Richard Ainsworth

Ulverston, Cumbria

354 (1978-1988)

Family

Honours

V8 Hot Stox National Champion
1990

V8 Hot Stox National Points Champion
1989 1990 1992

Richy Ahern Trophy
1986

Finals (13)

13 finals at 6 tracks
Aycliffe	2
Belle Vue	1
Hartlepool	1
Long Eaton	1
Northampton	7
Skegness	1

1.	Monday 12th April 1982	Belle Vue
2.	Sunday 7th April 1985	Northampton
3.	Sunday 2nd June 1985	Skegness
4.	Sunday 9th June 1985	Aycliffe
5.	Sunday 23rd June 1985	Aycliffe
6.	Sunday 7th July 1985	Hartlepool
7.	Sunday 28th July 1985	Northampton
8.	Saturday 10th August 1985	Northampton
9.	Sunday 29th September 1985	Northampton
10.	Sunday 6th July 1986	Northampton
11.	Sunday 29th March 1987	Northampton
12.	Sunday 5th July 1987	Northampton
13.	Friday 1st January 1988	Long Eaton

1.	12 Apr 1982	Belle Vue
2.	7 Apr 1985	Northampton
3.	2 Jun 1985	Skegness
4.	9 Jun 1985	Aycliffe
5.	23 Jun 1985	Aycliffe
6.	7 Jul 1985	Hartlepool
7.	28 Jul 1985	Northampton
8.	10 Aug 1985	Northampton
9.	29 Sep 1985	Northampton
10.	6 Jul 1986	Northampton
11.	29 Mar 1987	Northampton
12.	5 Jul 1987	Northampton
13.	1 Jan 1988	Long Eaton

Race Wins (90)

90 race wins at 13 tracks
Aycliffe	13
Belle Vue	7
Hartlepool	15
Hednesford	1
Leicester	1
Long Eaton	11
Mildenhall	1
Nelson	1
Northampton	27
Rochdale	2
Sheffield	4
Skegness	6
White City	1

