Mitchel Godden


Mitchel Stuart Godden is an English motorcycle rider. He competes in longtrack and grasstrack racing for Solos and more recently 500cc Sidecars. He is the son of Don Godden who won the Individual Speedway [Long Track World Championship] in 1969.
Mitchel Godden followed in his fathers footsteps and started racing in 1992. He started on a 250cc Honda red Rocket and rode this for one season before using Godden works 350cc machine and then after a couple of seasons progressed to 500cc class. Godden later progressed to international racing becoming a specialists on German grasstracks and Dutch sandtracks.
In 2015 after 23 years of racing at the very top level Godden went in to 500cc Sidecar racing and achieved immediate success in the UK and the continent soon after. With his passenger, Paul Smith, he has won international events in Werlte, Ludinghausen, Schwarme, Herxheim, Osnabrook, Hertingen, Berghaupten, Bielefeld, Rastede, Angenrod, Neuhasslau, and Roden, Uithuizen, Joure, Stadskannal, Lopersum, Balkbrug, Staphorst & Eenrum in the Netherlands, and Tayac, La-Reole, StMacaire, in France, Zolder in Belgium amongst others.
In 2025 Team Godden / Smith became the first ever non Dutch team to win the KNMV Dutch open Sidecar Grasstrack Championships. An event dominated in recent years by the sidecar legend William Matthiessen from the Netherlands.

Promotion

In recent year Godden 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 'The Kings of Speed' in 2008, 2011 and 2012. In 2016 he started the Pit Bike Winter Series at Iwade Stadium.

Management

In 2013 Godden 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 LTON championship Victory. The team consisted of Glen Phillips, Andrew Appleton, Richard Hall, and James Shanes. His last year in the role was 2018 with his team collecting world championship silver in Morizès France.
Mitchel has been drafted back into Team GB management on behalf of the ACU in 2025 and amazingly his team of track racing riders won FIM GOLD in Vechta Germany. Team GB’s second victory in this competition since its inception in 2007.
The 2025 team of Chris Harris, Zach Wajtknecht, Andrew Appleton, & Cameron Taylor were the top scoring team and went on to max score in the final race for gold.

World Longtrack Championship

Individual Championship

  • 1999 4 app 18pts

    Team Championship

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Solos Finals

Top Ten Finishes

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

British Sidecar Championship