Frankie Wainman Jnr
| Frankie Wainman Junior | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
6 October 1971 Silsden, West Yorkshire |
| BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars career | |
| Debut season | 1987 |
| Car no. | 515 (raced as number 1 in 1998/1999 & 2005/2006) |
| Wins | 1349 |
| Previous series | |
| 1983-1986 | Ministox |
Frankie Wainman Junior (born 6 October 1971) is a BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars racing driver, who races using the number 515. Wainman is twice former BriSCA F1 World Champion, thirteen-time National Points Champion and seven-time British Champion along with many other titles.
Early life
Wainman was brought up in the small town of Silsden, West Yorkshire. He is the son of former racer Frankie Wainman (racing number 212/i212).[1]
Racing career
Wainman began racing at ten years old in Ministox and won a number of championships including the British Points Championship.
At sixteen he made the switch to BriSCA F1 using a car he had built himself.[2] After three weeks he won his first final, in November 1987. He has won two World Championships[3] and thirteen National Points Championships,[4] as well as many other championships. Wainman also builds stock cars for other drivers. In the Netherlands, Wainman has won the Long Track World Championship at Baarlo and World Cup at Venray.
In the UK 'off season' between January and March, Wainman travels to New Zealand to take part in their equivalent formula, Superstocks.[5] In 1998 he won the World 240 Championship, and won two more in later years.[6] As of 2013 he is the only driver to have won this title three times.,[7] He has built and raced his own car which he kept over in New Zealand but this was sold in 2014.
In 2007 Frankie had an almost career ending accident at Hednesford Hills Raceway.[8]
Wainman and rival driver Andy Smith were the subject of a BBC documentary Gears and Tears which aired in 2010, being the stock car version of War of the Roses with Wainman from Silsden and Smith being from Rochdale. During the 1980s both of their fathers (Frankie Wainman #212 and Stuart Smith #391/1) were in close battles week in and week out, the same as Frankie Junior and Andy were in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
In 2012 Frankie amassed 250 final wins, becoming only the second driver ever to accomplish this feat,[9] Stuart Smith being the other.
Personal life
Wainman has two children, Phoebe and Frankie, both of whom have taken up racing.
Honours
- World Champion: 1998, 2005
- National Points Champion: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
- World Semi Final : 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
- British : 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- European : 1995, 2006, 2014
- National Series : 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
- Long Track / Gold Cup : 1998, 1999, 2006, 2015
- 240i NZ Championships : 1997, 2000, 2009
- Grand National : 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2014
- UK Open : 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009
- Trust Fund : 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004
- BriSCA Supreme : 1991, 1993, 2010
- Scottish : 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Grand Prix : 1998
- Bumper Trophy : 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006
- World of Shale : 1999, 2001, 2012
Memorial Wins
- Tony Abel : 1995
- Richie Ahern : 1993, 2001, 2002, 2010
- Bozzy Ashes : 2006
- Allan Barker : 2006
- Wilf Blundell : 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2013
- Steve Froggatt : 1999, 2001, 2003
- Roger Merrick : 2004, 2006
- Fred Mitchell : 1998, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011
- Mike Parker : 2007, 2009, 2011
- Don Round : 2008
- Harry Smith : 2006, 2007, 2008
- Mark Wilkinson : 1997
- Lee Wilson : 2007, 2009
- Ernie Wright : 1993, 1995, 1998, 2005
Notes
- ↑ "Obituary: Frank Wainman farmer and dealer". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Reeves 2015, p.60.
- ↑ "World Championship". F1stockcars.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "National Championship". F1stockcars.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Motorsport: Peter Bengston scrapes home in stunning finish - Rotorua Daily Post - Rotorua Daily Post News
- ↑ "Team GB to race again". New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Interview with Frankie Wainman Junior". F1stockcars.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ T&A stock car driver in horror crash
- ↑ "Frankie Wainman Junior". F1stockcars.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
References
- Reeves, Scott (2015). Kings of the Oval. Chequered Flag Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9932152-1-6.