HARRIS WINS BRISCA F1 WORLD FINAL
BRISCA F1
Organiser: Trackstar Where: King’s Lynn When: September 14 Starters: 111.
Tom Harris dominated the BRISCA F1 World Championship at King’s Lynn on Saturday night. He led every one of the 25 laps and crossed the line several car lengths ahead of second place man Ryan Harrison. It was a second world title for Harris to add to his previous triumph in 2013.
Starting on pole, Harris jumped into the lead at the drop of the green flag only for Frankie Wainman Jr to barge him wide on the first turn. Wainman carried so much momentum into the turn that he slung his car sideways to avoid hitting the wall, but was collected by Paul Hines.
That allowed Harrison to move into second position with Dutchman Jelle Tesselaar in third spot. Wainman rejoined in fourth.
The race was brought to a halt following a rollover and, on the restart, Harris pulled away from the pack. Wainman worked his way back to second place only to suffer engine failure as he closed in on the leader. Harrison regained second and Craig Finnikin moved into third from his grid 14 starting spot in the closing stages.
Harris was over the moon, but knew he had an escape at the opening turn. He said: “I knew Wainman would have to try and take me out on the first lap. That was his best shot at winning, but we beefed up the car to withstand any attack.
“That did mean I had to adjust the car a bit to allow for the extra weight, so we were not sure how it would handle. The inside-rear tyre started to go away at the end and the car was jumping coming out the turns but luckily it held out. I would like to thank everyone who boos me, that makes me just go faster.”
Second place man Harrison said: “I gave it my best shot; I got a great start and managed to avoid several cars spinning in front of me. I haven’t raced much in the UK this year as I have been concentrating on racing my Sprint car in the USA so, for the limited track time I have had, I am happy with second.”
Results
1 Tom Harris; 2 Ryan Harrison; 3 Craig Finnikin; 4 Will Hunter; 5 Jelle Tesselaar; 6 Danny Wainman; 7 Bert de Vries; 8 Bradley Harrison; 9 William Humphries; 10 Lee Fairhurst.