The latter half of 1999 saw Brett Harris getting his license in Nitro Thunder and displacing dad in the seat. All was good until the last race of the year at Tucson, Arizona when after a first round win over Dunlap & Fuller, Brett got sideways in the lights (sand on the track) and barrel rolling the car six times. Brett escaped unscathed but Nitro Thunder - version one - was a total loss.

All crashes are bad - the ones the driver walks away from are just expensive.

After picking up a new car to replace the one lost in Tucson, Nitro Thunder II had a very auspicious beginning. Team Harris' bad luck was not yet behind them. On the trip home from Kansas, the entire rig slid off the road in a Nebraska snow storm and the trailer, with new race car, ended up on top of the truck trapping Jack, Brett and Bob for over an hour. A cel phone call to 911 saved the day and maybe their lives.

A lesser group of racers would have said enough is enough - you win bear. But The Sheriff and his Posse were more determined than ever to get back on the horse - and get back on the horse they did. In 2000 Team Harris got the bear and have never looked