Ray Tyldesley

Blackburn, Lancashire

233 (1979)
85 (1980-1991,1996-1997)

d. 1999

Honours

World Champion
1989

BSCRSA Trophy
1984 1986

World Championship Semi-Final
1989 1990

F2 British Champion
1979

F2 European Champion
1979 1981

Finals (19)

19 finals at 10 tracks
Aycliffe	3
Belle Vue	3
Bradford	1
Coventry	3
Crewe	2
Hartlepool	2
Hednesford	2
Northampton	1
Sheffield	1
Skegness	1

1.	Saturday 20th October 1984	Crewe
2.	Sunday 21st July 1985	Aycliffe
3.	Saturday 24th August 1985	Crewe
4.	Monday 26th August 1985	Belle Vue
5.	Thursday 26th December 1985	Belle Vue
6.	Monday 25th August 1986	Belle Vue
7.	Sunday 5th October 1986	Hartlepool
8.	Sunday 19th April 1987	Northampton
9.	Sunday 7th June 1987	Aycliffe
10.	Monday 15th June 1987	Sheffield
11.	Saturday 7th November 1987	Coventry
12.	Saturday 2nd April 1988	Coventry
13.	Sunday 9th October 1988	Aycliffe
14.	Sunday 23rd April 1989	Skegness
15.	Monday 29th May 1989	Bradford
16.	Sunday 9th July 1989	Hednesford
17.	Saturday 4th November 1989	Coventry
18.	Sunday 19th November 1989	Hednesford
19.	Sunday 17th June 1990	Hartlepool

1.	20 Oct 1984	Crewe
2.	21 Jul 1985	Aycliffe
3.	24 Aug 1985	Crewe
4.	26 Aug 1985	Belle Vue
5.	26 Dec 1985	Belle Vue
6.	25 Aug 1986	Belle Vue
7.	5 Oct 1986	Hartlepool
8.	19 Apr 1987	Northampton
9.	7 Jun 1987	Aycliffe
10.	15 Jun 1987	Sheffield
11.	7 Nov 1987	Coventry
12.	2 Apr 1988	Coventry
13.	9 Oct 1988	Aycliffe
14.	23 Apr 1989	Skegness
15.	29 May 1989	Bradford
16.	9 Jul 1989	Hednesford
17.	4 Nov 1989	Coventry
18.	19 Nov 1989	Hednesford
19.	17 Jun 1990	Hartlepool

Race Wins (144)

144 race wins at 18 tracks
Aycliffe	22
Belle Vue	10
Birmingham	3
Blackburn	4
Bradford	9
Buxton	2
Coventry	15
Crewe	7
Hartlepool	9
Hednesford	6
King's Lynn	2
Long Eaton	13
Mildenhall	1
Northampton	13
Rochdale	2
Scunthorpe	3
Sheffield	8
Skegness	15

