Dave Hodgson

Mirfield, West Yorkshire

272 (1973-1982)

d. 2017

Family

Father of Steve Hodgson, Andy Hodgson

Brother of Pete Hodgson

Honours

Northern Drivers Champion
1981

Graham Guthrie Trophy
1978

Finals (24)

24 finals at 12 tracks
Aycliffe	1
Blackburn	6
Bradford	3
Bristol	1
Coventry	1
Hartlepool	1
Long Eaton	1
Northampton	2
Oxford	1
Sheffield	1
Skegness	2
White City	4

1.	Sunday 28th September 1975	Oxford
2.	Saturday 9th October 1976	Long Eaton
3.	Saturday 2nd July 1977	Coventry
4.	Sunday 14th August 1977	Northampton
5.	Tuesday 6th September 1977	Skegness
6.	Saturday 31st December 1977	White City
7.	Thursday 20th April 1978	Blackburn
8.	Wednesday 31st May 1978	Skegness
9.	Sunday 17th September 1978	Aycliffe
10.	Sunday 5th November 1978	Northampton
11.	Saturday 30th December 1978	White City
12.	Saturday 12th May 1979	White City
13.	Sunday 27th May 1979	Hartlepool
14.	Monday 27th August 1979	Bristol
15.	Saturday 8th September 1979	White City
16.	Friday 11th July 1980	Bradford
17.	Saturday 19th July 1980	Blackburn
18.	Saturday 9th August 1980	Blackburn
19.	Friday 29th August 1980	Bradford
20.	Friday 8th May 1981	Bradford
21.	Monday 24th August 1981	Sheffield
22.	Saturday 29th August 1981	Blackburn
23.	Saturday 3rd October 1981	Blackburn
24.	Saturday 27th March 1982	Blackburn

1.	28 Sep 1975	Oxford
2.	9 Oct 1976	Long Eaton
3.	2 Jul 1977	Coventry
4.	14 Aug 1977	Northampton
5.	6 Sep 1977	Skegness
6.	31 Dec 1977	White City
7.	20 Apr 1978	Blackburn
8.	31 May 1978	Skegness
9.	17 Sep 1978	Aycliffe
10.	5 Nov 1978	Northampton
11.	30 Dec 1978	White City
12.	12 May 1979	White City
13.	27 May 1979	Hartlepool
14.	27 Aug 1979	Bristol
15.	8 Sep 1979	White City
16.	11 Jul 1980	Bradford
17.	19 Jul 1980	Blackburn
18.	9 Aug 1980	Blackburn
19.	29 Aug 1980	Bradford
20.	8 May 1981	Bradford
21.	24 Aug 1981	Sheffield
22.	29 Aug 1981	Blackburn
23.	3 Oct 1981	Blackburn
24.	27 Mar 1982	Blackburn

Race Wins (174)

174 race wins at 18 tracks
Aycliffe	15
Belle Vue	2
Blackburn	21
Bradford	18
Bristol	3
Coventry	6
Harringay	1
Hartlepool	13
Hednesford	1
Leicester	2
Long Eaton	6
Nelson	2
Northampton	33
Oxford	1
Rochdale	4
Sheffield	8
Skegness	8
White City	30

