John Dodds (motorcyclist)

John Dodds
Nationality	Australian
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1966 - 1978 First race 1966 500cc East German Grand Prix Last race 1978 250cc Finnish Grand Prix First win 1970 125cc West German Grand Prix Last win 1974 250cc Spanish Grand Prix Team(s) Aermacchi, Yamaha Championships Formula 750 - 1974 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 70 4 21 3 0

John Dodds (born 13 November 1943) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed on the Grand Prix circuit from 1966 to 1978. His best finish was a third place behind Dieter Braun and Teuvo Länsivuori in the 1973 250cc world championship. During the 1971 season, Dodds helped fellow racer Kim Newcombe develop a motorcycle using a two-stroke outboard motor designed by Dieter König. Newcombe and the König were the first to challenge the dominance of the MV Agustas after the departure of Honda from Grand Prix competition at the end of the 1967 season. In 1974, Dodds won the Formula 750 world championship on a Yamaha.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1969 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1966	250cc	Cotton	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM NC	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	500cc	Norton		GER -		NED -	BEL -	DDR 6	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM NC	NAT -			1	20th	0
1967	500cc	Norton	GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR 4	CZE 6	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	CAN -				4	13th	0
1968	500cc	Norton	GER -	ESP 3	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 5	ULS -	NAT -				6	14th	0
1969	125cc	Aermacchi	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED 6	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -		NAT 9	YUG -		7	25th	0
	500cc	Librenti	ESP -	GER 4	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 3	YUG -		18	11th	0
1970	125cc	Aermacchi	GER 1	FRA -	YUG -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 7	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -		NAT -	ESP 6		24	8th	1
	500cc	Librenti	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR 2		FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		12	15th	0
1971	250cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER 3	IOM -	NED 7	BEL 2	DDR -	CZE -	SWE 7	FIN 2	ULS -	NAT 2	ESP 6		59	4th	0
	500cc	König	AUT -	GER 10	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -		SWE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		1	49th	0
1972	250cc	Yamaha	GER 5	FRA -	AUT 3	NAT 6	IOM -	YUG 4	NED -	BEL 5	DDR -	CZE 7	SWE 8	FIN -	ESP -	42	6th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -		DDR -	CZE 9	SWE -	FIN 6	ESP -	8	22nd	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 10	AUT 5	GER -		IOM -	YUG 7	NED 3	BEL 2	CZE 6	SWE -	FIN 3	ESP 1		58	3rd	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT 4	IOM -	YUG 3	NED 4	BEL -	CZE 6	SWE 4	FIN 3	ESP -		49	4th	0
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT -	IOM -	NED 5	BEL 4	SWE -	FIN 6	CZE 7	YUG -	ESP 1		38	7th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 10	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE 8	FIN 1		YUG 2	ESP -		31	4th	1
1975	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -		GER -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 6	CZE 7	YUG -		9	19th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -			FIN 10	CZE -	YUG -		1	47th	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 11		NAT Ret	YUG -	IOM -	NED 3	BEL 4	SWE -	FIN 7	CZE 9	GER 17	ESP 14		24	11th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 10	AUT 3	NAT 3	YUG Ret	IOM -	NED 5			FIN 9	CZE 6	GER -	ESP Ret		34	5th	0
1977	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -		GER -	NAT 18	ESP -	FRA 10	YUG 4	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 18	CZE 13	GBR -	9	22nd	0
	350cc	Yamaha	VEN -		GER -	NAT -	ESP -	FRA 6	YUG 5	NED -		SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GBR 12	11	20th	0
1978	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -	ESP -		FRA -	NAT -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 9	GBR -	GER -	CZE -	YUG -	2	24th	0