1.	Saturday 6th May 1978	Nelson	Heat 1
2.	Saturday 8th July 1978	Rochdale	Helter Skelter
3.	Saturday 25th April 1981	White City	Heat 3
4.	Sunday 7th June 1981	Skegness	Heat 4
5.	Sunday 2nd August 1981	Skegness	Heat 1
6.	Monday 12th April 1982	Belle Vue	Final
7.	Monday 31st May 1982	Belle Vue	Grand National
8.	Sunday 13th June 1982	Long Eaton	Grand Slam
9.	Saturday 19th June 1982	Leicester	Consolation
10.	Sunday 8th August 1982	Northampton	Heat 1
11.	Sunday 29th August 1982	Northampton	Consolation
12.	Saturday 11th September 1982	Long Eaton	Heat 2
13.	Sunday 26th September 1982	Northampton	Heat 3
14.	Saturday 23rd October 1982	Belle Vue	Heat 2
15.	Saturday 12th March 1983	Long Eaton	Heat 1
16.	Sunday 3rd April 1983	Northampton	Consolation
17.	Monday 4th April 1983	Belle Vue	Grand National
18.	Saturday 30th April 1983	Long Eaton	Grand National
19.	Monday 2nd May 1983	Belle Vue	Heat 1
20.	Sunday 29th May 1983	Northampton	Heat 2
21.	Monday 6th June 1983	Sheffield	Heat 2
22.	Saturday 11th June 1983	Long Eaton	Grand National
23.	Sunday 3rd July 1983	Northampton	Heat 1
24.	Monday 4th July 1983	Sheffield	Heat 2
25.	Monday 1st August 1983	Sheffield	Heat 2
26.	Saturday 10th September 1983	Long Eaton	Heat 1
27.	Sunday 2nd October 1983	Northampton	Grand National
28.	Saturday 8th October 1983	Long Eaton	Heat 2
29.	Monday 24th October 1983	Sheffield	Consolation
30.	Sunday 6th November 1983	Northampton	Consolation
31.	Saturday 12th November 1983	Long Eaton	Heat 3
32.	Sunday 13th November 1983	Hartlepool	Heat 1
33.	Monday 26th December 1983	Belle Vue	Consolation
34.	Sunday 1st April 1984	Rochdale	Heat 1
35.	Saturday 14th July 1984	Long Eaton	Heat 1
36.	Sunday 26th August 1984	Aycliffe	Heat 2
37.	Sunday 10th March 1985	Northampton	Heat 1
38.	Sunday 24th March 1985	Hartlepool	Grand National
39.	Sunday 7th April 1985	Northampton	Final
40.	Monday 8th April 1985	Belle Vue	Consolation
41.	Sunday 19th May 1985	Aycliffe	Heat 1
42.	Sunday 26th May 1985	Northampton	Grand National
43.	Sunday 2nd June 1985	Skegness	Heat 3
44.	Sunday 2nd June 1985	Skegness	Final
45.	Sunday 9th June 1985	Aycliffe	Consolation
46.	Sunday 9th June 1985	Aycliffe	Final
47.	Sunday 16th June 1985	Hartlepool	Consolation
48.	Sunday 16th June 1985	Hartlepool	Grand National
49.	Sunday 23rd June 1985	Aycliffe	Heat 1
50.	Sunday 23rd June 1985	Aycliffe	Final
51.	Sunday 30th June 1985	Northampton	Grand National
52.	Sunday 7th July 1985	Hartlepool	Heat 1
53.	Sunday 7th July 1985	Hartlepool	Final
54.	Sunday 7th July 1985	Hartlepool	Grand National
55.	Sunday 28th July 1985	Northampton	Heat 1
56.	Sunday 28th July 1985	Northampton	Final
57.	Saturday 10th August 1985	Northampton	Heat 2
58.	Saturday 10th August 1985	Northampton	Final
59.	Sunday 18th August 1985	Hartlepool	Heat 2
60.	Sunday 18th August 1985	Hartlepool	Grand National
61.	Sunday 29th September 1985	Northampton	Consolation
62.	Sunday 29th September 1985	Northampton	Final
63.	Sunday 13th October 1985	Hartlepool	Helter Skelter
64.	Sunday 20th October 1985	Northampton	Helter Skelter
65.	Sunday 9th March 1986	Northampton	Consolation
66.	Sunday 23rd March 1986	Skegness	Heat 2
67.	Sunday 11th May 1986	Hartlepool	Heat 1
68.	Sunday 25th May 1986	Northampton	Grand National
69.	Sunday 8th June 1986	Aycliffe	Consolation
70.	Sunday 15th June 1986	Hartlepool	Grand National
71.	Sunday 29th June 1986	Aycliffe	Heat 1
72.	Sunday 29th June 1986	Aycliffe	Grand National
73.	Sunday 6th July 1986	Northampton	Final
74.	Sunday 13th July 1986	Hartlepool	Consolation
75.	Sunday 31st August 1986	Aycliffe	Grand National
76.	Sunday 7th September 1986	Skegness	Consolation
77.	Sunday 14th September 1986	Hartlepool	Grand National
78.	Sunday 12th October 1986	Aycliffe	Heat 1
79.	Sunday 19th October 1986	Northampton	Heat 1
80.	Sunday 15th March 1987	Northampton	Heat 2
81.	Sunday 29th March 1987	Northampton	Heat 1
82.	Sunday 29th March 1987	Northampton	Final
83.	Sunday 7th June 1987	Aycliffe	Heat 1
84.	Sunday 28th June 1987	Aycliffe	Grand National
85.	Sunday 5th July 1987	Northampton	Final
86.	Sunday 12th July 1987	Hartlepool	Consolation
87.	Friday 1st January 1988	Long Eaton	Heat 1
88.	Friday 1st January 1988	Long Eaton	Final
89.	Sunday 20th March 1988	Hednesford	Heat 2
90.	Sunday 5th June 1988	Mildenhall	Consolation

