{"id":2113422,"date":"2026-08-26T14:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2113422"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:26:31","slug":"speedway-stalwart-responds-to-fan-backlash-after-claims-he-stamped-on-competitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2113422","title":{"rendered":"Speedway stalwart responds to fan backlash after claims he \u2018stamped\u2019 on competitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>Speedway stalwart responds to fan backlash after claims he \u2018stamped\u2019 on competitor<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Speedway stalwart Chris Harris has taken to social media to respond to claims he stamped on a rider after a race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-08-26T15:26:31+01:00\">26 Aug 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Chris Harris\/Ben Barker incident at Plymouth vs Glasgow speedway meeting. Credit: Facebook\u2026<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<aside>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div>  Prefer Crash.Net on Google <\/div>\n<div> See our stories more often<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button\">  Add <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speedway veteran Chris Harris has taken to social media to respond to fan criticism after footage from a race meeting appeared to show him stamping on another rider.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Harris was riding for the Glasgow Tigers in their meeting against the Plymouth Gladiators when he had a run in with Gladiators rider Ben Barker.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TV images from the race show the two involved in an altercation after a heat. The two come together and Barker falls off his bike. Harris then gets of his bike and makes a motion with his leg that fans have assumed is a stamp. This, Harris, says, was not the case, though.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter the race, Ben [Barker] deliberately came round to confront me and threatened to put me in the fence,\u201d Harris wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"placeholder embed facebook\">\n<div>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe then made contact with me and came off, leaving both bikes tangled together.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs I stepped off my bike, his bike was directly in the space where I needed to put my foot. I had nowhere to put it, so I was trying to free myself and kick the bike out of the way so I could get clear.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-5758b4b16b9c2af3f5768183387632c4f21acfdef9f804b22cdd2f399ec6f883\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tai Woffinden makes emotional retirement decision after latest injury setback<\/li>\n<li>Tai Woffinden names return date: \u201cI want to ride again\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI then went to step across the bike to untangle everything and help him up, but before I could, the mechanics intervened.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe\u00a0opinion: I stamped on him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe\u00a0fact: I did\u00a0not\u00a0stamp on him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe TV footage only showed the incident from one camera angle, and I understand why that angle may give a completely different impression.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe movement people are interpreting as a \u2018stamp\u2019 was me trying to get my foot down, free myself and move the bike that was in my way.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was a heated incident, absolutely, but I want to be completely clear: I did not stamp on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-field-keywords block-layout-builder\">\n<h2>Tags:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Speedway<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div 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respond to claims he stamped on a rider after a race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speedway veteran Chris Harris has taken to social media to respond to fan criticism after footage from a race meeting appeared to show him stamping on another rider.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Harris was riding for the Glasgow Tigers in their meeting against the Plymouth Gladiators when he had a run in with Gladiators rider Ben Barker.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TV images from the race show the two involved in an altercation after a heat. The two come together and Barker falls off his bike. Harris then gets of his bike and makes a motion with his leg that fans have assumed is a stamp. This, Harris, says, was not the case, though.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter the race, Ben [Barker] deliberately came round to confront me and threatened to put me in the fence,\u201d Harris wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"placeholder embed facebook\">\n<div>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe then made contact with me and came off, leaving both bikes tangled together.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs I stepped off my bike, his bike was directly in the space where I needed to put my foot. I had nowhere to put it, so I was trying to free myself and kick the bike out of the way so I could get clear.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-5758b4b16b9c2af3f5768183387632c4f21acfdef9f804b22cdd2f399ec6f883\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tai Woffinden makes emotional retirement decision after latest injury setback<\/li>\n<li>Tai Woffinden names return date: \u201cI want to ride again\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI then went to step across the bike to untangle everything and help him up, but before I could, the mechanics intervened.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe\u00a0opinion: I stamped on him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe\u00a0fact: I did\u00a0not\u00a0stamp on him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe TV footage only showed the incident from one camera angle, and I understand why that angle may give a completely different impression.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe movement people are interpreting as a \u2018stamp\u2019 was me trying to get my foot down, free myself and move the bike that was in my way.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was a heated incident, absolutely, but I want to be completely clear: I did not stamp on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speedway veteran Chris Harris has taken to social media to respond to fan criticism after footage from a race meeting appeared to show him stamping on another rider.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Harris was riding for the Glasgow Tigers in their meeting against the Plymouth Gladiators when he had a run in with Gladiators rider Ben Barker.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TV images from the race show the two involved in an altercation after a heat. The two come together and Barker falls off his bike. Harris then gets of his bike and makes a motion with his leg that fans have assumed is a stamp. This, Harris, says, was not the case, though.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter the race, Ben [Barker] deliberately came round to confront me and threatened to put me in the fence,\u201d Harris wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"placeholder embed facebook\">\n<div>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe then made contact with me and came off, leaving both bikes tangled together.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs I stepped off my bike, his bike was directly in the space where I needed to put my foot. I had nowhere to put it, so I was trying to free myself and kick the bike out of the way so I could get clear.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-5758b4b16b9c2af3f5768183387632c4f21acfdef9f804b22cdd2f399ec6f883\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tai Woffinden makes emotional retirement decision after latest injury setback<\/li>\n<li>Tai Woffinden names return date: \u201cI want to ride again\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI then went to step across the bike to untangle everything and help him up, but before I could, the mechanics intervened.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe\u00a0opinion: I stamped on him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe\u00a0fact: I did\u00a0not\u00a0stamp on him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe TV footage only showed the incident from one camera angle, and I understand why that angle may give a completely different impression.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe movement people are interpreting as a \u2018stamp\u2019 was me trying to get my foot down, free myself and move the bike that was in my way.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was a heated incident, absolutely, but I want to be completely clear: I did not stamp on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/speedway\/news\/1103022\/1\/speedway-stalwart-responds-fan-backlash-after-claims-he-stamped-competit&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/harris.png?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] Speedway stalwart responds to fan backlash after claims he \u2018stamped\u2019 on competitor Speedway stalwart Chris Harris has taken to social media to respond to claims he stamped on a rider after a race. 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