For the 37th time the Ignitor Opener marked the official start of the 2007 racing season at Boise, Idaho's Firebird Raceway. Following three days of time trials and qualifying under very hot conditions, Sunday revealed superb air for all the racers. Temperatures just barely hit 70 degrees on the final day of eliminations, a nice change following the 90 plus degree heat wave on Saturday and a large turnout of racers and fans loved every minute of it.

As they plan to do at several races this year, the Nitro Thunder camp brought both team cars to Boise with Brett Harris in the red car and Jack Harris in the blue car. In spite of the hot temps Jack qualified # 2 with a 5.941 at 243.63 and Brett # 3 with a 5.961 at 254.16 (top speed of the event). However, eliminations didn't go as hoped with Jack suffering a huge supercharger explosion in his round one win. Due to the extensive damage car owner, John Rodeck opted to not return for round two which opened the door for eventual winner Mike McClennan to get back in on the break rule. Ironically McClennan was paired with Brett Harris in round two and got the win by the slimmest of margins with a 5.90 to Harris' 5.91. The race was the quickest side-by-side Top Fuel race in track history.

 

The first qualifying session was Friday and Brett Harris was paired with Troy Green.

Green's car shook the tires at about 150ft, he peddaled and got it to recover. Harris crossed the center line at about 1000ft taking out the clocks and disqualifying both times.

For his second qualifying attempt Harris was once again paired with Troy Green.

Racing aside, the Ignitor also served as multi-car test ground for the newest generation of M&H "spec" tires. This is a tire that 93 year old Marv Rifchin (the M in M&H) has been working on for three years. It's design and the way they are constructed is very different from previous releases. This will hopefully solved the "chunking" problem the NTF cars have been experiencing the past.

Neither car experienced any significant problems with Green going low with a 5.909 at 228.13 mph and Harris right with him carding a 5.961 at 254.16.

In the semi-finals Brett Harris was paired with Mike McClennan who was back in on the break rule.

Both cars left together with McClennan getting the win by the slimmest of margins with a 5.90 to Harris' 5.91. The race was the quickest side-by-side Top Fuel race in track history. McClennan would go on to beat Troy Green in the final.