A 13-year-old Brooklyn boy with dreams of being a NASCAR driver took the checkered flag Monday at the 45th annual Daily News New York Spelling Bee finals. Thomas Harkins topped 44 competitors to become the first of two New Yorkers to win a chance at becoming the nation’s No. The tense competition Monday at the Hunter College High School auditorium came down to a faceoff between Thomas and another Brooklynite, Diksha Brahmbhatt. Meanwhile, he plans to take a few days to enjoy his victory, which came with a trophy, a new laptop computer and tickets to the Broadway musical “In the Heights.

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