Winning the Top Fuel Dragster crown, Jack Harris and the Utah Posse put their one-race old "Nitro Thunder" Fueler into the Winner's Circle. Racing Bill Dunlap in the final, the pair lit up the boards with Firebird's quickest Top Fuel "side-by-side" race in history. "The Sheriff" laid down a stout 5.91 @ 255.02 to top the 6.02 @ 237.84 by Dunlap in Mike Fuller's "Westwind" fueler.

Saturday, qualifying ... Jack Harris set both ends of the Firebird Top Fuel Dragster record with their opening qualifying run of the weekend. In spectacular fashion, the new "Nitro Thunder" Dragster rocked the house with a brilliant 5.85 at 255 miles per hour! The track record run included a 1.05 (60’), 201 mph (660’ speed) and a 4.98 (1,000’) intermediate time. More than impressive at this altitude. Needless to say, that locked down the #1 spot.
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The Utah Posse acknowledges the cheering crowd as the go to pick up Jack at the far end.

The next ten shots are by Billy "The Kid" Robins and they show the teams second run on Saturday. They show all the activity on the staring line and what the crew members do to get the car staged and ready to make its pas. This first shot is Jack doing his "burnout" (heating up the tires).

Brett Harris marks the spot his Dad needs to back up into.

After the car is backed up into its "tracks", the crew goes to work cleaning off any extraneous dirt or rock off the tires.

Rayce Muchmore leads Jack toward the staging beams. When the car is within a foot of the first light, Harris is on his own to stage the car.

Brett Harris turns on the data computer just before Jack puts on the first light.

Once the car is staged, the crew is done and its time for Jack to go to work.

Between runs, Harris is busy signing autographs. Nitro Thunder is gathering a huge fan base and some of them are caught on camera by Billy at Fan Club.

Unlike the major Goodguys events, Boise is a little more laid back and allows the team to bring along the wives, kids and yes, grand kids. This is Kaden Harris, Brett's son - Jack's Grandson. Billy titled these shots: "This chocolate milk packs quite a wallop".

 

A spectators view of Nitro Thunder from the grandstands.

The Nitro Thunder pit area is always a center of attention. Actually, its very hard to miss.

No matter what's going on, the fans are always stopping for a look, photo or autograph.

Oh yea, there was something else going on this weekend. Long time partners and friends, Billy "The Kid" Robins and Jack "The Sheriff" Harris celebrated their Birthdays! Jack - April 19 and Billy April 21. Neither will ever see 50 again.

Kaden was first in line for the cake then found a great spot to chow down it down.

Some candid shots of the staging lanes at Firebird.

Firebird is not the most level drag strip in the country. Check out the dip just past the finish line!

Billy n' crew before the final.

Jack get dressed prior to the final round.

Good buddies, Harris and Dunlap exchange a hug and good thoughts before they do battle.

The final was without a doubt the best drag race of the weekend. Both cars left great and ran clean. On the other end it was Harris with a 5.91 @ 255.02 over Bill Dunlap's 6.02 @ 237.84.

Day's over - let's go get the money!

One thing the Nitro Thunder team is good at and that's filling up a Winner's Circle photo!