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Dale Wylie

Motorcycle rider · 1970–1974 · from Christchurch
13results
4wins
8podiums
0:46.4best Wigram lap (1974)
21clippings
Lyster Matchless 2Harris Matchless 1Suzuki 500 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Motor-cycles, New Zealand open airfield championship (11 laps)4Harris-Matchless 50019:18.217 Jan 1970, 19 Jan 1970
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Motor-cycles, open race (11 laps)2Lyster-Matchless 50018:55.219 Jan 1970
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971Motor-cycles up to 500cc (25 miles)1500cc Suzuki NZ 500cc airfield championship16 Jan 1971
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971Motor-cycles, open race (25 miles) overall2500cc Suzuki16 Jan 1971
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971NZ 500cc Airfield Championship2500cc Suzuki16 Jan 1971
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971First race, open (11 laps, 25 miles)1500cc Suzuki18:44.818 Jan 1971
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971Second race, NZ 500cc airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles)2500cc Suzuki18 Jan 1971
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Motor-cycles, first 500cc race1500cc Suzuki22 Jan 1972, 22 Jan 1972 +1
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Open motor-cycle race4500cc Suzuki22 Jan 1972
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972NZ open and 500cc airfield championships (10 laps)4500cc Suzuki23 Jan 1972
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972First motor-cycle race (up to 350cc / 500cc)1500cc Suzuki15:06.3 inches in front of Discombe23 Jan 1972
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Production motor-cycle raceDNFNorton high-speed misfire20 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Motor-cycles 250-750cc racing class4500cc Suzuki22 Jan 1973

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
17 Jan 1970WigramLyster-Matchless 500108 mphtop speed · Speed trapclipping
16 Jan 1971Wigram500cc Suzuki123 mphtop speed · back straight, photo-electric timingclipping
19 Jan 1974WigramSuzuki 5000:46.4lap record · Marlboro international series, Ruapuna · set on the final lap at Ruapuna Park the previous Sundayclipping

Raced against most often

Geoff Perry 6Keith Turner 5Trevor Discombe 5Jim Landrebe 5Ron Grant 3Neville Landrebe 2Ray Dumpleton 2Ginger Molloy 2Richard Tapper 2Reg Ingram 2W. G. Molloy 2John Boote 2

In the clippings (21)

Out of petrol but still wonContinuation of the 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy report: Graham McRae retired from overheating after his pre-race fire,…Motor-cycle recordAmerican rider Ron Grant, an Englishman who emigrated nine years earlier, proved too fast for New Zealand's best in…Airfield motor-cyclingPreview of the New Zealand airfield motor-cycle championships at Wigram: T.Wigram race Amon's last in NZ seriesChris Amon was to have his last New Zealand Tasman start in the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy before leaving for Buenos…It's McRae: twin recordWellington's Graham McRae won the 17th International Lady Wigram Trophy race from start to finish in his…Perry beats Wylie in motor-cyclingAuckland's Geoff Perry (500 Suzuki) came from behind three laps from the finish to beat Christchurch's Dale Wylie in…Geoff Perry is certain to provide spectacular watchingPreview of the motor-cycle racing at the 1972 Lady Wigram meeting, built around Auckland rider Geoff Perry, who had…Perry-man to beatPreview of the motor-cycle racing at the 1972 Lady Wigram meeting: Auckland's Geoff Perry, unbeaten in the season's…Thrills, spills for big crowd at Wigram circuitEarly arrivals at the 1972 Lady Wigram meeting saw crashes and close racing in the preliminary events on the 2.13-mile…Win to Dale WylieChristchurch's Dale Wylie won the first 500cc motor-cycle race at Wigram in 1972 after Huntly's Ginger Molloy, leading…McRae wins Lady Wigram Trophy with apparent easeWellington's Graham McRae won the 18th International Lady Wigram Trophy race in his Leda GM1 at an average of 112.93…Lady Wigram: McRae wins from start to finishPress Association report that Graham McRae won the 1972 Lady Wigram Trophy from start to finish in his Leda GM1 at…Decision for Molloy; both motor-cycle titles to PerryAuckland's 21-year-old Geoff Perry (500 Suzuki) won both the New Zealand open and 500cc airfield championships at…American and New Zealander are likely to continue 150mph duelPreview of the Wigram motor-cycle races: American Ron Grant (water-cooled 750cc Suzuki) and Huntly's Ginger Molloy…Fourth motor-cycle title likely for GrantOn the strength of three wins on the summer circuit (Bay Park Raceway, Mount Maunganui, Pukekohe, and Levin), American…Francevic's Mazda hits 118mph for winRobbie Francevic's rotary Mazda RX2 won the Castrol GTX Group 2 and 3 saloon race, the first event at the 1973 Lady…Galbraith takes production motor-cycle raceSouth Island production king Owen Galbraith ran away with the production motorcycle race at Wigram on a 750cc Norjo…McRae wins exciting race for Lady Wigram TrophyGraham McRae won his third successive Lady Wigram Trophy in a record 52min 33.8sec (114.277 mph), after a race in…Boote favourite for open titlePreview of the Wigram motor-cycle meeting during the 1974 Grand Prix weekend.John Boote will be flying at WigramJohn Boote (TZ750 Levi's Yamaha), the 20-year-old Christchurch rider fresh from the Marlboro series, is strongly…Boote does it again at WigramJohn Boote won the open airfield championship at Wigram for the second year running and both motorcycle events at the…

From the reports

  • Dale Wylie's Suzuki won the 1971 Wigram 500cc race despite showing signs of his crash at Tauranga a week earlier. (16 Jan 1971)
  • In the 1971 Wigram motor-cycle open race Geoff Perry (Suzuki) passed Dale Wylie with two laps to go after his bike failed to fire on the line. (16 Jan 1971)
  • Dale Wylie led the 1971 Wigram main motor-cycle race for almost nine laps before Geoff Perry passed him on the eighth lap and won by five lengths. (18 Jan 1971)
  • Dale Wylie took the 350cc and 500cc Airfield championships at Wigram in 1971. (18 Jan 1972)

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