Dean Harrison | |
Nationality: | British |
Image Alt: | Blue and white racing motorcycle with rider slowing downhill when approaching a right hand bend |
Birth Name: | Dean Harrison |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1989 |
Birth Place: | Bradford, England |
Current Team: | Honda Racing UK |
Bike Number: | 3 |
Tt Contested: | 12 (2011-present) |
Tt Wins: | 3 |
Tt First Win: | 2014 Lightweight TT Race |
Tt Last Win: | 2019 Senior TT Race |
Tt Podiums: | 30 |
Dean Harrison (born 24 January 1989) is an English professional motorcycle racer. He has won three Isle of Man TT races, and has 30 podium finishes as of early June 2024.[1]
Harrison also competes in the Southern 100, Oliver's Mount, North West 200 road-circuit races, and British Superbike Championship.[2]
Harrison was 18 years old when he began motorcycle racing from his hometown, Bradford.[3]
Harrison has won the Isle of Man TT 3 times. These were the Lightweight TT in 2014, the Supersport TT in 2018, and the Senior TT in 2019. His best lap was 134.9 mph, then the second fastest ever. He has had 16 podium finishes to date. He also has earned four Classic TT wins between 2014 and 2019.
He holds the Superbike TT lap record of 16:50.384, set in 2018 with his Kawasaki ZX 10R.[4]
Harrison is the third most successful rider in the Southern 100 event's 65-year history, with 24 solo wins culminating in three solo championship wins between 2017 and 2019.
Harrison has earned 68 solo wins at the Oliver's Mount racing circuit, had four podium finishes in the North West 200, and two wins at the Ulster GP, holding a Superstock record of 133.835 mph as of 2023.
Harrison left DAO Racing, the team he raced with for eight years, at the end of 2023.[5] On 15 November 2023, it was announced that Harrison will ride for Honda Racing UK on the roads and in the British championship from 2024.[6] [7]
Harrison was born in Bradford, England. He is married and is known to have two children.[8] His father, Conrad Harrison, is a former TT competitor who won a Sidecar TT in 2014.[9]
From 2024, Harrison is based in Laxey, Isle of Man.[10]
2024 | Supersport TT 1 3 | Superbike TT 3 | Superstock TT 1 4 | Supersport TT 1 2 | Senior TT 3 | ||||
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2023 | Superbike TT 3 | Superstock TT 13 | Supersport TT 13 | Supersport TT 23 | Senior TT2 | Superstock TT 23 | |||
2022 | Superbike TT2 | Superstock TT4 | Supersport TT 12 | Supersport TT 23 | Senior TT2 | ||||
2019 | Superbike TT2 | Superstock TT2 | Supersport TT 14 | Supersport TT 2 2 | Senior TT1 | ||||
2018 | Superbike TTDNF | Superstock TT3 | Supersport TT 12 | Supersport TT 21 | Senior TT2 | ||||
2017 | Superbike TT3 | Superstock TT5 | Supersport TT 1DNF | Supersport TT 2Cancelled | Senior TT3 | TT Zero4 | |||
2016 | Superbike TT5 | Superstock TT2 | Supersport TT 12 | Supersport TT 23 | Senior TT4 | ||||
2015 | Superbike TT31 | Superstock TT 13 | Supersport TT 1DNF | Supersport TT 2 DNF | Senior TT11 | ||||
2014 | Superbike TT8 | Superstock TT 12 | Supersport TT4 | Supersport TT 2 4 | Senior TTDNF | Lightweight TT1 | |||
2013 | Superbike TT11 | Superstock TT4 | Supersport TT 17 | Supersport TT 28 | Senior TT8 | Lightweight TT2 | |||
2012 | Superbike TT9 | Superstock TTDNF | Supersport TT 1DNF | Supersport TT 213 | Senior TTCancelled | Lightweight TT12 | |||
2011 | Superbike TTDNF | Superstock TT27 | Supersport TT 125 | Supersport TT 212 | Senior TTDNF |