Graham Blundell

Longton, Lancashire

156 (1972-1990)

Family

Honours

BSCDA Bumper Trophy
1988

Bernard Tennant Memorial Trophy
1978

Johnny Brise Trophy
2000 2002

Finals (7)

7 finals at 7 tracks
Belle Vue	1
Coventry	1
Crewe	1
Rochdale	1
Scunthorpe	1
Skegness	1
Stoke	1

1.	Saturday 15th September 1973	Coventry
2.	Saturday 7th June 1975	Rochdale
3.	Sunday 6th June 1976	Stoke
4.	Tuesday 26th December 1978	Belle Vue
5.	Saturday 18th June 1988	Crewe
6.	Wednesday 17th August 1988	Skegness
7.	Saturday 22nd October 1988	Scunthorpe

1.	15 Sep 1973	Coventry
2.	7 Jun 1975	Rochdale
3.	6 Jun 1976	Stoke
4.	26 Dec 1978	Belle Vue
5.	18 Jun 1988	Crewe
6.	17 Aug 1988	Skegness
7.	22 Oct 1988	Scunthorpe

Race Wins (70)

70 race wins at 18 tracks
Belle Vue	8
Blackburn	1
Bradford	2
Coventry	9
Crewe	8
Hednesford	1
Leicester	2
Long Eaton	8
Mildenhall	1
Nelson	3
Northampton	10
Rochdale	3
Scunthorpe	1
Sheffield	1
Skegness	3
Stoke	4
Wembley	1
White City	4

1.	Saturday 17th June 1972	Nelson	Consolation
2.	Saturday 22nd July 1972	Nelson	Heat 3
3.	Sunday 22nd April 1973	Northampton	Consolation
4.	Saturday 28th April 1973	White City	Consolation
5.	Sunday 17th June 1973	Stoke	Heat 1
6.	Saturday 15th September 1973	Coventry	Final
7.	Saturday 25th May 1974	Nelson	Heat 1
8.	Saturday 29th June 1974	Wembley	Heat 2
9.	Saturday 17th August 1974	Leicester	Heat 2
10.	Saturday 7th September 1974	Coventry	Grand National
11.	Saturday 19th October 1974	Coventry	Heat 2
12.	Saturday 9th November 1974	Long Eaton	North vs South
13.	Sunday 27th April 1975	Rochdale	Consolation
14.	Saturday 7th June 1975	Rochdale	Final
15.	Sunday 12th October 1975	Northampton	Heat 3
16.	Sunday 6th June 1976	Stoke	Final
17.	Sunday 27th June 1976	Stoke	Heat 2
18.	Sunday 4th July 1976	Stoke	Consolation
19.	Sunday 11th July 1976	Northampton	Heat 1
20.	Sunday 11th July 1976	Northampton	Grand National
21.	Thursday 26th May 1977	Bradford	Consolation 2
22.	Sunday 3rd July 1977	Northampton	Heat 1
23.	Saturday 9th July 1977	Long Eaton	Heat 3
24.	Saturday 10th September 1977	Long Eaton	Consolation
25.	Sunday 11th September 1977	Northampton	Last Chance
26.	Saturday 17th September 1977	Leicester	Grand National
27.	Saturday 24th September 1977	Belle Vue	Consolation
28.	Saturday 15th October 1977	Coventry	Heat 1
29.	Monday 26th December 1977	Belle Vue	Heat 2
30.	Saturday 18th March 1978	White City	Consolation 2
31.	Saturday 22nd April 1978	Rochdale	Heat 2
32.	Saturday 13th May 1978	White City	Grand National
33.	Saturday 3rd June 1978	Coventry	Heat 2
34.	Tuesday 26th December 1978	Belle Vue	Final
35.	Sunday 25th March 1979	Northampton	Consolation
36.	Sunday 14th October 1979	Northampton	Heat 3
37.	Saturday 27th September 1980	Belle Vue	Heat 2
38.	Saturday 4th October 1980	Coventry	Consolation
39.	Saturday 11th October 1980	White City	Heat 3
40.	Saturday 1st November 1980	Coventry	Heat 3
41.	Sunday 15th March 1981	Northampton	Heat 3
42.	Monday 20th April 1981	Belle Vue	Heat 3
43.	Saturday 24th September 1983	Belle Vue	Heat 1
44.	Saturday 14th April 1984	Blackburn	Consolation
45.	Saturday 4th August 1984	Northampton	Consolation
46.	Saturday 1st September 1984	Crewe	Driver Of The Year Semi-Final
47.	Saturday 26th October 1985	Belle Vue	Heat 3
48.	Saturday 16th November 1985	Long Eaton	Consolation
49.	Monday 5th May 1986	Belle Vue	Heat 1
50.	Saturday 14th June 1986	Long Eaton	Consolation
51.	Saturday 28th March 1987	Crewe	Heat 1
52.	Saturday 16th May 1987	Crewe	Consolation
53.	Saturday 20th June 1987	Crewe	Heat 2
54.	Saturday 14th May 1988	Long Eaton	Consolation
55.	Sunday 5th June 1988	Mildenhall	Heat 2
56.	Saturday 18th June 1988	Crewe	Heat 2
57.	Saturday 18th June 1988	Crewe	Final
58.	Wednesday 20th July 1988	Skegness	Grand National
59.	Sunday 31st July 1988	Skegness	Consolation
60.	Wednesday 17th August 1988	Skegness	Final
61.	Saturday 8th October 1988	Long Eaton	Heat 3
62.	Saturday 15th October 1988	Crewe	Consolation
63.	Saturday 22nd October 1988	Scunthorpe	Final
64.	Saturday 15th April 1989	Crewe	Grand National
65.	Monday 1st May 1989	Bradford	Heat 2
66.	Sunday 11th June 1989	Hednesford	Consolation
67.	Monday 19th June 1989	Sheffield	Consolation
68.	Saturday 24th March 1990	Long Eaton	Heat 3
69.	Saturday 5th August 2000	Coventry	Veterans Race
70.	Saturday 7th September 2002	Coventry	Veterans Race

