Harrison was born on 4 April 1969 in Rotherham. His father, Willie Harrison, was a popular Formula 1 Stock Carolina racing driver. Harrison began to follow in his father’s footsteps when he raced competitively for the first time in 1977 in a Ministox, at the age of 8.
The promoter allowed Harrison to race despite being aware that he was below the minimum age requirement. Harrison began racing Formula 1 stock cars at the age of 16 in August 1985, using one of his father’s cars and racing as number 22. The first few years were spent developing his skills.
In 1991, after his father’s retirement, Harrison inherited the number 2.
In the same year his first major championship success came at Buxton Raceway, where he started the British Championship race from pole position and retained first place at the finish. However, the World Championship seemed to elude him.
In the first 25 years of his racing career, he finished the World Final three times in second place, twice in third place, and three times in fourth place. Championship wins Memorial wins Race wins.
World Champion: 2011 World Championship Semi Final winner: 2003, 2008, 2011, 2014 British Champion: 1991, 1993, 2011, 2014 European Champion: 1998, 2003 United Kingdom Open Champion: 1999 Trust Fund Champion: 1989 BriSCA Supreme: 2005 Bumper Trophy: 2000 Richie Ahern: 1996 Allan Barker: 2011 Wilf Blundell: 2013 Roger Merrick: 2001 Fred Mitchell: 2001 Mark Wilkinson: 1998 Ernie Wright: 1997 Figures accurate to the end of the 2014 season Number of finals won: 59 Number of races won (inc finals): 253.
