Category | Group C2 | ||||||||||
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Constructor | Harrier Cars Ltd | ||||||||||
Designer(s) | Lester Ray | ||||||||||
Production | 1989 | ||||||||||
Predecessor | Harrier LR6 | ||||||||||
Successor | Harrier LR9C | ||||||||||
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Chassis | Steel tube frame | ||||||||||
Engine | Chevrolet L98 5,700cc (347.83 cu in) V8 naturally aspirated, rear mid-mounted | ||||||||||
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Debut | Silverstone Circuit 1989 | ||||||||||
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The Harrier LR7 is a sports prototype race car designed by Lester Ray and built by Harrier Cars. Built to Group C2 regulations (formerly known as Group C Junior), it is heavily based on the preceding Harrier LR6. Powered by a Chevrolet small-block V8 power unit, the LR7 competed in the BRDC C2 Championship in 1989 and 1990. It was the last sports prototype built by the company until the Harrier LR10 one decade later.
Built as an iteration of the same platform used by all of its predecessors, the LR7 was the third Harrier prototype to use Chevrolet power. [1] After failing to start on debut at Silverstone with experienced drivers John Bartlett and Robin Donovan, [2] the LR7 made sporadic starts in 1989 and struggled to compete with class leaders including the Spice SE89C and the Lola T594. In 1990, after multiple DNFs and DNSs, the LR7 finally achieved a best result of third overall at Oulton Park. [3] However, this result was achieved against a field of only six entrants in the series' dying days. Less than one month later, the series ran its final race at Donnington Park and the LR7 was formally retired. In its final race, the car finished last of the classified finishers after colliding with a Spice SE88C on the final lap. [3]