Jack Harris - "Team Owner/Manager" See Bio

Brett Harris - Driver: 41, is Jack Harris' son and partner in Nitro Thunder Racing. He's married with three children, Krissa, Breanna and son, Kaden (who can be seen on dad's lap in Nitro Thunder on the return road). Brett grew up  around Top Fuel racing, having fun and helping when he could. That laid the foundation for the family's successful operation today. Aside from drag racing, Brett competes at snowmobile hill climbs on a turbo-charged custom tube chassis rig he built himself. In 1994 the younger Harris joined the prestigious 200 MPH Club at the Bonneville Salt Flats driving Jack's snowmobile powered streamliner to a record 222 MPH. In fact, he got his license, broke the record and got into the 200 MPH Club all in the same day!

Brett has been deeply involved in the Nitro Thunder efforts since day one. Early on he worked with Crew Chief Dale Emery on the tune-up and clutch, paying close attention to detail while learning from a master. In 1999 Brett got his Top Fuel license, displacing dad in the seat. He did very well in the car until a crash at the final race of the season. In 2000 Jack started driving again and as Crew Chief, Brett really got a handle on the tune-up. For the last four seasons Nitro Thunder has been one of the most consistent fuelers in the country while keeping their parts breakage to a minimum. The sign of a team that really has its act together.

In 2002 and 2003 Brett took the drivers seat and won the Rocky Mountain Raceway Nostalgia Nationals. After tuning his dad to the 2004 VRA Top Fuel World Championship Brett took the drivers seat full time in 2005. Harris had a good Freshman season in 2005 and had a great 2006 winning the VRA Top Fuel World Chamiponship and setting a new official speed record at 261 MPH. Between the Nitro Thunder dragster and Funny Car plus the addition of the Passo Posse top fuel car to the team the 2007 looks great for The Sheriff, his Posse and Nitro Thunder Racing.

Billy "The Kid" Robins: Billy worked with Jack & Keith back in the early seventies. He was a part of the hole in the wall gang. That's what the body shop was called because it was an old converted bakery with only two not so big doors. We had a lot of fun back then & Billy was always the jokester. He's the one you see throwing tee shirts out of the back of the sport track & going from camp to camp trying to keep the mood light between all the teams. He also loves the kids and is seen talking to & helping them at every race. He was a partner with Jack on the Bad Hombre and the dual engine top fuel car back in the seventies. He left the body business & went to work driving a UPS truck in Utah. He move to California and worked his way to the top ending up being the District Automotive Manager in South Carolina. But he never changed. He's always been the fun loving Billy. After retiring he decided to team up with Jack again because he has always had a love for drag racing. He lives in Washington and drives to all the races hundreds of miles each time. He loves to compete & also have a good time as does all the members of the Posse. Billy and Jack became partners again in 2003.

Bob Eames: Bob has been involved with drag racing for many years. He has been on the racer side of the fence, as well as the employee and management side. In the 60s and 70s he raced in several different NHRA classes and worked on varied classes of vehicles. Most of his racing was done at the old Bonneville Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the early 80s, Bob became the assistant starter at the then new Bonneville Raceway, and two years later took over the starting line assignment full time. Bob worked the starting line at several major NHRA races under the watchful eye of the legendary Buster Couch, who, according to Bob, was and will always be, the best starter NHRA will ever have. After working at Bonneville Raceway for several years, Bob took over the management position, where he, his family and crew ran many successful and well organized events. Bob has been a member of the Nitro Thunder crew since day one. His main jobs are mixing the fuel and driving the tow vehicle. However, he is always there to do anything that needs done.

Bob & Louise, his wife, are also actively involved with the street rodding events in Utah. Twenty four years ago, they started a newsletter called Mountain West Street News which keeps the car enthusiasts in the inter mountain west informed about all major car events. This publication has grown over the years from a small 6-page newsletter to a small book. It has grown from 8-member clubs to the current 53 member clubs and organizations. Bob has been an active member of the Stags Car Club for 45 years and both are active members in Wasatch Rods & Customs Car Club. Bob and Louise have been married for 45 years and are the parents of two sons and one daughter and have three grandchildren.

Rayce Muchmore - Crew Chief: Rayce Muchmore is 28. He's been with the Nitro Thunder posse and will share the crew chief duties this 2005 season. He started out as the bottom end specialist and has since moved up as it were to the top end specialist. Rayce, along with his father Kim, and brother Randy has been involved in all sorts of racing most of his life, including sand drags and up-hill speed runs. For the last years (when not with Nitro Thunder) he's been drag racing snowmobiles on the asphalt. Powered by a Jack Harris turbo-charged 950 CC 2-stroke engine (ported by K&T Performance), Rayce holds several track records with a best of 9.44 ET at 146 MPH. Yes, a snowmobile!

Steve Watson – Crew Chief: Steve was crew chief for Garth Widdisons NHRA TOP FUEL CAR, which ran the FIRST 4 second run in UTAH. He also has driven NHRA A FUEL CLASS and was the first driver for Scott Masons SUDDEN IMPACT TOP FUEL.

Steve is the Shop manager for Felt Auto. He does the engine machine work on the Nitro Thunder Motors. He works on the right side of the motor between rounds. Steve is very good with the computer and helps determine what the tune up will be

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Don Tyrrell: Don and his brothers first time helping the Nitro Thunder Crew was the 2002 California Hot Rod Reunion. He stated doing the bottom end the next season. Don helps Brett suit up and get in the car. You will see him on the line cleaning the right tire a making sure everything is good on that side down the track.

Steve Tyrrell: Steve started coming to the races with his brother and their family. Steve does the bottom end, and lines the car up for the burn out. He then runs down the track to back the car up in its tracks. He watches for any problems during the run.

Kirk Elder

Dave Woodcock

Harry Dubach: Since 1956 Harry has been involved with the sport of drag racing. The first dragster Harry built was an injected Ardun. In 1969 Harry built the Iron Butterfly by himself. The Iron Butterfly is an injected small block Chevy that was a C-gas dragster, then a B-Gas dragster. Harry raced successfully in Comp Eliminator throughout the 70’s. He was Bonneville Raceway Comp Eliminator track champion 1971 through 1974. The car raced through 1980 then was retired until 1992. It has since been converted to alcohol and is driven by Harry’s son, Jed. Harry still tunes the car. The Iron Butterfly has been raced in NE1, Top Comp, and RMR Super Quick.

Jed Dubach: raced his 1968 Chevy Camaro at Bonneville Raceways for several years. Jed began driving the Iron Butterfly dragster in 1992. Jed won Super Eliminator track champion in 1998. He was Top Comp track champion in 1999. Jed earned the runner up award in 2000 and 2001. Then he became Super Quick champion in 2002. Jed has been runner up again since 2002 and continues to race. Jed’s best E.T. to date is 7:26 at 182 M.P.H. in the injected small block Chevy powered Iron Butterfly.

Greg Layton: Began his drag racing career in 1973 with Harry Dubach and the Iron Butterfly. He continued working with Harry, performing maintenance and sharing some driving duties until they retired the car in 1980. In 1990 he received a call from Sterling Taylor and was put to work on a Top Alcohol funny car. Greg worked with Sterling through the 1994 season. performing bottom end maintenance, then moved to top end and eventually learning many of the maintenance operations. Greg started with the Nitro Thunder Team in 2005 helping with piston maintenance and clean-up. Currently he can be found in the transport mixing fuel for the cars. Greg lives in Las Vegas and travels to all the Nitro Thunder events.

Kris Elmer