A 1995, Harrier LR9C taking part in a 90s GT Legends demonstration, at the 2015 Silverstone Classic.
Harrier was a race car manufacturer producing cars designed by Lester Ray. The most notable was the competition LR9C powered by the Ford RS500 YB 1995cc turbo engine introduced in 1993 together with a road-going version powered by an Alfa Romeo V6 engine. Most famous of all Harriers is LR9C#002 which was built in 1993 for the owner of Astratech Instrumentation. It took part in the 1994 Le Mans 24hrs in the open top LMP Class. It was run by the renowned preparers Chamberlain Engineering and driven by Rob Wilson, William Hewland and Dave Brodie. Unfortunately, suspension failure forced car to retire after half distance. LR9C-002 was then converted to closed coupe configuration and built to GT2 specification for the BRDC British GT championship. In 1995, 96 & 97 it raced in the Privilege Insurance British GT championship with Orion Motorsport, driven by Michael Vergers with sponsorship from the Joe Bloggs group, and for 1998 with Natty Racing driven by Soper and Giordanelli. It was sponsored by glamour magazine, Score, and appeared in a film entitled Phil`s Fantasy. Between 2000 and 2003 it competed in the historic Group C championship, Jaguar Car Club and various open sports and GT races driven by Ian Stinton. Between 2004 and 2010 it raced in the BRSCC saloon and sports car championship (with LMA sponsorship), as well as occasional appearances in Castle Combe special GTs and other open races. It competed in just one event in 2012.
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Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN
Photo credit: © John Gaffen 2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1995, 1995cc, 90, car, circuit, classic, demonstration, engine, ford, grand, gt, gt2, harrier, legends, lr9c, race, racing, rs500, session, silverstone, touring, turbo, yb
