Boise, Idaho - April 26-27, 2008: Jack Harris was hungry to reclaim the Fuel Dragster record the 38th running of the Boise Ignitor. Harris held the record until Brad Thompson broke it with a 5.83 on Saturday night of the 2007 Pepsi Nightfire Nationals.

It didn't take Harris long to not only take back the record but better it by a tenth and a half! In the first qualifying session he left like a rocket and never looked back, blitzing the track e.t. record with a booming 5.69 elapsed time. He tripped the eighth-mile clocks at 209 miles per hour (with a 60’ e.t. of 1.03)... that's stout!

Not only did Harris eclipse the track record, but he also found a way to run in the 5.70’s, 80’s and 90’s, too. During the weekend, he ran 5.87, 5.99 and a final round 5.79 to stop Howard Haight who smoked the tires about a hundred feet into his run. The Botelho, Compston and Patterson Fueler ran a quickest of 6.20 and 6.21, but were outrun in each heat by the Utah team.

 

Photos and full results below.

 

 

Steve Watson, Steve Tyrrell and Don Tyrrell get the car ready for their first pass on Saturday.

 

 

 

Harris in the car as the engine is warmed up and timing checked.

 

Here it is ---- 5.69 at 252! And to make it more impressive they did it with the "small engine" (old Donovan) as the Rodeck block they won the March Meet with spun a bearing on the final and was out for repair.

 

 

The engine being warmed up prior to Sunday action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the final Harris' 5.79 at 249.55 was by far the best over Howard who smoked the tires.