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.
"Well, maybe we
can still use that bolt down there."
All crashes are bad - the ones
the driver walks away from are just expensive.
1999 Didn't Get Any
Better.............
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.
How do you explain this
to your insurance agent?
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
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