Bike Racing: SPEEDWAY - More haste less speed as Harris heads for trouble.

CHRIS HARRIS Chris or Christopher Harris may refer to:

Chris Harris (author) (born 1964), English business author
Chris Harris (football player) (born 1982), American football player who currently plays for the Carolina Panthers

had one of those 'what happened next?' moments on his Polish League debut for Rybnik at Rzeszow last Sunday.

Harris was rushing on to the track for a tactical ride in heat 12 when his bike clipped the entry gate - and he went over the front of his handlebars!

Most of the 7,000 fans inside the stadium saw the funny side, and Harris was left with a damaged bike, a bruised bruise
v. bruised, bruis·ing, bruis·es

v.tr.
1.
a. To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body) without breaking the skin, as by a blow.

b. ego and one of the season's strangest exclusions under the two-minute time ruling.

Harris joked: "It's a pity I haven't got it on film or I could send it to 'You've Been Framed.' The pounds 250 would help pay for the damage to the bike."

The Bees rider only managed four points from five rides in what was a tough baptism to the Polish Extraleague Polish Extraleague may refer to:

Speedway Ekstraliga
Basketball Dominet Bank Ekstraliga

, Rybnik losing out 59-31.

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Date:	Apr 29, 2006
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