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John Boote

Motorcycle rider · 1973–1975 · from Christchurch
9results
6wins
9podiums
1:22.6best Wigram lap (1974)
11clippings
Yamaha TZ750 6Yamaha 2Suzuki 500 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Shell Race of the Year, Wanganui1Suzuki 500 twin17 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Motor-cycles 250-750cc racing class2500cc Suzuki twinlength of the straight behind20 Jan 1973, 22 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Production motor-cycle race2500cc Suzuki twin20 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Motor-cycles production race3500cc Suzuki22 Jan 1973
19 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Overall (25.5 miles)1Yamaha TZ75017:0021 Jan 1974
19 Jan 1974Wigram 1974New Zealand open airfield championship1Yamaha TZ75017:0021 Jan 1974
19 Jan 1974Wigram 1974NZ Open Airfield championship (12 laps)1Levi Yamaha TZ750 over 150 mph through the timing laps19 Jan 1974
19 Jan 1975Wigram 1975New Zealand open airfield championship1Levi Yamaha20 Jan 1975, 20 Jan 1975
19 Jan 1975Wigram 1975McCleary Yamaha motorcycle classic1Levi Yamaha20 Jan 1975, 20 Jan 1975

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
19 Jan 1974WigramYamaha TZ750150 mphtop speed · NZ Open Airfield championship · more than 150 mph through the timing lapsclipping
19 Jan 1974WigramYamaha TZ7501:22.692.83 mphlap record · New Zealand open airfield championship · unofficial new record for the 2.13-mile circuitclipping
19 Jan 1974WigramYamaha TZ750150.9 mphtop speed · New Zealand open airfield championship · electronically timed on the back straight, fastest recorded on the circuit by over 20 mphclipping

Raced against most often

Ron Grant 3Owen Galbraith 3Trevor Discombe 3Stuart Avant 3Dale Wylie 2Gavin Keats 2Keith Turner 2Marty Cropp 2Jon White 2Ginger Molloy 1Jim Landrebe 1Ray Dumpleton 1

In the clippings (11)

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.Boote speeds to winJohn Boote on a Levi-sponsored Yamaha TZ750 won the 12-lap NZ Open Airfield championship at Wigram, ticking over 150…Airfield motorcycle title to BooteNineteen-year-old Christchurch rider J. A. Boote (Levi's Yamaha TZ750) won the open class of the New Zealand airfield…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…Double success for BooteJohn Boote (Levi Yamaha) won the open airfield championship at the 1975 Lady Wigram meeting for the second year…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

  • Boote's 500cc Suzuki twin pulled about 100 mph on the straight against Galbraith's 115 mph in the 1973 Wigram production race. (20 Jan 1973)
  • Boote waited until the race was almost half over before taking the lead on the big Yamaha in the 1974 NZ Open Airfield championship at Wigram. (19 Jan 1974)
  • At the 1974 Wigram airfield championships J. A. Boote's Yamaha TZ750 was electronically timed at 150.9 mph on the back straight, more than 20 mph faster than any previous speed recorded on the circuit. (21 Jan 1974)
  • Boote said the Yamaha would be capable of about 165 mph on the Wigram straight and 180 mph on a longer one. (21 Jan 1974)
  • Boote's unofficial 1:22.6 lap equalled 92.83 mph on the 2.13-mile Wigram circuit. (21 Jan 1974)
  • John Boote recorded the fastest motorcycle speed in the history of road racing at Wigram in 1974, 150 mph down the back straight; he hoped to better it, aiming for 157 mph, in January 1975. (16 Jan 1975)
  • Stuart Avant, 20, was a full second a lap faster than John Boote in practice at Wigram in January 1975. (20 Jan 1975)
  • John Boote had an equal third in the $25,000 Marlboro series before Wigram 1975. (20 Jan 1975)

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