Gordon Smith

Halifax, West Yorkshire

293 (1970-1980,1986)

d. 2022

Honours

BriSCA Supreme Champion
1976

Johnny Brise Trophy
1988

Finals (22)

22 finals at 7 tracks
Aycliffe	3
Belle Vue	1
Nelson	8
Rochdale	7
Stoke	1
White City	1
Wolverhampton	1

1.	Sunday 23rd April 1972	Aycliffe
2.	Saturday 7th July 1973	Nelson
3.	Saturday 20th April 1974	Rochdale
4.	Saturday 4th May 1974	Nelson
5.	Saturday 25th May 1974	Nelson
6.	Saturday 1st June 1974	Rochdale
7.	Sunday 30th June 1974	Wolverhampton
8.	Saturday 27th July 1974	Nelson
9.	Sunday 18th August 1974	Aycliffe
10.	Saturday 21st September 1974	White City
11.	Saturday 26th October 1974	Rochdale
12.	Sunday 1st June 1975	Aycliffe
13.	Friday 5th September 1975	Nelson
14.	Saturday 13th September 1975	Nelson
15.	Saturday 27th March 1976	Belle Vue
16.	Sunday 27th June 1976	Stoke
17.	Saturday 28th August 1976	Nelson
18.	Sunday 12th September 1976	Rochdale
19.	Friday 15th October 1976	Nelson
20.	Saturday 2nd April 1977	Rochdale
21.	Sunday 15th May 1977	Rochdale
22.	Saturday 4th June 1977	Rochdale

1.	23 Apr 1972	Aycliffe
2.	7 Jul 1973	Nelson
3.	20 Apr 1974	Rochdale
4.	4 May 1974	Nelson
5.	25 May 1974	Nelson
6.	1 Jun 1974	Rochdale
7.	30 Jun 1974	Wolverhampton
8.	27 Jul 1974	Nelson
9.	18 Aug 1974	Aycliffe
10.	21 Sep 1974	White City
11.	26 Oct 1974	Rochdale
12.	1 Jun 1975	Aycliffe
13.	5 Sep 1975	Nelson
14.	13 Sep 1975	Nelson
15.	27 Mar 1976	Belle Vue
16.	27 Jun 1976	Stoke
17.	28 Aug 1976	Nelson
18.	12 Sep 1976	Rochdale
19.	15 Oct 1976	Nelson
20.	2 Apr 1977	Rochdale
21.	15 May 1977	Rochdale
22.	4 Jun 1977	Rochdale

Race Wins (150)

150 race wins at 14 tracks
Aycliffe	11
Belle Vue	17
Bradford	9
Cadwell Park	2
Coventry	4
Hartlepool	1
Lydden Hill	1
Nelson	42
Northampton	6
Rochdale	36
Sheffield	4
Stoke	4
White City	11
Wolverhampton	2