1.	Sunday 17th March 1974	Rochdale	Consolation
2.	Sunday 7th April 1974	Aycliffe	Heat 2
3.	Saturday 13th September 1975	Long Eaton	Consolation
4.	Sunday 28th September 1975	Oxford	Final
5.	Saturday 25th October 1975	Coventry	Consolation
6.	Sunday 2nd November 1975	Northampton	Heat 1
7.	Sunday 9th November 1975	Hartlepool	Helter Skelter
8.	Sunday 16th November 1975	Hartlepool	Consolation
9.	Sunday 14th March 1976	Northampton	Heat 3
10.	Sunday 21st March 1976	Hednesford	Consolation
11.	Wednesday 24th March 1976	Bradford	Heat 3
12.	Friday 9th April 1976	Rochdale	Consolation
13.	Friday 16th April 1976	Long Eaton	Heat 3
14.	Saturday 5th June 1976	Coventry	Heat 2
15.	Saturday 12th June 1976	Long Eaton	Heat 3
16.	Saturday 9th October 1976	Long Eaton	Heat 3
17.	Saturday 9th October 1976	Long Eaton	Final
18.	Sunday 24th October 1976	Northampton	Heat 2
19.	Sunday 13th March 1977	Northampton	Heat 1
20.	Saturday 16th April 1977	White City	Heat 2
21.	Saturday 23rd April 1977	Leicester	Consolation
22.	Monday 6th June 1977	Belle Vue	Consolation
23.	Saturday 11th June 1977	Long Eaton	Heat 2
24.	Sunday 12th June 1977	Aycliffe	Consolation
25.	Saturday 18th June 1977	White City	Heat 2
26.	Thursday 23rd June 1977	Bradford	Heat 2
27.	Thursday 23rd June 1977	Bradford	Grand National
28.	Saturday 25th June 1977	White City	Heat 1
29.	Sunday 26th June 1977	Aycliffe	Grand National
30.	Tuesday 28th June 1977	Skegness	Consolation
31.	Saturday 2nd July 1977	Coventry	Final
32.	Sunday 3rd July 1977	Northampton	Consolation
33.	Saturday 9th July 1977	White City	Heat 3
34.	Sunday 10th July 1977	Aycliffe	Consolation
35.	Tuesday 12th July 1977	Skegness	Consolation
36.	Tuesday 12th July 1977	Skegness	Grand National
37.	Saturday 16th July 1977	Leicester	Heat 1
38.	Monday 18th July 1977	Sheffield	Heat 1
39.	Thursday 21st July 1977	Bradford	Grand National
40.	Sunday 24th July 1977	Northampton	Grand National
41.	Sunday 14th August 1977	Northampton	Heat 2
42.	Sunday 14th August 1977	Northampton	Final
43.	Sunday 14th August 1977	Northampton	Grand National
44.	Sunday 4th September 1977	Aycliffe	Grand National
45.	Tuesday 6th September 1977	Skegness	Heat 1
46.	Tuesday 6th September 1977	Skegness	Final
47.	Saturday 10th September 1977	White City	Heat 1
48.	Sunday 11th September 1977	Northampton	Consolation 2
49.	Sunday 18th September 1977	Aycliffe	Heat 1
50.	Friday 23rd September 1977	Bradford	Grand National
51.	Sunday 25th September 1977	Northampton	Heat 3
52.	Saturday 1st October 1977	Coventry	Consolation
53.	Sunday 9th October 1977	Skegness	Heat 1
54.	Tuesday 27th December 1977	Sheffield	Heat 2
55.	Saturday 31st December 1977	White City	Final
56.	Sunday 12th March 1978	Northampton	Heat 1
57.	Saturday 18th March 1978	White City	Heat 1
58.	Sunday 19th March 1978	Hartlepool	Grand National
