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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