1.	Sunday 16th August 1970	Rochdale	Consolation
2.	Saturday 19th June 1971	Nelson	Consolation
3.	Friday 6th August 1971	Rochdale	Heat 3
4.	Saturday 25th September 1971	Nelson	Heat 1
5.	Saturday 2nd October 1971	Coventry	Grand National
6.	Saturday 9th October 1971	Nelson	Grand National
7.	Saturday 23rd October 1971	Belle Vue	Heat 1
8.	Saturday 30th October 1971	Nelson	Heat 2
9.	Sunday 31st October 1971	Aycliffe	Consolation
10.	Sunday 26th March 1972	Cadwell Park	Grand National
11.	Monday 3rd April 1972	Belle Vue	Heat 1
12.	Sunday 9th April 1972	Lydden Hill	Heat 1
13.	Sunday 23rd April 1972	Aycliffe	Final
14.	Sunday 30th April 1972	Northampton	Consolation
15.	Saturday 6th May 1972	Coventry	Heat 1
16.	Sunday 28th May 1972	Northampton	Match Race Quarter-Final
17.	Saturday 24th March 1973	Nelson	Heat 1
18.	Saturday 9th June 1973	White City	Grand National
19.	Saturday 7th July 1973	Nelson	Heat 1
20.	Saturday 7th July 1973	Nelson	Final
21.	Sunday 22nd July 1973	Aycliffe	Heat 1
22.	Sunday 29th July 1973	Stoke	Grand National
23.	Sunday 7th October 1973	Northampton	Consolation
24.	Saturday 13th October 1973	Belle Vue	Heat 2
25.	Friday 12th April 1974	Rochdale	Consolation
26.	Friday 12th April 1974	Rochdale	Grand National
27.	Saturday 13th April 1974	Nelson	Heat 1
28.	Monday 15th April 1974	Belle Vue	Grand National
29.	Saturday 20th April 1974	Rochdale	Final
30.	Saturday 27th April 1974	White City	Grand National
31.	Saturday 4th May 1974	Nelson	Heat 1
32.	Saturday 4th May 1974	Nelson	Final
33.	Sunday 5th May 1974	Aycliffe	Heat 2
34.	Saturday 11th May 1974	Rochdale	Heat 1
35.	Saturday 25th May 1974	Nelson	Final
36.	Saturday 1st June 1974	Rochdale	Heat 2
37.	Saturday 1st June 1974	Rochdale	Final
38.	Saturday 15th June 1974	Nelson	Consolation
39.	Sunday 30th June 1974	Wolverhampton	Final
40.	Saturday 6th July 1974	Nelson	Heat 2
41.	Sunday 14th July 1974	Aycliffe	Heat 2
42.	Saturday 27th July 1974	Nelson	Final
43.	Saturday 3rd August 1974	White City	Heat 1
44.	Sunday 18th August 1974	Aycliffe	Final
45.	Saturday 31st August 1974	Nelson	Heat 1
46.	Sunday 1st September 1974	Aycliffe	Heat 1
47.	Saturday 14th September 1974	Belle Vue	Consolation
48.	Saturday 21st September 1974	White City	Final
49.	Sunday 22nd September 1974	Rochdale	Heat 2
50.	Friday 4th October 1974	Nelson	Consolation
51.	Saturday 12th October 1974	Belle Vue	Heat 1
52.	Saturday 26th October 1974	Rochdale	Final
53.	Sunday 27th October 1974	Wolverhampton	Helter Skelter
54.	Saturday 2nd November 1974	White City	Heat 3
55.	Thursday 26th December 1974	Belle Vue	Heat 3
56.	Thursday 26th December 1974	Belle Vue	Helter Skelter
57.	Sunday 16th March 1975	Northampton	Heat 1
58.	Monday 31st March 1975	Belle Vue	Heat 2
59.	Saturday 5th April 1975	Rochdale	Heat 3
60.	Sunday 13th April 1975	Cadwell Park	Consolation
61.	Sunday 20th April 1975	Aycliffe	Grand National
62.	Saturday 26th April 1975	Belle Vue	Consolation 2
63.	Sunday 27th April 1975	Rochdale	Heat 1
64.	Sunday 27th April 1975	Rochdale	Grand National
65.	Saturday 31st May 1975	Nelson	Heat 2
66.	Sunday 1st June 1975	Aycliffe	Final
67.	Sunday 22nd June 1975	Rochdale	Heat 2
68.	Saturday 28th June 1975	Nelson	Heat 2
69.	Sunday 20th July 1975	Rochdale	Heat 3
70.	Thursday 31st July 1975	Bradford	Heat 3
71.	Saturday 2nd August 1975	Nelson	Heat 2
72.	Saturday 2nd August 1975	Nelson	Grand National
73.	Saturday 23rd August 1975	Nelson	Heat 3
74.	Saturday 30th August 1975	Rochdale	Grand National
75.	Friday 5th September 1975	Nelson	Final
76.	Friday 5th September 1975	Nelson	Grand National
