Mitchel Godden

Mitchel Godden
Born	13 February 1975; Pembury, England
Nationality	English
Individual honours
2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011	British Sand Ace Championship Winner
1999, 2003, 2005, 2009	Winner
2001, 2003, 2008, 2012,2021	Winner
1999	Winner
2018	Winner
2007,2009,2011	Winner
2016	Winner
Team honours
2015	Team Long Track World Championship Winning Manager

Mitchel Stuart Godden (born 13 February 1975) is an English Motorcycle rider who compete's in Longtrack and Grasstrack Racing for Solos (1992>) and more recently 500cc Sidecars (2015>)

He is the son of Don Godden who won the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 1969.

Mitchell Godden followed in his fathers footsteps and started racing in 1992. He started on a 250cc (ex Jeremy Doncaster) Honda red Rocket and rode this for one season before using Godden works 350cc and then after a couple of seasons the 500cc. Mitch progressed to international racing becoming a specialists on German Grasstracks and Dutch Sandtracks. He often travelled to many of his European meetings with other riders, notably Trevor Banks the late Vincent Kinchin and “Super” Dave Mears among others.

In 2015 Mitchell went in to racing and has again had massive success in the UK but especially on the continent. Along with his long term passenger Paul Smith they have quickly become one of the best crews in Europe. They have won events in Werlte , Ludinghausen, Berghaupten, Rastede & Angenrod, (Germany) and Roden & Eenrum in the Netherlands amongst others and with his flamboyant and never say die racing attitude they have delighted the European crowds with fantastic racing action. A close connection with long time friend and ex racer Gary Southgate helped and encourage the change in direction from 2 wheels to 3 after trail success in 2014.

Using his track racing knowledge and engineering background Mitchel is now making and producing his own complete 500cc Sidecar machined known as Zircon Racing. Although this is not on a commercial basis if his own results are anything to go by they have already proven themselves to be world beaters. The team Godden/Smith raced to an impressive 19 podiums from 22 starts in 2017, 18 podiums from 23 starts in 2018 and 21 podiums from 23 starts in 2019, with most events being fought of foreign soil.

FIM SIDECAR European Championship

Mitchel & Paul finished an incredible 4th in their first attempt at the European title in Tayac France July 2017, 2nd in the 2018 FIME Championship in Werlte Germany July 2018, and 3rd in 2019 FIME Championship in Eenrum Netherlands August 2019.

The team have the prestigious accolade of being the only British team in history to hold 2 European championships medals and the only team in British history to win a championship medal(s) on foreign soil.

The team are the newly crowned and current (2021) British 500cc sidecar champions, taking the title with 5 wins from 5 and a faultless display at the Ledbury Mcc sparington farm venue in September 21, and will head to Europe in 2022 as the ACU number 1 seed in search of the top prize at the European final.

Promotion[]

In recent year Mitchell has also turned his hand to promotion. He started the charity Kart meeting at Buckmore Park as well as promotion and running of the Invicta International Grasstrack meetings at the Hop Farm and Collier Street '' in 2008, 2011 and 2012. In 2016 he started the Pit Bike Winter Series at .

Management[]

In 2013 Mitchell on behalf of the ACU took over the manager role of the Great Britain World Longtrack team. In 2013 he led the team to the bronze medal and 2015 he led the team to their only championship. His last year in the role will be 2018.

World Longtrack Championship[]

Individual Championship[]

1999 4 app (16th) 18pts

Team Championship[]

Rider

2007 Morizes – Second (with Paul Hurry, Andrew Appleton, Glen Phillips)
2008 Werlte – Third (with Richard Hall, Glen Phillips, )
2011 Scheeßel – Third (with Paul Cooper, Andrew Appleton, Glen Phillips)

Manager

2013 Folkestone – Third (with Richard Hall, Andrew Appleton, Paul Cooper, Glen Phillips)
2014 Forssa – Fifth (with Andrew Appleton, Richard Hall, David Howe, Glen Phillips)
2015 Mühldorf – First (with Andrew Appleton, Richard Hall, James Shanes, Glen Phillips)
2016 Marianske Lazne – Fourth (with Andrew Appleton, Richard Hall, James Shanes, Glen Phillips)
2017 Roden – Fourth (with Andrew Appleton, Richard Hall, James Shanes, Edward Kennett)
2018 Morizes – Second (with James Shanes, Chris Harris, Zach Wajtknecht, Adam Ellis)

European Grasstrack Championship[]

Solos Finals[]

2004 Eenrum (14th) 4pts
2008 Siddeburen (10th) 11pts
2010 La Reole (12th) 9pts
2011 Skegness (8th) 14pts
2012 Eenrum (14th) 6pts
2015 Staphorst (11th) 6pts
2016 Folkestone (14th) 3pts

Solos Semi-finals[]

2000 Semi-finalist
2003 Semi-finalist
2005 Semi-finalist
2006 Semi-finalist
2009 Semi-finalist
2014 Semi-finalist

Sidecar Finals[]

2017 Tayac (4th) 7pts
2018 (2nd) 17pts
2019 Eenrum (3rd) 18pts

British Masters Grasstrack Championship[]

Top Ten Finishes[]

2005 Northiam (9th)
2006 Wadebridge (7th)
2007 Long Marston (9th)
2008 Rhodes Minnis (4th)
2010 Rhodes Minnis (5th)
2013 (7th)
2014 Swingfield (6th)
2015 Corfe Mullen (9th)
2021 Swingfield (3rd)

Other Appearances: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012.

British Sidecar Championship[]

2016 Frittenden (Second)
2017 Ledbury (Second)
2018 Chelmsford (Third)
2021 Ledbury (First)

British Sand Ace Championship[]

2006 Guernsey (Champion)
2007 Guernsey (Champion)
2008 Guernsey (5th)
2009 Guernsey (Champion)
2010 Guernsey (Champion)
2011 Guernsey (Champion)
2012 Guernsey (Third)
2013 Guernsey (18th)
2014 Guernsey (5th)
2015 Guernsey (6th)