Popular automotive journalist Chris Harris is going to participate at the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Series, driving a Bentley Continental GT3.
Harris will be joining Bentley Team Parker Racing, in one of the four Continental GT3s that will compete in the five round GT series that includes the iconic Spa 24 Hours.
“This is a bit of a pinch yourself moment,” he commented. “If, last year, you’d asked me what my dream 2016 race season would be it would have involved a Bentley Continental GT3, Stuart Parker and my good friend and long-time team mate Chris Cooper. And now it’s happened!
“I saw an early car being built two years ago and ever since then I’ve wanted to drive one. That I get to do it with Team Parker, a team I’ve had many successes with in the past, is fantastic news. The GT3 category is the most interesting, varied form of circuit racing out there and I think that with Chris [Cooper] and Derek Pierce we have a very good team to attack the Am championship. I just need to remember that the big oversteer is for the Top Gear cameras, not the race track.”
Chris will be sharing car No.30 with Chris O’Connor and Derek Pierce while Team Parker will also enter the Pro-Am class.
“It’s great to have Chris driving with Bentley this season,” commented Bentley’s Director of Motorsport Brian Gush. “He’s a very experienced and accomplished driver and has impressed the team in his recent test sessions. We have entries in all three of the Blancpain Endurance Series Cup classes, all of which have a good chance of winning.”
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