59.	Sunday 26th March 1978	Northampton	Heat 2
60.	Saturday 1st April 1978	Coventry	Heat 1
61.	Sunday 9th April 1978	Northampton	Heat 2
62.	Sunday 9th April 1978	Northampton	Grand National
63.	Saturday 15th April 1978	White City	Heat 2
64.	Sunday 16th April 1978	Aycliffe	Heat 2
65.	Thursday 20th April 1978	Blackburn	Consolation
66.	Thursday 20th April 1978	Blackburn	Final
67.	Sunday 23rd April 1978	Northampton	Consolation
68.	Sunday 7th May 1978	Northampton	Heat 2
69.	Saturday 13th May 1978	White City	Heat 1
70.	Wednesday 31st May 1978	Skegness	Final
71.	Saturday 3rd June 1978	White City	Heat 2
72.	Thursday 8th June 1978	Blackburn	Heat 3
73.	Sunday 11th June 1978	Hartlepool	Grand National
74.	Sunday 18th June 1978	Northampton	Heat 2
75.	Monday 19th June 1978	Sheffield	Heat 3
76.	Friday 23rd June 1978	Bradford	Consolation
77.	Saturday 24th June 1978	Belle Vue	Heat 2
78.	Sunday 25th June 1978	Harringay	Heat 1
79.	Friday 30th June 1978	Nelson	Heat 1
80.	Friday 7th July 1978	Bradford	Heat 8
81.	Wednesday 12th July 1978	Skegness	Consolation
82.	Friday 28th July 1978	Bradford	Grand National
83.	Sunday 30th July 1978	Northampton	Heat 3
84.	Friday 11th August 1978	Bradford	Heat 3
85.	Sunday 20th August 1978	Aycliffe	Grand National
86.	Saturday 26th August 1978	White City	Heat 2
87.	Sunday 3rd September 1978	Aycliffe	Consolation
88.	Friday 15th September 1978	Bradford	Consolation 1
89.	Saturday 16th September 1978	White City	Superstar Race
90.	Saturday 16th September 1978	White City	Heat 2
91.	Saturday 16th September 1978	White City	Grand National
92.	Sunday 17th September 1978	Aycliffe	Consolation
93.	Sunday 17th September 1978	Aycliffe	Final
94.	Thursday 21st September 1978	Blackburn	Heat 1
95.	Thursday 21st September 1978	Blackburn	Grand National
96.	Monday 25th September 1978	Sheffield	Heat 1
97.	Saturday 30th September 1978	Nelson	Consolation
98.	Sunday 1st October 1978	Aycliffe	Grand National
99.	Saturday 4th November 1978	White City	Heat 1
100.	Sunday 5th November 1978	Northampton	Heat 2
101.	Sunday 5th November 1978	Northampton	Final
102.	Saturday 30th December 1978	White City	Heat 2
103.	Saturday 30th December 1978	White City	Final
104.	Monday 16th April 1979	White City	Consolation 1
105.	Sunday 6th May 1979	Aycliffe	Heat 1
106.	Thursday 10th May 1979	Blackburn	Consolation
107.	Friday 11th May 1979	Bradford	Heat 2
108.	Saturday 12th May 1979	White City	Final
109.	Sunday 27th May 1979	Hartlepool	Final
110.	Friday 10th August 1979	Bradford	Heat 4
111.	Sunday 12th August 1979	Northampton	Heat 3
112.	Sunday 26th August 1979	Northampton	Semi-Final
113.	Monday 27th August 1979	Bristol	Heat 2
114.	Monday 27th August 1979	Bristol	Final
115.	Saturday 8th September 1979	White City	Heat 2
116.	Saturday 8th September 1979	White City	Final