77.	Saturday 6th September 1975	Belle Vue	Grand National
78.	Thursday 11th September 1975	Bradford	Grand National
79.	Saturday 13th September 1975	Nelson	Heat 3
80.	Saturday 13th September 1975	Nelson	Final
81.	Sunday 21st September 1975	Rochdale	Consolation
82.	Thursday 25th September 1975	Bradford	Heat 1
83.	Saturday 4th October 1975	Nelson	Heat 3
84.	Saturday 11th October 1975	Rochdale	Stars Sprint
85.	Friday 26th December 1975	Belle Vue	Heat 1
86.	Wednesday 24th March 1976	Bradford	Consolation
87.	Saturday 27th March 1976	Belle Vue	Final
88.	Sunday 28th March 1976	Rochdale	Heat 3
89.	Saturday 3rd April 1976	Coventry	Heat 3
90.	Monday 19th April 1976	Belle Vue	Heat 2
91.	Saturday 1st May 1976	Rochdale	Heat 1
92.	Wednesday 5th May 1976	Bradford	Heat 1
93.	Saturday 8th May 1976	Nelson	Consolation
94.	Saturday 22nd May 1976	Rochdale	Heat 1
95.	Saturday 22nd May 1976	Rochdale	Grand National
96.	Sunday 23rd May 1976	Aycliffe	Consolation
97.	Saturday 29th May 1976	Nelson	Grand National
98.	Saturday 5th June 1976	Coventry	Grand National
99.	Saturday 19th June 1976	Nelson	Heat 1
100.	Thursday 24th June 1976	Bradford	Heat 3
101.	Saturday 26th June 1976	Belle Vue	Heat 3
102.	Saturday 26th June 1976	Belle Vue	Grand National
103.	Sunday 27th June 1976	Stoke	Final
104.	Saturday 3rd July 1976	White City	Heat 3
105.	Saturday 17th July 1976	White City	Heat 3
106.	Sunday 18th July 1976	Stoke	Heat 3
107.	Saturday 24th July 1976	Belle Vue	Consolation
108.	Saturday 31st July 1976	Nelson	Heat 2
109.	Thursday 5th August 1976	Bradford	Consolation
110.	Sunday 8th August 1976	Stoke	Heat 2
111.	Saturday 28th August 1976	Nelson	Final
112.	Friday 3rd September 1976	Nelson	Heat 2
113.	Sunday 12th September 1976	Rochdale	Final
114.	Monday 13th September 1976	Sheffield	Heat 2
115.	Monday 11th October 1976	Sheffield	Heat 3
116.	Friday 15th October 1976	Nelson	Final
117.	Saturday 16th October 1976	Rochdale	Heat 1
118.	Sunday 7th November 1976	Rochdale	Heat 1
119.	Saturday 1st January 1977	White City	Heat 2
120.	Saturday 2nd April 1977	Rochdale	Heat 1
121.	Saturday 2nd April 1977	Rochdale	Final
122.	Saturday 23rd April 1977	Rochdale	Heat 3
123.	Saturday 30th April 1977	Nelson	Heat 1
124.	Sunday 1st May 1977	Aycliffe	Consolation
125.	Friday 6th May 1977	Bradford	Heat 3
126.	Sunday 15th May 1977	Rochdale	Heat 3
127.	Sunday 15th May 1977	Rochdale	Final
128.	Saturday 21st May 1977	Nelson	Heat 3
129.	Saturday 28th May 1977	White City	Heat 3
130.	Sunday 29th May 1977	Hartlepool	Heat 2
131.	Saturday 4th June 1977	Rochdale	Heat 2
132.	Saturday 4th June 1977	Rochdale	Final
133.	Saturday 11th June 1977	Nelson	Heat 3
134.	Monday 20th June 1977	Sheffield	Heat 1
135.	Saturday 6th August 1977	Nelson	Consolation
136.	Saturday 20th August 1977	White City	Heat 1
137.	Friday 23rd September 1977	Bradford	Consolation 1
138.	Sunday 25th September 1977	Rochdale	Driver Of The Year Semi-Final
139.	Saturday 8th April 1978	Nelson	Grand National
140.	Saturday 15th April 1978	White City	Grand National
141.	Monday 17th April 1978	Sheffield	Heat 2
142.	Saturday 22nd April 1978	Rochdale	Consolation
143.	Friday 28th April 1978	Nelson	Heat 1
144.	Saturday 27th May 1978	Nelson	Heat 3
145.	Saturday 17th June 1978	Nelson	Consolation
146.	Saturday 8th July 1978	Rochdale	Heat 1
147.	Saturday 19th August 1978	Nelson	Consolation
148.	Saturday 2nd September 1978	Rochdale	Consolation
149.	Sunday 18th September 1988	Northampton	Veterans Race
150.	Sunday 20th June 1993	Northampton	Veterans Race

