Early career Harris began his racing career at the age of six and a half by competing in
grasstrack events. His talent quickly became apparent when he began to win all of the junior age groups in the South-West area. In 1998, aged 15, he turned to speedway racing for the
St. Austell Gulls at Amateur
Conference League level. The Gulls won the Championship and the Knockout Cup. On his 16th birthday, Harris signed for the
Exeter Falcons, who competed in the
Premier League, the middle tier of British speedway's three-league structure. Despite the death of his father, who was his driver and mentor, he achieved his first notable individual success later that year, when he became Great Britain Under-16 Champion. He was also selected to ride for
Great Britain at both Under-19 and Under-21 level. In 2000, Harris more than doubled his previous year's points total, being unbeaten by an opponent in several matches. The Exeter Falcons team finished the season as Premier League Champions and reached two cup finals and one semi-final. Harris moved clubs for the 2001 season, joining the
Trelawny Tigers in Cornwall. He soon became their top scorer and qualified for the
2001 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship as first reserve. He continued his form into 2002, being made club captain. Once again, he was top scorer for the club and under his captaincy Trelawny Tigers won the
Premier Trophy.
Elite League progress and international debut Taking advantage of new rules introduced to assist young British riders, Harris also took the step up to ride in the
Elite League in 2002, with the
Peterborough Panthers. He progressed well during his debut Elite League season, moving up into the main body of the team. Individually, he progressed to the final of the
British Speedway Championship and finished fourth in the
World Under-21 Championship. In 2003, Harris rode again for Trelawny Tigers in the Premier League and Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League. By the end of the season, he was an Elite League heat-leader. Off track, he was voted
BBC South-West
Sports Personality of the Year. However, it was on the individual front Harris was most successful. In the
World Under-21 Championship, he won both his quarter and semi final rounds, progressing to the
2003 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship in Sweden where he finished runner-up, one point behind
Jarosław Hampel. His form during 2003 won Harris an invitation to take part as a reserve in the third round of the
2003 FIM Individual Speedway World Championship, the
British Grand Prix, held at
Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. 2004 saw Harris sign for the
Coventry Bees. The following season, the Bees won the Elite League Championship, which meant Harris had won titles at all three levels of British speedway aged just twenty-two. He also represented
Great Britain in the
Speedway World Cup. Harris continued to ride for Coventry until 2011.
International success In 2007, Harris became
British Champion. Harris was selected to ride as a permanent wild card in the
2007 Speedway Grand Prix series, riding at number 15. In only his fifth full Grand Prix meeting he won the
British Grand Prix at Cardiff. Winning the Grand Prix was considered to be the biggest event to happen in British Speedway for several years. Off track, he was again voted
BBC South-West
Sports Personality of the Year. and was also voted
BBC Midlands
Sports Personality of the Year, beating footballer
Gareth Barry into second place. Harris won the British Championship twice more in 2009 and 2010 and for the first time since 2004, Harris would not ride for Coventry after he moved on loan to
Belle Vue Aces for the
2011 Elite League speedway season. He continued to perform well in the
2011 World Championship including a 2nd-place finish in the Croatian Grand Prix. After another season with Coventry in 2012, he would join
Birmingham Brummies for the 2013 season. He continued to ride in both divisions and made debuts for Glasgow Tigers,
Poole Pirates and
Ipswich Witches in 2018 and
Somerset Rebels and
Berwick Bandits in 2019. In 2022, he rode for the Peterborough in the
SGB Premiership 2022 and captained Berwick in the
SGB Championship 2022. He also had a successful longtrack season winning a bronze medal at the
2022 Individual Long Track World Championship. In 2023, he signed for
Leicester Lions for the
SGB Premiership 2023 and made a return to Glasgow for the
SGB Championship 2023, where he won the league title and the Championship pairs. Also in 2023, he also claimed a silver medal in the
2023 Individual Long Track World Championship and a bronze medal at the
2023 Team Long Track World Championship. He signed for the
Oxford Spires for the 2024 Premiership season. and re-signed for Glasgow for the 2024 Championship season. Harris won the 2024
European Grasstrack Championship. He previously came second in 2022 and 2023. Harris signed for
King's Lynn Stars for the
SGB Premiership 2025 and became the tier 2
Rider's champion for Glasgow. In 2025, he was a member of the Great Britain team that won the longtrack world championships (
2025 FIM Long Track of Nations) and shortly afterwards finished runner-up behind
Zach Wajtknecht in the
world longtrack individual championship. == Speedway Grand Prix results ==