117.	Monday 24th September 1979	Sheffield	Consolation
118.	Sunday 30th September 1979	Northampton	Heat 1
119.	Sunday 7th October 1979	Hartlepool	Grand National
120.	Sunday 30th March 1980	Hartlepool	Heat 1
121.	Saturday 5th April 1980	Coventry	Grand National
122.	Sunday 6th April 1980	Northampton	Heat 2
123.	Sunday 27th April 1980	Northampton	Heat 3
124.	Saturday 3rd May 1980	White City	Heat 2
125.	Saturday 10th May 1980	Rochdale	Heat 3
126.	Sunday 11th May 1980	Northampton	Grand National
127.	Saturday 17th May 1980	Blackburn	Grand National
128.	Sunday 18th May 1980	Hartlepool	Heat 2
129.	Saturday 24th May 1980	White City	Grand National
130.	Sunday 25th May 1980	Northampton	Heat 2
131.	Sunday 25th May 1980	Northampton	Grand National
132.	Monday 26th May 1980	Bristol	Heat 1
133.	Sunday 1st June 1980	Hartlepool	Heat 2
134.	Monday 9th June 1980	Sheffield	Heat 3
135.	Saturday 14th June 1980	White City	Consolation
136.	Saturday 14th June 1980	White City	Grand National
137.	Saturday 21st June 1980	Blackburn	Heat 3
138.	Wednesday 2nd July 1980	Blackburn	Heat 4
139.	Saturday 5th July 1980	White City	Grand National
140.	Friday 11th July 1980	Bradford	Final
141.	Saturday 19th July 1980	Blackburn	Final
142.	Saturday 19th July 1980	Blackburn	Grand National
143.	Sunday 20th July 1980	Aycliffe	Consolation
144.	Saturday 9th August 1980	Blackburn	Heat 1
145.	Saturday 9th August 1980	Blackburn	Heat 3
146.	Saturday 9th August 1980	Blackburn	Final
147.	Sunday 10th August 1980	Northampton	Heat 3
148.	Sunday 24th August 1980	Rochdale	Consolation
149.	Friday 29th August 1980	Bradford	Final
150.	Sunday 19th October 1980	Hartlepool	Consolation
151.	Saturday 1st November 1980	White City	Heat 3
152.	Friday 17th April 1981	Bradford	Heat 1
153.	Friday 8th May 1981	Bradford	Final
154.	Friday 22nd May 1981	White City	Grand National
155.	Friday 29th May 1981	Bradford	Heat 1
156.	Saturday 30th May 1981	Blackburn	Consolation
157.	Sunday 14th June 1981	Northampton	Consolation
158.	Friday 19th June 1981	Bradford	Heat 3
159.	Saturday 1st August 1981	White City	Heat 3
160.	Monday 24th August 1981	Sheffield	Final
161.	Saturday 29th August 1981	Blackburn	Heat 3
162.	Saturday 29th August 1981	Blackburn	Final
163.	Saturday 3rd October 1981	Blackburn	Heat 2
164.	Saturday 3rd October 1981	Blackburn	Final
165.	Saturday 10th October 1981	White City	Heat 1
166.	Sunday 18th October 1981	Aycliffe	Consolation
167.	Sunday 1st November 1981	Hartlepool	Heat 2
168.	Sunday 8th November 1981	Northampton	Helter Skelter
169.	Monday 28th December 1981	Sheffield	Heat 2
170.	Sunday 21st March 1982	Hartlepool	Heat 2
171.	Sunday 21st March 1982	Hartlepool	Grand National
172.	Saturday 27th March 1982	Blackburn	Heat 3
173.	Saturday 27th March 1982	Blackburn	Final
174.	Sunday 28th March 1982	Northampton	Heat 3

