33 Facts About Neil Hodgson

Neil Stuart Hodgson was born on 20 November 1973 and is a British former motorcycle racer, who won the 2000 British Superbike Championship, and the 2003 Superbike World Championship titles.

Neil Hodgson then went on to have a moderately successful four years in the American Superbike Championship, with a best 5th place championship finish.

At the start of the 2010 season Hodgson returned to the British Superbike Championship with the Motorpoint Yamaha team managed by Rob McElnea.

However, on 22 April 2010 Neil Hodgson announced his retirement from British superbikes and competitive motorcycle racing, due to a shoulder injury sustained in a motocross accident during the previous AMA season.

Neil Hodgson aggravated the injury in the first round of the British Superbike Championship at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit.

Neil Hodgson is married to Victoria Neil Hodgson and divides his time between family in the Isle of Man whilst working as a motorcycle racing commentator and TV studio pundit, road racing trackday instructor and as an ambassador for motorcycle companies including Ducati.

Neil Hodgson was born in Burnley and lived there and in Nelson and Colne, Lancashire during his early life, attending Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School.

Neil Hodgson was 6 when he started riding his brother's bike around playing fields in Brierfield near his grandma's home.

Neil Hodgson's wife is Victoria Hodgson and they married in 2023.

Neil Hodgson made the leap to road racing on Easter Sunday 1990 at a meeting at Langbaurgh, on a Yamaha TZR125.

Neil Hodgson came 8th in his first season in the British Clubman's Ministock.

Neil Hodgson was then selected to compete in the FIM World 125cc Championship as the youngest rider in the series and Britain's only representative in the class with Team Burnett, placing 24th in the Championship.

Neil Hodgson took part in two 500cc World Championship races for the Harris-Yamaha team.

However, with just 3 laps to go Walker's engine blew, allowing Neil Hodgson to take the title.

The most controversial moment of the season came in race 2, when him and Walker came together on the final lap of the race battling for the win, resulting in Walker going down and Neil Hodgson receiving a post-race penalty.

GSE Racing stepped up to the Superbike World Championship series full-time for 2001, with Neil Hodgson joined in the Ducati satellite team by up and coming English rider James Toseland.

Hodgson was a race winner and 5th overall that year, while in 2002, Bayliss and Colin Edwards were dominant, although Neil took pole positions en route to 3rd overall.

Neil Hodgson starred in a video called RIDE with EagleE and The Schlepp Riders starring: Phil Greening, DJ Sassy, Princess the hit song maker of Say I'm Your No 1 fame in the 1980s.

Resultantly, Neil Hodgson never felt he had the bike set up like he ever wanted it to be, while Xaus's natural extreme style appeared to get more out of the machine.

Xaus ended up as rookie of the year, while a disillusioned Neil Hodgson came 17th in the championship.

Ducati had a 'works' team focusing on making Regis Laconi the next WSB champion, and Neil Hodgson didn't want to return to the Superbike World Championship in a satellite team, or to British Superbikes.

Neil Hodgson finished the 2006 AMA Superbike Championship in 5th place.

Ducati pulled out of the AMA Superbike Championship for at least the 2007 season, and Neil Hodgson failed to obtain another ride as the 2007 Superbike World Championship opened.

Neil Hodgson was linked to joining Yamaha France from round 3 onwards, and to a temporary ride for Suzuki in WSBK.

Neil Hodgson returned to the AMA Superbike Championship for one round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on a Corona Honda, partnering James Ellison, finishing fifth.

In 2008, Neil Hodgson came 6th in the AMA Superbike Championship, picking up 2 3rd-place finishes at Miller Motorsports Park.

Neil Hodgson signed a contract to keep him with the Corona Honda team for the 2009 season.

In 2009, Neil Hodgson started the season off strongly with a second-place finish at the Daytona circuit.

Neil Hodgson then had an accident in training on a motocross bike, causing him to suffer a collapsed lung and a dislocated shoulder causing him to miss the next 3 rounds.

Neil Hodgson confirmed that he would be returning to British Superbikes for the 2010 season, with Motorpoint Yamaha alongside youngster Dan Linfoot.

On 22 April 2010 Neil Hodgson announced that he was retiring from British superbikes and competitive motorcycle racing, due to the shoulder injury he picked up in a motocross accident during the previous AMA season.

Neil Hodgson was replaced in the Motorpoint Yamaha team by Ian Lowry.

Neil Hodgson is a patron of the National Association for Bikers with a Disability.