Inside Stock Car World Magazine | Page 20

The 2012 BriSCA FORMULA 1 Sto at Skegness Stadium - 15th Se What ever happened to ‘The Likely Lads’ ... Bert Finnikin Before we take a look at some of the hopefuls for this year’s World Championship, I’m going to take you back 22 years to the 1990 BRISCA Stock Car World Final held at the Odsall Stadium Bradford. I have my reasons, bear with me ... when you take a look at the grid list overleaf, you could be forgiven for thinking that you’ve just stumbled across your dad’s collection of old stockcar magazines, as the names (and numbers) of the front runners are still the same. John Lund Here is a little trip down memory lane for those of us who were watching over two decades ago. We’ve dug out some of the old photos of the stunningly handsome front runners. We can show you what they looked like, and yes, they really did have that much hair!. We can show you their cars and of course, their names. If you don’t know them, you either know their parents, their children or their grandchildren. Theoretically, they were all in with a chance of winning the coveted World Championship title back then ... 1990 Bert Finnikin (55) Row 4 - Outside John Lund (53) Row 2 - Outside Frankie Wainman (212) Row 5 - Outside Paul Harrison (22) Row 7 - Inside Frankie Wainman Jnr. (515) Row 15 -Outside 2012 Craig Finnikin (55) Row 2 - Outside John Lund (53) Row 13 - Outside Paul Harrison (22) Row 4 - Inside Frankie Wainman Jnr. (515) Row 1 - Inside Frankie Wainman Paul Harrison Bert Finnikin took the title and John Lund came in third. The Editors Best Man (first wedding ha ha) The late Ray Tyldesley (85) from Lancashire had Won the previous year at Coventry. 20 Tel: 0844 840 8104