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Geoff Perry

Driver · 1969–1972 · from Auckland
6results
5wins
6podiums
1:26.2best Wigram lap (1972)
13clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Motor-cycles, New Zealand open airfield championship (11 laps)2Yamaha 35017 Jan 1970, 19 Jan 1970
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971Motor-cycles, open race (25 miles) overall1500cc Suzuki also won NZ 500cc Airfield Championship16 Jan 1971
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971NZ 500cc Airfield Championship1500cc Suzuki16 Jan 1971
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971Second race, NZ 500cc airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles)1500cc Suzuki18:28.718 Jan 1971
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Open motor-cycle race1500cc Daytona Suzuki took the lead on the third lap22 Jan 1972
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972NZ open and 500cc airfield championships (10 laps)1500 Suzuki fastest lap 1:26.2 (88.95 mph); won both titles23 Jan 1972

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
18 Jan 1969WigramSuzuki 250108 mphtop speed · New Zealand 350cc airfield championship, speed trap on the back straightclipping
17 Jan 1970WigramYamaha 350116.5 mphtop speed · Speed trap, morningclipping
16 Jan 1971Wigram500cc Suzuki1:40.4fastest race lap · NZ 500cc airfield championshipclipping
22 Jan 1972Wigram500 Suzuki1:26.288.95 mphfastest race lap · NZ open and 500cc airfield championshipsclipping

Raced against most often

In the clippings (13)

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…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…Something for allPreview of the supporting programme at the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the 44-lap, 101.2 mile trophy race, two…Airfield motor-cyclingPreview of the New Zealand airfield motor-cycle championships at Wigram: T.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…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…

From the reports

  • 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)
  • Geoff Perry won three of four starts at Bay Park in the 1971-72 national motor-cycle series, despite starting a 500cc race with the fuel turned off. (18 Jan 1972)
  • In the first 500cc race at Wigram in 1972, Ginger Molloy retired with an injured ankle after colliding with Geoff Perry while leading. (22 Jan 1972)
  • Geoff Perry's win in the 1972 Wigram open race gave him an eight-point lead in the NZ 500cc road-racing championship. (23 Jan 1972)
  • Ginger Molloy led the first 1972 Wigram motor-cycle race for five laps before Perry, a lap down, dived under him at the back of the circuit and collided with him. (23 Jan 1972)
  • Perry's 88.95 mph fastest lap time of 1:26.2 at Wigram in 1972 could not be compared with earlier years because of circuit alterations. (23 Jan 1972)

Built automatically from OCR of the clippings, so a name printed two ways may still be split across two profiles, and some results may be missing. Spotted a mistake?