Sunday
- Round Two
2:16 p.m. Weather
conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 47
percent, barometer 32.06 inches, track temperature 81 degrees.
Round two found
Harris paired with Shannon Stewart who nosed out Adam Sorokin
in round one.
This
was over at the hit when Harris flat drilled Stewart on the tree
0.053 to 0.181.
Harris
clicked Big Red at the 1200' mark and coasted to a 5.735 at 243.30
win.
Going into the
semi finals the stakes would go up as the four cars left were
all heavy hitters capable of winning it all. The crew could afford
no mistakes in their between round maintenance.
Sunday
- Round Three
4:50 p.m. Its
cooling off and Harris was paired with Denver Schutz who needed
to find at least 2 tenths to get by Big Red.
Harris left first - again
- and never looked back.
Harris wanted to make a statement
and he did. A 5.656 at 257.28 was low ET of the event and good
for lane choice in the final against Rick White. Schutz ran a
game 5.843 at 258.17 in a losing effort.
Top
Fuel Final
6:30 p.m. The entire weekend
had been leading up to this pair in the final of Top Fuel. Brett
Harris and Rick White were the class of the field and deserved
to be sitting in the staging lanes waiting for a shot at history.
Harris caught a slightly better
light (0.057 to 0.090) and from that point on it was one hell
of a drag race....
This was the scene for
the entire quarter mile. Both cars welded together.
Harris held on to win the
quickest side by side match-up for front engined fuelers in history.
White was quickest at every split except for the one that mattered.
Harris' 5.674 at 263.77 (top speed of the event) nipped White's
5.684 at 259.36 (career best ET and speed).
Brett Harris' incremental times:
60ft-1.025 sec., 330ft-2.609, 660ft-3.814/207.85mph, 1,000ft-4.823
Rick White's incremental times:
60ft-1.016 sec., 330ft-2.599, 660ft-3.805/207.37mph, 1,000ft-4.820.
The thrill of victory!
The crews reactions speak
for themselves....
John Bowser broke loose from
his position on the Safely Safari to congratulate Brett and Jack.
Cami Beck (granddaughter of champion
Top Fuel driver Gary Beck) has been a regular in the Harris camp
for the last couple of years and and according to Jack the team
has never lost when she has been their "mascot". Or
as they now call her - their "good luck charm".