1.	17 Mar 1974	Rochdale	Con
2.	7 Apr 1974	Aycliffe	Ht
3.	13 Sep 1975	Long Eaton	Con
4.	28 Sep 1975	Oxford	Final
5.	25 Oct 1975	Coventry	Con
6.	2 Nov 1975	Northampton	Ht
7.	9 Nov 1975	Hartlepool	Helte
8.	16 Nov 1975	Hartlepool	Con
9.	14 Mar 1976	Northampton	Ht
10.	21 Mar 1976	Hednesford	Con
11.	24 Mar 1976	Bradford	Ht
12.	9 Apr 1976	Rochdale	Con
13.	16 Apr 1976	Long Eaton	Ht
14.	5 Jun 1976	Coventry	Ht
15.	12 Jun 1976	Long Eaton	Ht
16.	9 Oct 1976	Long Eaton	Ht
17.	9 Oct 1976	Long Eaton	Final
18.	24 Oct 1976	Northampton	Ht
19.	13 Mar 1977	Northampton	Ht
20.	16 Apr 1977	White City	Ht
21.	23 Apr 1977	Leicester	Con
22.	6 Jun 1977	Belle Vue	Con
23.	11 Jun 1977	Long Eaton	Ht
24.	12 Jun 1977	Aycliffe	Con
25.	18 Jun 1977	White City	Ht
26.	23 Jun 1977	Bradford	Ht
27.	23 Jun 1977	Bradford	GN
28.	25 Jun 1977	White City	Ht
29.	26 Jun 1977	Aycliffe	GN
30.	28 Jun 1977	Skegness	Con
31.	2 Jul 1977	Coventry	Final
32.	3 Jul 1977	Northampton	Con
33.	9 Jul 1977	White City	Ht
34.	10 Jul 1977	Aycliffe	Con
35.	12 Jul 1977	Skegness	Con
36.	12 Jul 1977	Skegness	GN
37.	16 Jul 1977	Leicester	Ht
38.	18 Jul 1977	Sheffield	Ht
39.	21 Jul 1977	Bradford	GN
40.	24 Jul 1977	Northampton	GN
41.	14 Aug 1977	Northampton	Ht
42.	14 Aug 1977	Northampton	Final
43.	14 Aug 1977	Northampton	GN
44.	4 Sep 1977	Aycliffe	GN
45.	6 Sep 1977	Skegness	Ht
46.	6 Sep 1977	Skegness	Final
47.	10 Sep 1977	White City	Ht
48.	11 Sep 1977	Northampton	Con
49.	18 Sep 1977	Aycliffe	Ht
50.	23 Sep 1977	Bradford	GN
51.	25 Sep 1977	Northampton	Ht
52.	1 Oct 1977	Coventry	Con
53.	9 Oct 1977	Skegness	Ht
54.	27 Dec 1977	Sheffield	Ht
55.	31 Dec 1977	White City	Final
56.	12 Mar 1978	Northampton	Ht
57.	18 Mar 1978	White City	Ht
58.	19 Mar 1978	Hartlepool	GN
59.	26 Mar 1978	Northampton	Ht
60.	1 Apr 1978	Coventry	Ht
61.	9 Apr 1978	Northampton	Ht
62.	9 Apr 1978	Northampton	GN
63.	15 Apr 1978	White City	Ht
64.	16 Apr 1978	Aycliffe	Ht
65.	20 Apr 1978	Blackburn	Con
66.	20 Apr 1978	Blackburn	Final
67.	23 Apr 1978	Northampton	Con
68.	7 May 1978	Northampton	Ht
69.	13 May 1978	White City	Ht
70.	31 May 1978	Skegness	Final
71.	3 Jun 1978	White City	Ht
72.	8 Jun 1978	Blackburn	Ht
73.	11 Jun 1978	Hartlepool	GN
74.	18 Jun 1978	Northampton	Ht
75.	19 Jun 1978	Sheffield	Ht
76.	23 Jun 1978	Bradford	Con
77.	24 Jun 1978	Belle Vue	Ht
78.	25 Jun 1978	Harringay	Ht
79.	30 Jun 1978	Nelson	Ht
80.	7 Jul 1978	Bradford	Ht
81.	12 Jul 1978	Skegness	Con
82.	28 Jul 1978	Bradford	GN
83.	30 Jul 1978	Northampton	Ht
84.	11 Aug 1978	Bradford	Ht
85.	20 Aug 1978	Aycliffe	GN
86.	26 Aug 1978	White City	Ht
87.	3 Sep 1978	Aycliffe	Con
88.	15 Sep 1978	Bradford	Con
89.	16 Sep 1978	White City	Super
90.	16 Sep 1978	White City	Ht
91.	16 Sep 1978	White City	GN