1.	16 Aug 1970	Rochdale	Con
2.	19 Jun 1971	Nelson	Con
3.	6 Aug 1971	Rochdale	Ht
4.	25 Sep 1971	Nelson	Ht
5.	2 Oct 1971	Coventry	GN
6.	9 Oct 1971	Nelson	GN
7.	23 Oct 1971	Belle Vue	Ht
8.	30 Oct 1971	Nelson	Ht
9.	31 Oct 1971	Aycliffe	Con
10.	26 Mar 1972	Cadwell Park	GN
11.	3 Apr 1972	Belle Vue	Ht
12.	9 Apr 1972	Lydden Hill	Ht
13.	23 Apr 1972	Aycliffe	Final
14.	30 Apr 1972	Northampton	Con
15.	6 May 1972	Coventry	Ht
16.	28 May 1972	Northampton	Match
17.	24 Mar 1973	Nelson	Ht
18.	9 Jun 1973	White City	GN
19.	7 Jul 1973	Nelson	Ht
20.	7 Jul 1973	Nelson	Final
21.	22 Jul 1973	Aycliffe	Ht
22.	29 Jul 1973	Stoke	GN
23.	7 Oct 1973	Northampton	Con
24.	13 Oct 1973	Belle Vue	Ht
25.	12 Apr 1974	Rochdale	Con
26.	12 Apr 1974	Rochdale	GN
27.	13 Apr 1974	Nelson	Ht
28.	15 Apr 1974	Belle Vue	GN
29.	20 Apr 1974	Rochdale	Final
30.	27 Apr 1974	White City	GN
31.	4 May 1974	Nelson	Ht
32.	4 May 1974	Nelson	Final
33.	5 May 1974	Aycliffe	Ht
34.	11 May 1974	Rochdale	Ht
35.	25 May 1974	Nelson	Final
36.	1 Jun 1974	Rochdale	Ht
37.	1 Jun 1974	Rochdale	Final
38.	15 Jun 1974	Nelson	Con
39.	30 Jun 1974	Wolverhampton	Final
40.	6 Jul 1974	Nelson	Ht
41.	14 Jul 1974	Aycliffe	Ht
42.	27 Jul 1974	Nelson	Final
43.	3 Aug 1974	White City	Ht
44.	18 Aug 1974	Aycliffe	Final
45.	31 Aug 1974	Nelson	Ht
46.	1 Sep 1974	Aycliffe	Ht
47.	14 Sep 1974	Belle Vue	Con
48.	21 Sep 1974	White City	Final
49.	22 Sep 1974	Rochdale	Ht
50.	4 Oct 1974	Nelson	Con
51.	12 Oct 1974	Belle Vue	Ht
52.	26 Oct 1974	Rochdale	Final
53.	27 Oct 1974	Wolverhampton	Helte
54.	2 Nov 1974	White City	Ht
55.	26 Dec 1974	Belle Vue	Ht
56.	26 Dec 1974	Belle Vue	Helte
57.	16 Mar 1975	Northampton	Ht
58.	31 Mar 1975	Belle Vue	Ht
59.	5 Apr 1975	Rochdale	Ht
60.	13 Apr 1975	Cadwell Park	Con
61.	20 Apr 1975	Aycliffe	GN
62.	26 Apr 1975	Belle Vue	Con
63.	27 Apr 1975	Rochdale	Ht
64.	27 Apr 1975	Rochdale	GN
65.	31 May 1975	Nelson	Ht
66.	1 Jun 1975	Aycliffe	Final
67.	22 Jun 1975	Rochdale	Ht
68.	28 Jun 1975	Nelson	Ht
69.	20 Jul 1975	Rochdale	Ht
70.	31 Jul 1975	Bradford	Ht
71.	2 Aug 1975	Nelson	Ht
72.	2 Aug 1975	Nelson	GN
73.	23 Aug 1975	Nelson	Ht
74.	30 Aug 1975	Rochdale	GN
75.	5 Sep 1975	Nelson	Final
76.	5 Sep 1975	Nelson	GN
77.	6 Sep 1975	Belle Vue	GN
78.	11 Sep 1975	Bradford	GN
79.	13 Sep 1975	Nelson	Ht