1.	6 May 1978	Nelson	Ht
2.	8 Jul 1978	Rochdale	Helte
3.	25 Apr 1981	White City	Ht
4.	7 Jun 1981	Skegness	Ht
5.	2 Aug 1981	Skegness	Ht
6.	12 Apr 1982	Belle Vue	Final
7.	31 May 1982	Belle Vue	GN
8.	13 Jun 1982	Long Eaton	Grand
9.	19 Jun 1982	Leicester	Con
10.	8 Aug 1982	Northampton	Ht
11.	29 Aug 1982	Northampton	Con
12.	11 Sep 1982	Long Eaton	Ht
13.	26 Sep 1982	Northampton	Ht
14.	23 Oct 1982	Belle Vue	Ht
15.	12 Mar 1983	Long Eaton	Ht
16.	3 Apr 1983	Northampton	Con
17.	4 Apr 1983	Belle Vue	GN
18.	30 Apr 1983	Long Eaton	GN
19.	2 May 1983	Belle Vue	Ht
20.	29 May 1983	Northampton	Ht
21.	6 Jun 1983	Sheffield	Ht
22.	11 Jun 1983	Long Eaton	GN
23.	3 Jul 1983	Northampton	Ht
24.	4 Jul 1983	Sheffield	Ht
25.	1 Aug 1983	Sheffield	Ht
26.	10 Sep 1983	Long Eaton	Ht
27.	2 Oct 1983	Northampton	GN
28.	8 Oct 1983	Long Eaton	Ht
29.	24 Oct 1983	Sheffield	Con
30.	6 Nov 1983	Northampton	Con
31.	12 Nov 1983	Long Eaton	Ht
32.	13 Nov 1983	Hartlepool	Ht
33.	26 Dec 1983	Belle Vue	Con
34.	1 Apr 1984	Rochdale	Ht
35.	14 Jul 1984	Long Eaton	Ht
36.	26 Aug 1984	Aycliffe	Ht
37.	10 Mar 1985	Northampton	Ht
38.	24 Mar 1985	Hartlepool	GN
39.	7 Apr 1985	Northampton	Final
40.	8 Apr 1985	Belle Vue	Con
41.	19 May 1985	Aycliffe	Ht
42.	26 May 1985	Northampton	GN
43.	2 Jun 1985	Skegness	Ht
44.	2 Jun 1985	Skegness	Final
45.	9 Jun 1985	Aycliffe	Con
46.	9 Jun 1985	Aycliffe	Final
47.	16 Jun 1985	Hartlepool	Con
48.	16 Jun 1985	Hartlepool	GN
49.	23 Jun 1985	Aycliffe	Ht
50.	23 Jun 1985	Aycliffe	Final
51.	30 Jun 1985	Northampton	GN
52.	7 Jul 1985	Hartlepool	Ht
53.	7 Jul 1985	Hartlepool	Final
54.	7 Jul 1985	Hartlepool	GN
55.	28 Jul 1985	Northampton	Ht
56.	28 Jul 1985	Northampton	Final
57.	10 Aug 1985	Northampton	Ht
58.	10 Aug 1985	Northampton	Final
59.	18 Aug 1985	Hartlepool	Ht
60.	18 Aug 1985	Hartlepool	GN
61.	29 Sep 1985	Northampton	Con
62.	29 Sep 1985	Northampton	Final
63.	13 Oct 1985	Hartlepool	Helte
64.	20 Oct 1985	Northampton	Helte
65.	9 Mar 1986	Northampton	Con
66.	23 Mar 1986	Skegness	Ht
67.	11 May 1986	Hartlepool	Ht
68.	25 May 1986	Northampton	GN
69.	8 Jun 1986	Aycliffe	Con
70.	15 Jun 1986	Hartlepool	GN
71.	29 Jun 1986	Aycliffe	Ht
72.	29 Jun 1986	Aycliffe	GN
73.	6 Jul 1986	Northampton	Final
74.	13 Jul 1986	Hartlepool	Con
75.	31 Aug 1986	Aycliffe	GN
76.	7 Sep 1986	Skegness	Con
77.	14 Sep 1986	Hartlepool	GN
78.	12 Oct 1986	Aycliffe	Ht
79.	19 Oct 1986	Northampton	Ht
80.	15 Mar 1987	Northampton	Ht
81.	29 Mar 1987	Northampton	Ht
82.	29 Mar 1987	Northampton	Final
83.	7 Jun 1987	Aycliffe	Ht
84.	28 Jun 1987	Aycliffe	GN
85.	5 Jul 1987	Northampton	Final
86.	12 Jul 1987	Hartlepool	Con
87.	1 Jan 1988	Long Eaton	Ht
88.	1 Jan 1988	Long Eaton	Final
89.	20 Mar 1988	Hednesford	Ht
90.	5 Jun 1988	Mildenhall	Con

Results (1118)

World Finals (5)

1	1982	Belle Vue	DNF
2	1983	Coventry	DNF
3	1984	Belle Vue	DNF
4	1986	Coventry	11th
5	1988	Hednesford	12th