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.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

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.^[3]