1.	Sunday 16th May 1982	Hartlepool	Grand National
2.	Saturday 24th July 1982	Crewe	Heat 2
3.	Saturday 16th October 1982	Blackburn	Helter Skelter
4.	Sunday 24th April 1983	Hartlepool	Heat 2
5.	Sunday 17th July 1983	Hartlepool	Consolation
6.	Saturday 20th August 1983	Blackburn	Consolation
7.	Saturday 1st October 1983	Blackburn	Grand National
8.	Sunday 2nd October 1983	Aycliffe	Consolation
9.	Sunday 16th October 1983	Aycliffe	Consolation
10.	Saturday 5th May 1984	Blackburn	Heat 2
11.	Monday 21st May 1984	Sheffield	Grand National
12.	Monday 13th August 1984	Sheffield	Grand National
13.	Saturday 8th September 1984	Long Eaton	Heat 2
14.	Sunday 9th September 1984	Rochdale	Heat 1
15.	Sunday 30th September 1984	Hartlepool	Grand National
16.	Sunday 7th October 1984	Rochdale	Heat 1
17.	Saturday 20th October 1984	Crewe	Final
18.	Sunday 21st July 1985	Aycliffe	Final
19.	Sunday 4th August 1985	Skegness	Heat 3
20.	Sunday 4th August 1985	Skegness	Grand National
21.	Sunday 11th August 1985	Aycliffe	Heat 1
22.	Sunday 11th August 1985	Aycliffe	Grand National
23.	Monday 12th August 1985	Sheffield	Heat 2
24.	Sunday 18th August 1985	Hartlepool	Heat 1
25.	Saturday 24th August 1985	Crewe	Final
26.	Sunday 25th August 1985	Aycliffe	Grand National
27.	Monday 26th August 1985	Belle Vue	Heat 2
28.	Monday 26th August 1985	Belle Vue	Final
29.	Sunday 8th September 1985	Aycliffe	Consolation
30.	Sunday 15th September 1985	Hartlepool	Grand National
31.	Sunday 22nd September 1985	Skegness	Heat 2
32.	Sunday 22nd September 1985	Skegness	Grand National
33.	Sunday 29th September 1985	Aycliffe	Consolation
34.	Sunday 20th October 1985	Aycliffe	Helter Skelter
35.	Thursday 26th December 1985	Belle Vue	Final
36.	Sunday 30th March 1986	Northampton	Heat 2
37.	Sunday 27th July 1986	Northampton	Heat 2
38.	Sunday 3rd August 1986	Sheffield	Heat 1
39.	Monday 25th August 1986	Belle Vue	Heat 1
40.	Monday 25th August 1986	Belle Vue	Final
41.	Sunday 5th October 1986	Hartlepool	Final
42.	Saturday 25th October 1986	Belle Vue	Heat 2
43.	Friday 26th December 1986	Belle Vue	Helter Skelter
44.	Saturday 21st March 1987	Long Eaton	Heat 2
45.	Sunday 29th March 1987	Northampton	Heat 2
46.	Sunday 19th April 1987	Northampton	Final
47.	Monday 20th April 1987	Belle Vue	Grand National
48.	Sunday 26th April 1987	Aycliffe	Heat 2
49.	Sunday 3rd May 1987	Sheffield	Consolation
50.	Sunday 17th May 1987	Aycliffe	Heat 2
51.	Sunday 7th June 1987	Aycliffe	Final
52.	Monday 15th June 1987	Sheffield	Consolation
53.	Monday 15th June 1987	Sheffield	Final
54.	Saturday 27th June 1987	Belle Vue	Heat 1
55.	Sunday 5th July 1987	Northampton	Heat 2
56.	Saturday 11th July 1987	Long Eaton	Heat 3
57.	Sunday 26th July 1987	Northampton	Heat 1
58.	Monday 31st August 1987	Belle Vue	Consolation
59.	Saturday 5th September 1987	Coventry	Heat 3
60.	Sunday 6th September 1987	Aycliffe	Heat 2
61.	Saturday 12th September 1987	Long Eaton	Heat 2
62.	Monday 14th September 1987	Sheffield	Consolation
63.	Saturday 7th November 1987	Coventry	Final
64.	Sunday 6th March 1988	Skegness	Consolation
65.	Sunday 27th March 1988	Aycliffe	Heat 2
66.	Friday 1st April 1988	Bradford	Consolation
67.	Saturday 2nd April 1988	Coventry	Final
68.	Saturday 30th April 1988	Skegness	Consolation
69.	Sunday 1st May 1988	King's Lynn	Heat 1
70.	Monday 2nd May 1988	Bradford	Heat 1
71.	Sunday 8th May 1988	Mildenhall	Heat 3
72.	Saturday 11th June 1988	Long Eaton	Heat 3
73.	Saturday 2nd July 1988	Coventry	Heat 1
