Craig Hodgson (8 July 1968 – 30 September 1998) was an international

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider from Australia.

Speedway career

Hodgson won the bronze medal at the

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. The following year in 1989 he became the Australian Junior champion. Also in 1989 he finished in 10th place during the 1989 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. In 1992, he was the Australian Longtrack champion. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1987 to 1993, riding for

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and

Bradford Dukes The Bradford Dukes were a British motorcycle speedway team which operated primarily from the Odsal Stadium in Odsal, Bradford until their closure in 1997.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The Bradford speedway team p ...

. He helped the

win the Fours Championship during the

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. In 1989, he helped the Panthers win the Fours Championship again, during the

1989 National League season The National League was the second tier of British speedway racing in 1989. Team changes Promoter Terry Cheney moved the Milton Keynes Knights out of the Groveway and into the Elfield Park. Summary The champions that year were Poole Pi ...

Death

He died in 1998 after taking his own life.

References

1968 births 1998 deaths Australian speedway riders Bradford Dukes riders Australian expatriate speedway riders in England Peterborough Panthers riders Motorcycle racers from Adelaide {{Australia-speedway-bio-stub