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Brian Scobie

Motorcycle rider · 1965–1969 · from Hamilton
6results
2wins
3podiums
16clippings
Matchless 2Matchless 500 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
23 Jan 1965Wigram 1965Motor-cycles (second event, Norton 500 class)1Norton 500 passed Tom McCleary who was pushing his machine after engine failure on the last lap23 Jan 1965
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966N.Z. 500cc/Open Motorcycle Airfield Championship5Matchless22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Gold Leaf Open Motorcycle Championship4Matchless22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3
21 Jan 1967Wigram 1967250cc national airfield motor-cycle championship1 led from start to finish; 20-yard lead after lap one21 Jan 1967
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Open 25-mile motor-cycle race2Norton20:09.620 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969New Zealand 500cc and open airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles)5Matchless 50020:50.520 Jan 1969

Raced against most often

Dave Mortimer 2Neville Landreth 2Ginger Molloy 2Hugh Anderson 2Lloyd May 2J. Wales 1R. B. Clarke 1Tom McCleary 1Don Damiano 1Johnny Hubbard 1Bob Haldane 1Pip Schultz 1

In the clippings (16)

Motor-cycle races at Lady Wigram this yearWith the Easter Cust races abandoned, the Motor Racing Club will stage two invitation 25-mile motor-cycle races at the…Saloon car race a thrillerThe second heat of the all-comers saloon race at the 1965 Lady Wigram meeting was a thriller between Aucklanders…Motor-cycle stars for city eventsPreview of the two motor-cycle events at the 1966 Lady Wigram meeting, with a record entry: Hugh Anderson (Suzuki),…Exciting motor-cycle contestPreview of the two 25-mile NZ airfield championship motor-cycle races at the 1966 Wigram meeting, headlined by 125cc…BRM aces both win heats for Wigram TrophyOn a drizzly morning BRM drivers Richard Attwood and Jackie Stewart won their 11-lap preliminary heats for the 1966…BRM duo had it all to themselvesContinuation of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy report: Stewart beat Clark's 1965 race record by 35.2 seconds and BRM took…Stewart wins after rivals' crashJackie Stewart (V8 two-litre BRM) won the 101-mile 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy in a new race record of 1:03:44.1, with…Molloy wins three-man struggle on old machineGinger Molloy won the NZ 500cc and open airfield championships at Wigram after swapping his balky works Bultaco for…Molloy shows great style in Wigram racesGinger Molloy of Huntly, a little-known motor-cycling international home for a holiday, gave Wigram crowds two good…BRM team romps home, sets recordJackie Stewart and Dickie Attwood finished first and second in the 12th International Lady Wigram Trophy, both inside…Wigram motor-cycling should be memorablePreview of the two motor-cycle races at the 1967 Lady Wigram meeting, with Bob Haldane, Brian Scobie and Kevin…Other eventsSupporting races at the 1967 Lady Wigram meeting.Points for Clark / Wigram resultsContinuation of the report on Jim Clark's win in the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy: the smaller 1.6-litre cars of Hulme (lap…Motor-cyclist's three titlesLloyd May of Manurewa won the NZ 350cc, 500cc and open airfield motor-cycle championships at Wigram, taking the main…Overseas drivers dictate termsBefore a crowd of more than 20,000 in brilliant sunshine, Jochen Rindt led the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy from pole, with…May in fine ride to win titleManurewa road racer L. May on his 500cc Norton narrowly beat W. G. Molloy, leader of the Spanish Bultaco team, to win…

From the reports

  • Brian Scobie's win in the 250cc airfield championship at Wigram in 1967 followed his opening of the 1967 250cc series. (21 Jan 1967)
  • Brian Scobie, nearing the end of a long career that included an Isle of Man TT trip as NZ team captain, finished second to May. (22 Jan 1968)

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