74.	Saturday 9th July 1988	Long Eaton	Heat 3
75.	Wednesday 20th July 1988	Skegness	Heat 2
76.	Saturday 6th August 1988	Coventry	Consolation
77.	Saturday 13th August 1988	Long Eaton	Heat 3
78.	Saturday 13th August 1988	Long Eaton	Grand National
79.	Sunday 14th August 1988	Aycliffe	Heat 1
80.	Saturday 20th August 1988	Crewe	Consolation
81.	Saturday 27th August 1988	Long Eaton	Heat 3
82.	Saturday 27th August 1988	Long Eaton	Grand National
83.	Sunday 28th August 1988	Northampton	Heat 1
84.	Monday 29th August 1988	Bradford	Heat 2
85.	Saturday 3rd September 1988	Coventry	Consolation
86.	Saturday 17th September 1988	Crewe	Consolation
87.	Saturday 24th September 1988	Bradford	Grand National
88.	Sunday 25th September 1988	Aycliffe	Heat 1
89.	Saturday 1st October 1988	Coventry	Consolation
90.	Sunday 2nd October 1988	King's Lynn	Heat 1
91.	Sunday 9th October 1988	Aycliffe	Heat 2
92.	Sunday 9th October 1988	Aycliffe	Final
93.	Sunday 23rd October 1988	Skegness	Helter Skelter
94.	Saturday 29th October 1988	Bradford	Heat 1
95.	Saturday 5th November 1988	Coventry	Consolation
96.	Sunday 13th November 1988	Aycliffe	Consolation
97.	Saturday 19th November 1988	Scunthorpe	Helter Skelter
98.	Saturday 19th November 1988	Scunthorpe	The 1000
99.	Monday 26th December 1988	Long Eaton	Helter Skelter
100.	Sunday 26th March 1989	Northampton	Helter Skelter
101.	Friday 7th April 1989	Birmingham	Grand National
102.	Saturday 15th April 1989	Crewe	Consolation
103.	Sunday 23rd April 1989	Skegness	Final
104.	Sunday 30th April 1989	Northampton	Heat 3
105.	Sunday 30th April 1989	Northampton	Grand National
106.	Saturday 6th May 1989	Coventry	Heat 3
107.	Sunday 7th May 1989	Aycliffe	Heat 2
108.	Sunday 14th May 1989	Skegness	Heat 2
109.	Saturday 20th May 1989	Crewe	Grand National
110.	Monday 29th May 1989	Bradford	Heat 2
111.	Monday 29th May 1989	Bradford	Final
112.	Saturday 3rd June 1989	Coventry	Heat 1
113.	Friday 9th June 1989	Birmingham	Heat 1
114.	Sunday 11th June 1989	Hednesford	European Heat Two
115.	Saturday 24th June 1989	Bradford	Heat 1
116.	Sunday 25th June 1989	Northampton	Heat 3
117.	Saturday 1st July 1989	Coventry	Heat 2
118.	Sunday 2nd July 1989	Aycliffe	Heat 2
119.	Sunday 9th July 1989	Hednesford	Final
120.	Sunday 16th July 1989	Aycliffe	Heat 1
121.	Sunday 23rd July 1989	Northampton	World Semi-Final
122.	Sunday 30th July 1989	Skegness	Heat 2
123.	Saturday 5th August 1989	Coventry	Grand National
124.	Saturday 2nd September 1989	Coventry	World Final
125.	Sunday 17th September 1989	Hednesford	Heat 1
126.	Sunday 22nd October 1989	Skegness	Heat 2
127.	Saturday 4th November 1989	Coventry	Final
128.	Sunday 19th November 1989	Hednesford	Final
129.	Sunday 1st April 1990	Hartlepool	Grand National
130.	Sunday 6th May 1990	Skegness	Heat 2
131.	Monday 7th May 1990	Bradford	Heat 1
132.	Sunday 13th May 1990	Hednesford	Consolation
133.	Friday 1st June 1990	Buxton	Consolation
134.	Friday 8th June 1990	Birmingham	Consolation
135.	Sunday 17th June 1990	Hartlepool	Final
136.	Saturday 14th July 1990	Long Eaton	Heat 1
137.	Sunday 22nd July 1990	Northampton	Heat 2
138.	Saturday 11th August 1990	Long Eaton	Heat 2
139.	Monday 27th August 1990	Scunthorpe	World Semi-Final
140.	Sunday 7th April 1991	Skegness	Grand National
141.	Sunday 14th April 1991	Hednesford	Consolation
142.	Sunday 5th May 1991	Skegness	Heat 1
143.	Sunday 2nd June 1991	Buxton	Heat 1
144.	Sunday 7th September 1997	Coventry	World Consolation

