Nights of Fire
After Friday night qualifying,
Harris was sitting on the pole with a 6.13 @ 220.
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Here the crew heads down the
track to pick him up. Nitro Thunder would end up #2 just one-thousands
behind Rance McDaniel's 6.12.
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Harris moves toward the
staging beams Friday night.
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This is why they call
it the "Nightfire Nationals"!
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Back in the pits, Jack shows
off his new NR 5-Second Club shirt then wanders off to visit
with the WW Racing bunch.
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As usual, the Nitro Thunder
War Wagon drew a lot of fans.
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When you're in Idaho,
you use potatoes for everything!
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Jack in his "warm-up"
gear. Ear guards and breather mask.
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In the staging lanes
"the skull" is in place.
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Jack suits up prior to his first
round match-up with Glen Hutchinson. Harris won with a stout
6.25 to Hutchinson's losing 6.54
Prior to every run, Brett Harris
and The Posse make sure everything is as it should be right up
to the time Jack stages the car.
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Nitro Thunder burnout prior to
Harris' Friday night qualifying race with "Wild Bill"
Alexander in the "Ground Zero" fueler.
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Harris and Alexander
move toward the starting line.
Moving into the staging
lights.
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Disaster struck in the AA/Fuel
Dragster final round. Jack Harris (near lane) and Rance McDaniel
were charging down the Firebird quarter mile when a couple hundred
feet before the finish, the Champion Speed Shop dragster encountered
an engine violent explosion and fire, immediately followed by
a sharp right hand turn (while racing down the right lane) into
the concrete wall just before the finish line. McDaniel’s
car then rolled multiple times. McDaniel was airlifted from Firebird
and taken to Saint Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. McDaniel was
knocked out in the crash with and suffered head injuries. The
race win was awarded to Harris by virtue of the Champion boundary
infraction (an impact with the guardrail before the finish line).
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