James Lodge

James Lodge (born 18 May 1989 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 Series Years active Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles British 125cc 2008–2010 36 8 14 6 5 3 6 2 125cc 2009–10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 National Superstock 600 2011– 15 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 Total 52 9 17 6 8 3 7 2

By championship

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts Ref 2009 Honda QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER GBRRet CZE INP SMR POR AUS MAL VAL NC 0 2010 Honda QAT ESP FRA ITA GBRRet NED CAT GER CZE INP RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL NC 0

British 125cc (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts Ref 2008 Honda THR15 OULRet BHGP9 DON7 SNE9 MAL4 OUL7 KNO6 CAD11 CRO7 SIL4 BHI1 6th 109 2009 Honda BHI4 OUL3 DON2 THR4 SNE2 KNO1 MAL2 BHGP2 CADRet CRO6 SIL3 OUL7 1st 182 2010 Seel Honda BHI1 THR1 OUL1 CADRet MAL3 KNOC SNE24 BHGP1 CADRet 1st 149 Season still in progress