1.	17 Jun 1972	Nelson	Con
2.	22 Jul 1972	Nelson	Ht
3.	22 Apr 1973	Northampton	Con
4.	28 Apr 1973	White City	Con
5.	17 Jun 1973	Stoke	Ht
6.	15 Sep 1973	Coventry	Final
7.	25 May 1974	Nelson	Ht
8.	29 Jun 1974	Wembley	Ht
9.	17 Aug 1974	Leicester	Ht
10.	7 Sep 1974	Coventry	GN
11.	19 Oct 1974	Coventry	Ht
12.	9 Nov 1974	Long Eaton	North
13.	27 Apr 1975	Rochdale	Con
14.	7 Jun 1975	Rochdale	Final
15.	12 Oct 1975	Northampton	Ht
16.	6 Jun 1976	Stoke	Final
17.	27 Jun 1976	Stoke	Ht
18.	4 Jul 1976	Stoke	Con
19.	11 Jul 1976	Northampton	Ht
20.	11 Jul 1976	Northampton	GN
21.	26 May 1977	Bradford	Con
22.	3 Jul 1977	Northampton	Ht
23.	9 Jul 1977	Long Eaton	Ht
24.	10 Sep 1977	Long Eaton	Con
25.	11 Sep 1977	Northampton	Last
26.	17 Sep 1977	Leicester	GN
27.	24 Sep 1977	Belle Vue	Con
28.	15 Oct 1977	Coventry	Ht
29.	26 Dec 1977	Belle Vue	Ht
30.	18 Mar 1978	White City	Con
31.	22 Apr 1978	Rochdale	Ht
32.	13 May 1978	White City	GN
33.	3 Jun 1978	Coventry	Ht
34.	26 Dec 1978	Belle Vue	Final
35.	25 Mar 1979	Northampton	Con
36.	14 Oct 1979	Northampton	Ht
37.	27 Sep 1980	Belle Vue	Ht
38.	4 Oct 1980	Coventry	Con
39.	11 Oct 1980	White City	Ht
40.	1 Nov 1980	Coventry	Ht
41.	15 Mar 1981	Northampton	Ht
42.	20 Apr 1981	Belle Vue	Ht
43.	24 Sep 1983	Belle Vue	Ht
44.	14 Apr 1984	Blackburn	Con
45.	4 Aug 1984	Northampton	Con
46.	1 Sep 1984	Crewe	Drive
47.	26 Oct 1985	Belle Vue	Ht
48.	16 Nov 1985	Long Eaton	Con
49.	5 May 1986	Belle Vue	Ht
50.	14 Jun 1986	Long Eaton	Con
51.	28 Mar 1987	Crewe	Ht
52.	16 May 1987	Crewe	Con
53.	20 Jun 1987	Crewe	Ht
54.	14 May 1988	Long Eaton	Con
55.	5 Jun 1988	Mildenhall	Ht
56.	18 Jun 1988	Crewe	Ht
57.	18 Jun 1988	Crewe	Final
58.	20 Jul 1988	Skegness	GN
59.	31 Jul 1988	Skegness	Con
60.	17 Aug 1988	Skegness	Final
61.	8 Oct 1988	Long Eaton	Ht
62.	15 Oct 1988	Crewe	Con
63.	22 Oct 1988	Scunthorpe	Final
64.	15 Apr 1989	Crewe	GN
65.	1 May 1989	Bradford	Ht
66.	11 Jun 1989	Hednesford	Con
67.	19 Jun 1989	Sheffield	Con
68.	24 Mar 1990	Long Eaton	Ht
69.	5 Aug 2000	Coventry	Veter
70.	7 Sep 2002	Coventry	Veter

Results (1387)

World Finals (7)

1	1974	Coventry	10th
2	1975	Belle Vue	6th
3	1976	White City	DNF
4	1984	Belle Vue	6th
5	1986	Coventry	DNF
6	1988	Hednesford	8th
7	1989	Coventry	DNF

Nelson, 23rd March 1973. Graham's first self-built car on its debut. The back tyre is an old Dunlop casing with a chunky tread glued on, supplied by Brian Powles. — Nelson, 23rd March 1973. Graham's first self-built car on its debut.
The back tyre is an old Dunlop casing with a chunky tread glued on, supplied by Brian Powles.

Graham's yard, July 1973 (from Graham's personal collection)

Wolverhampton 1974 (Dave Phillips photo)

Northampton, July 1975(Rob Gasson photo, Stock Car Supporter Mag August 1975) — Northampton, July 1975
(Rob Gasson photo, Stock Car Supporter Mag August 1975)

New transport for the 1976 season (from Graham's personal collection)

New car for 1977 (from Graham's personal collection)

New car for 1978 (from Graham's personal collection)

Updated six post roll cage for 1979 (from Graham's personal collection)

New car for 1980 (from Graham's personal collection)

Coventry 1981 (from Graham's personal collection)

Northampton, July 1983 (Andy Johnson photo)

Northampton, May 1986 (Karl Yeulett photo)

Northampton, July 1986 (Steve Botham photo)

Northampton, March 1987 (Mike Greenwood photo)

Bradford, March 1987 (Steve Botham photo)

Hednesford, September 1988. World Final weekend.

Northampton, July 1989 (Andy Johnson photo)

Bradford, June 1990 (Thomas Ackroyd photo)