1.	16 May 1982	Hartlepool	GN
2.	24 Jul 1982	Crewe	Ht
3.	16 Oct 1982	Blackburn	Helte
4.	24 Apr 1983	Hartlepool	Ht
5.	17 Jul 1983	Hartlepool	Con
6.	20 Aug 1983	Blackburn	Con
7.	1 Oct 1983	Blackburn	GN
8.	2 Oct 1983	Aycliffe	Con
9.	16 Oct 1983	Aycliffe	Con
10.	5 May 1984	Blackburn	Ht
11.	21 May 1984	Sheffield	GN
12.	13 Aug 1984	Sheffield	GN
13.	8 Sep 1984	Long Eaton	Ht
14.	9 Sep 1984	Rochdale	Ht
15.	30 Sep 1984	Hartlepool	GN
16.	7 Oct 1984	Rochdale	Ht
17.	20 Oct 1984	Crewe	Final
18.	21 Jul 1985	Aycliffe	Final
19.	4 Aug 1985	Skegness	Ht
20.	4 Aug 1985	Skegness	GN
21.	11 Aug 1985	Aycliffe	Ht
22.	11 Aug 1985	Aycliffe	GN
23.	12 Aug 1985	Sheffield	Ht
24.	18 Aug 1985	Hartlepool	Ht
25.	24 Aug 1985	Crewe	Final
26.	25 Aug 1985	Aycliffe	GN
27.	26 Aug 1985	Belle Vue	Ht
28.	26 Aug 1985	Belle Vue	Final
29.	8 Sep 1985	Aycliffe	Con
30.	15 Sep 1985	Hartlepool	GN
31.	22 Sep 1985	Skegness	Ht
32.	22 Sep 1985	Skegness	GN
33.	29 Sep 1985	Aycliffe	Con
34.	20 Oct 1985	Aycliffe	Helte
35.	26 Dec 1985	Belle Vue	Final
36.	30 Mar 1986	Northampton	Ht
37.	27 Jul 1986	Northampton	Ht
38.	3 Aug 1986	Sheffield	Ht
39.	25 Aug 1986	Belle Vue	Ht
40.	25 Aug 1986	Belle Vue	Final
41.	5 Oct 1986	Hartlepool	Final
42.	25 Oct 1986	Belle Vue	Ht
43.	26 Dec 1986	Belle Vue	Helte
44.	21 Mar 1987	Long Eaton	Ht
45.	29 Mar 1987	Northampton	Ht
46.	19 Apr 1987	Northampton	Final
47.	20 Apr 1987	Belle Vue	GN
48.	26 Apr 1987	Aycliffe	Ht
49.	3 May 1987	Sheffield	Con
50.	17 May 1987	Aycliffe	Ht
51.	7 Jun 1987	Aycliffe	Final
52.	15 Jun 1987	Sheffield	Con
53.	15 Jun 1987	Sheffield	Final
54.	27 Jun 1987	Belle Vue	Ht
55.	5 Jul 1987	Northampton	Ht
56.	11 Jul 1987	Long Eaton	Ht
57.	26 Jul 1987	Northampton	Ht
58.	31 Aug 1987	Belle Vue	Con
59.	5 Sep 1987	Coventry	Ht
60.	6 Sep 1987	Aycliffe	Ht
61.	12 Sep 1987	Long Eaton	Ht
62.	14 Sep 1987	Sheffield	Con
63.	7 Nov 1987	Coventry	Final
64.	6 Mar 1988	Skegness	Con
65.	27 Mar 1988	Aycliffe	Ht
66.	1 Apr 1988	Bradford	Con
67.	2 Apr 1988	Coventry	Final
68.	30 Apr 1988	Skegness	Con
69.	1 May 1988	King's Lynn	Ht
70.	2 May 1988	Bradford	Ht
71.	8 May 1988	Mildenhall	Ht
72.	11 Jun 1988	Long Eaton	Ht
73.	2 Jul 1988	Coventry	Ht
74.	9 Jul 1988	Long Eaton	Ht
75.	20 Jul 1988	Skegness	Ht
76.	6 Aug 1988	Coventry	Con
77.	13 Aug 1988	Long Eaton	Ht
78.	13 Aug 1988	Long Eaton	GN
