Mini Biography

Johns Shale car in action at Coventry

John Lund, a farmer from Clitheroe in Lancashire, is one of the longest running, most successful, and most popular drivers racing BriSCA F1 Stock Cars.

His route into the sport is typical of all the drivers from his generation. He started as a fan watching from the terraces of the long lost North West tracks, mainly Nelson in Lancashire, but also Rochdale & (the original) Belle Vue. After a few years the bug to try the sport first hand had well and truely bitten, and he set about building his first car. There was very little knowledge of the ‘science of racing’ in those days, and drivers kept any little secret advantages they discovered very much to themselves, so Johns car building journey was one very much of blind discovery. His initial car being based on just what he could gather from looking at other cars in the pits.

His first ever race meeting was at Rochdale in March 1976, aged just 22 years old. He finished sixth in the consolation race. Then followed a brief period of trials and tribulations as John discovered weaknesses in his car, teaching him lessons in car design that John now considers to have been invaluable.

Not long into his second year in the sport, John reached Star Grade status (an honour he has held ever since). Ten years further on, in 1987 at Belle Vue he achieved every Stock Car racers dream, and won the World Championship. It laid down the marker of things to come. John has gone on to be one of the most successful drivers in the sports history. 8 World Championship titles makes him the winning-est driver of the coveted Gold Roof, and his numerous other Championships plus over 200 Final Wins made him the man to beat for nearly 20 years.

These days there is not a more experienced man on the circuit, and while he has mellowed in his racing style, that experience means he can never be discounted as someone to watch out for, still regularly winning heats and finals, and never failing to gets himself near the front of the World Final grid.

Further Reading:
Exclusive F1stockcars.com Interview with John Lund
All site articles ‘tagged’ with “John Lund”