92.	17 Sep 1978	Aycliffe	Con
93.	17 Sep 1978	Aycliffe	Final
94.	21 Sep 1978	Blackburn	Ht
95.	21 Sep 1978	Blackburn	GN
96.	25 Sep 1978	Sheffield	Ht
97.	30 Sep 1978	Nelson	Con
98.	1 Oct 1978	Aycliffe	GN
99.	4 Nov 1978	White City	Ht
100.	5 Nov 1978	Northampton	Ht
101.	5 Nov 1978	Northampton	Final
102.	30 Dec 1978	White City	Ht
103.	30 Dec 1978	White City	Final
104.	16 Apr 1979	White City	Con
105.	6 May 1979	Aycliffe	Ht
106.	10 May 1979	Blackburn	Con
107.	11 May 1979	Bradford	Ht
108.	12 May 1979	White City	Final
109.	27 May 1979	Hartlepool	Final
110.	10 Aug 1979	Bradford	Ht
111.	12 Aug 1979	Northampton	Ht
112.	26 Aug 1979	Northampton	Semi-
113.	27 Aug 1979	Bristol	Ht
114.	27 Aug 1979	Bristol	Final
115.	8 Sep 1979	White City	Ht
116.	8 Sep 1979	White City	Final
117.	24 Sep 1979	Sheffield	Con
118.	30 Sep 1979	Northampton	Ht
119.	7 Oct 1979	Hartlepool	GN
120.	30 Mar 1980	Hartlepool	Ht
121.	5 Apr 1980	Coventry	GN
122.	6 Apr 1980	Northampton	Ht
123.	27 Apr 1980	Northampton	Ht
124.	3 May 1980	White City	Ht
125.	10 May 1980	Rochdale	Ht
126.	11 May 1980	Northampton	GN
127.	17 May 1980	Blackburn	GN
128.	18 May 1980	Hartlepool	Ht
129.	24 May 1980	White City	GN
130.	25 May 1980	Northampton	Ht
131.	25 May 1980	Northampton	GN
132.	26 May 1980	Bristol	Ht
133.	1 Jun 1980	Hartlepool	Ht
134.	9 Jun 1980	Sheffield	Ht
135.	14 Jun 1980	White City	Con
136.	14 Jun 1980	White City	GN
137.	21 Jun 1980	Blackburn	Ht
138.	2 Jul 1980	Blackburn	Ht
139.	5 Jul 1980	White City	GN
140.	11 Jul 1980	Bradford	Final
141.	19 Jul 1980	Blackburn	Final
142.	19 Jul 1980	Blackburn	GN
143.	20 Jul 1980	Aycliffe	Con
144.	9 Aug 1980	Blackburn	Ht
145.	9 Aug 1980	Blackburn	Ht
146.	9 Aug 1980	Blackburn	Final
147.	10 Aug 1980	Northampton	Ht
148.	24 Aug 1980	Rochdale	Con
149.	29 Aug 1980	Bradford	Final
150.	19 Oct 1980	Hartlepool	Con
151.	1 Nov 1980	White City	Ht
152.	17 Apr 1981	Bradford	Ht
153.	8 May 1981	Bradford	Final
154.	22 May 1981	White City	GN
155.	29 May 1981	Bradford	Ht
156.	30 May 1981	Blackburn	Con
157.	14 Jun 1981	Northampton	Con
158.	19 Jun 1981	Bradford	Ht
159.	1 Aug 1981	White City	Ht
160.	24 Aug 1981	Sheffield	Final
161.	29 Aug 1981	Blackburn	Ht
162.	29 Aug 1981	Blackburn	Final
163.	3 Oct 1981	Blackburn	Ht
164.	3 Oct 1981	Blackburn	Final
165.	10 Oct 1981	White City	Ht
166.	18 Oct 1981	Aycliffe	Con
167.	1 Nov 1981	Hartlepool	Ht
168.	8 Nov 1981	Northampton	Helte
169.	28 Dec 1981	Sheffield	Ht
170.	21 Mar 1982	Hartlepool	Ht
171.	21 Mar 1982	Hartlepool	GN
172.	27 Mar 1982	Blackburn	Ht
173.	27 Mar 1982	Blackburn	Final
174.	28 Mar 1982	Northampton	Ht

Results (1037)

World Finals (4)

1	1975	Belle Vue	DNF
2	1976	White City	DNF
3	1977	Coventry	DNF
4	1979	White City	DNF