79.	14 Aug 1988	Aycliffe	Ht
80.	20 Aug 1988	Crewe	Con
81.	27 Aug 1988	Long Eaton	Ht
82.	27 Aug 1988	Long Eaton	GN
83.	28 Aug 1988	Northampton	Ht
84.	29 Aug 1988	Bradford	Ht
85.	3 Sep 1988	Coventry	Con
86.	17 Sep 1988	Crewe	Con
87.	24 Sep 1988	Bradford	GN
88.	25 Sep 1988	Aycliffe	Ht
89.	1 Oct 1988	Coventry	Con
90.	2 Oct 1988	King's Lynn	Ht
91.	9 Oct 1988	Aycliffe	Ht
92.	9 Oct 1988	Aycliffe	Final
93.	23 Oct 1988	Skegness	Helte
94.	29 Oct 1988	Bradford	Ht
95.	5 Nov 1988	Coventry	Con
96.	13 Nov 1988	Aycliffe	Con
97.	19 Nov 1988	Scunthorpe	Helte
98.	19 Nov 1988	Scunthorpe	The 1
99.	26 Dec 1988	Long Eaton	Helte
100.	26 Mar 1989	Northampton	Helte
101.	7 Apr 1989	Birmingham	GN
102.	15 Apr 1989	Crewe	Con
103.	23 Apr 1989	Skegness	Final
104.	30 Apr 1989	Northampton	Ht
105.	30 Apr 1989	Northampton	GN
106.	6 May 1989	Coventry	Ht
107.	7 May 1989	Aycliffe	Ht
108.	14 May 1989	Skegness	Ht
109.	20 May 1989	Crewe	GN
110.	29 May 1989	Bradford	Ht
111.	29 May 1989	Bradford	Final
112.	3 Jun 1989	Coventry	Ht
113.	9 Jun 1989	Birmingham	Ht
114.	11 Jun 1989	Hednesford	Euro
115.	24 Jun 1989	Bradford	Ht
116.	25 Jun 1989	Northampton	Ht
117.	1 Jul 1989	Coventry	Ht
118.	2 Jul 1989	Aycliffe	Ht
119.	9 Jul 1989	Hednesford	Final
120.	16 Jul 1989	Aycliffe	Ht
121.	23 Jul 1989	Northampton	WCSF
122.	30 Jul 1989	Skegness	Ht
123.	5 Aug 1989	Coventry	GN
124.	2 Sep 1989	Coventry	WF
125.	17 Sep 1989	Hednesford	Ht
126.	22 Oct 1989	Skegness	Ht
127.	4 Nov 1989	Coventry	Final
128.	19 Nov 1989	Hednesford	Final
129.	1 Apr 1990	Hartlepool	GN
130.	6 May 1990	Skegness	Ht
131.	7 May 1990	Bradford	Ht
132.	13 May 1990	Hednesford	Con
133.	1 Jun 1990	Buxton	Con
134.	8 Jun 1990	Birmingham	Con
135.	17 Jun 1990	Hartlepool	Final
136.	14 Jul 1990	Long Eaton	Ht
137.	22 Jul 1990	Northampton	Ht
138.	11 Aug 1990	Long Eaton	Ht
139.	27 Aug 1990	Scunthorpe	WCSF
140.	7 Apr 1991	Skegness	GN
141.	14 Apr 1991	Hednesford	Con
142.	5 May 1991	Skegness	Ht
143.	2 Jun 1991	Buxton	Ht
144.	7 Sep 1997	Coventry	World

Results (1127)

World Finals (5)

1	1985	Bradford	4th
2	1989	Coventry	1st
3	1990	Bradford	DNF
4	1991	Hednesford	4th
5	1997	Bradford	DNF

White City, November 1980 (Ian Bannister photo)

Aycliffe, 22nd March 1987 (Steve Botham photo)

Crewe, World Semi-Final 1988 (Keith Thompson photo)

Skegness, March 1988 (Steve Botham photo)