrell (right) and Brett
Harris give things a last look before sending Jack up to stage.
Rayce Muchmore guides
Harris into the staging beams.
Tyrrell activates the
on board data computer.
Jack goes into the second
light - ready to rumble.
Off on another 220 MPH
pass.
At the end of the track, the
first thing Jack does when he gets out is pick his chutes up.
Recapping the run with
Steve Watson.
The Nitro Thunder team played
host to one of their sponsors, Lisa Leonard of High Performance
Coatings, Inc.
The pace at match races is slower
than competition events so the crew can work at a more relaxed
pace.
At one event "Flathead Jack"
brought his dual engine dragster to Utah and Harris made some
exhibition runs for the fans.
The August 5th event featured
a faster/son match race with Jack in the funny car and Brett
in the Top Fuel dragster.
Shot from the stands,
Brett is backed up from his burnout.
The dragster was, is and always
will be the quicker and faster of the two cars but to see both
Nitro Thunder fuel cars side by side brought the crowd to their
feet.
The June event had Brett Harris
match racing Mendy Fry, the only female driver licensed in Nostalgia
Top Fuel. Brett took the best of three shoot out.
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