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Craig Hodgson

Craig Hodgson

Australian speedway rider

Craig Hodgson (8 July 1968 – 30 September 1998) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.[1][2]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Speedway career

Hodgson won the bronze medal at the Australian National Championships.[3] The following year in 1989 he became the Australian Junior champion.[4] Also in 1989 he finished in 10th place during the 1989 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.[1] In 1992, he was the Australian Longtrack champion.[2]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1987 to 1993, riding for Peterborough Panthers and Bradford Dukes.[5][1] He helped the Peterborough Panthers win the Fours Championship during the 1988 National League season.[6] In 1989, he helped the Panthers win the Fours Championship again, during the 1989 National League season.[7]

Death

He died in 1998 after taking his own life.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Craig Hodgson". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Australian Speedway Championship Results". Australian Speedway Championship. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. [5]
    "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Speedway". Cambridge Daily News. 8 August 1988. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. [7]
    Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 46. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  8. [8]
    "SPEEDWAY RIDERS BENEVOLENT FUND". Speedway in Memoriam. Retrieved 7 October 2022.


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