80.	13 Sep 1975	Nelson	Final
81.	21 Sep 1975	Rochdale	Con
82.	25 Sep 1975	Bradford	Ht
83.	4 Oct 1975	Nelson	Ht
84.	11 Oct 1975	Rochdale	Stars
85.	26 Dec 1975	Belle Vue	Ht
86.	24 Mar 1976	Bradford	Con
87.	27 Mar 1976	Belle Vue	Final
88.	28 Mar 1976	Rochdale	Ht
89.	3 Apr 1976	Coventry	Ht
90.	19 Apr 1976	Belle Vue	Ht
91.	1 May 1976	Rochdale	Ht
92.	5 May 1976	Bradford	Ht
93.	8 May 1976	Nelson	Con
94.	22 May 1976	Rochdale	Ht
95.	22 May 1976	Rochdale	GN
96.	23 May 1976	Aycliffe	Con
97.	29 May 1976	Nelson	GN
98.	5 Jun 1976	Coventry	GN
99.	19 Jun 1976	Nelson	Ht
100.	24 Jun 1976	Bradford	Ht
101.	26 Jun 1976	Belle Vue	Ht
102.	26 Jun 1976	Belle Vue	GN
103.	27 Jun 1976	Stoke	Final
104.	3 Jul 1976	White City	Ht
105.	17 Jul 1976	White City	Ht
106.	18 Jul 1976	Stoke	Ht
107.	24 Jul 1976	Belle Vue	Con
108.	31 Jul 1976	Nelson	Ht
109.	5 Aug 1976	Bradford	Con
110.	8 Aug 1976	Stoke	Ht
111.	28 Aug 1976	Nelson	Final
112.	3 Sep 1976	Nelson	Ht
113.	12 Sep 1976	Rochdale	Final
114.	13 Sep 1976	Sheffield	Ht
115.	11 Oct 1976	Sheffield	Ht
116.	15 Oct 1976	Nelson	Final
117.	16 Oct 1976	Rochdale	Ht
118.	7 Nov 1976	Rochdale	Ht
119.	1 Jan 1977	White City	Ht
120.	2 Apr 1977	Rochdale	Ht
121.	2 Apr 1977	Rochdale	Final
122.	23 Apr 1977	Rochdale	Ht
123.	30 Apr 1977	Nelson	Ht
124.	1 May 1977	Aycliffe	Con
125.	6 May 1977	Bradford	Ht
126.	15 May 1977	Rochdale	Ht
127.	15 May 1977	Rochdale	Final
128.	21 May 1977	Nelson	Ht
129.	28 May 1977	White City	Ht
130.	29 May 1977	Hartlepool	Ht
131.	4 Jun 1977	Rochdale	Ht
132.	4 Jun 1977	Rochdale	Final
133.	11 Jun 1977	Nelson	Ht
134.	20 Jun 1977	Sheffield	Ht
135.	6 Aug 1977	Nelson	Con
136.	20 Aug 1977	White City	Ht
137.	23 Sep 1977	Bradford	Con
138.	25 Sep 1977	Rochdale	Drive
139.	8 Apr 1978	Nelson	GN
140.	15 Apr 1978	White City	GN
141.	17 Apr 1978	Sheffield	Ht
142.	22 Apr 1978	Rochdale	Con
143.	28 Apr 1978	Nelson	Ht
144.	27 May 1978	Nelson	Ht
145.	17 Jun 1978	Nelson	Con
146.	8 Jul 1978	Rochdale	Ht
147.	19 Aug 1978	Nelson	Con
148.	2 Sep 1978	Rochdale	Con
149.	18 Sep 1988	Northampton	Veter
150.	20 Jun 1993	Northampton	Veter

Results (727)

World Finals (4)

1	1974	Coventry	DNF
2	1975	Belle Vue	DNF
3	1976	White City	2nd
4	1978	Belle Vue	DNF

Wolverhampton 1974 (Dave Phillips photo)