James Lodge

James Lodge (born in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire) is a British motorcycle racer who was a two-time British 125 cc champion 2009 and 2010. Lodge also rode two wildcard races in the 125 cc category at the British rounds of 2009 and 2010 World Championships, failing to finish both times. Lodge competed in the National Superstock 600 Championship in 2014. He gained his first podium in the class at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit at the first race of the 2012 season.

In 2016 Lodge made a brief return to racing, riding a Kawasaki ZX7R in the Thundersport GB 'Golden Era Superbike' series at Cadwell Park. Having not ridden for nearly two years and with 50 bhp less than the front runners, Lodge finished on the podium twice, including a win in the final race of the weekend.

In 2021 Lodge raced in the No Limits Racing ACU National Endurance 1000 Championship with his brother Jonathon Lodge on a BMW S1000RR. They were the only single bike entry in the championship and went on to take two third places, two second places and two wins before winning the championship at the final round at Brands Hatch GP circuit, beating the four bike entry of Delkevic Racing by two points.

2021 also saw Lodge return briefly to British Supersport for RS Racing on a Kalex in the British GP2 Championship. After limited track time in Friday Practice, Lodge qualified 18th for the sprint race, which he finished 19th overall and 9th in the GP2 class. Sunday's feature race would see him start 19th on the grid but an incident involving spilled coolant at Clearways on lap eight brought the red flag out as five riders including Lodge had fallen.

Career

Starting out

Lodge started out racing in 2006, when he competed in the ACU Star Championship, finishing fourth in the championship. In 2007 Lodge moved to the ACU Motostar Championship in which he finished 3rd. He then moved into the British 125cc championship with Lodge finishing a respectable 6th place. He stayed in the 125 class for 2009 with the KRP / BRICON Honda team, winning the 125 championship at the second attempt. Lodge decided to stay in the championship to defend his title for 2010, which he did successfully. Lodge also rode in the 125cc class at the British Grand Prix, retiring from the race as a wildcard.

National Superstock 600 Championship

For 2011 Lodge moved into the Superstock 600 category riding Kawasaki. He didn't finish inside the points with a best of 16th place at Knockhill and Brands Hatch.
For the 2012 season Lodge changed teams to a Yamaha, in the first round of the 2012 season he achieved his first podium finish in the class (2nd) with team mates in 1st and 3rd. He eventually finished 7th overall and 5th in 2013.

Career statistics

2006– 6th, British ACU Motostar Championship #29 Honda RS125R

2007– 4th, British ACU Motostar Championship #29 Honda RS125R

2008– 6th, British 125 Championship #29 Honda RS125R

2009– 1st, British 125 Championship #29 Honda RS125R

2010– 1st, British 125 Championship #1 Honda RS125R

2011– NC, National Superstock 600 Championship #29 Kawasaki ZX-6R

2012– 7th, National Superstock 600 Championship #29 Yamaha YZF-R6

2013– 5th, National Superstock 600 Championship #7 Kawasaki ZX-6R

2014– 5th, National Superstock 600 Championship #7 Kawasaki ZX-6R

Stats updated 28 July 2012

All time

By championship

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

British 125cc

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

National Superstock 600

* * Season still in progress

References

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British motorcycle racers
English motorcycle racers
Living people
1989 births
125cc World Championship riders