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