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Kevin McCleary
Motorcycle rider · 1959–1968 · from Christchurch
6results
3wins
6podiums
1:51.6best Wigram lap (1968)
21clippings
Results
- 1959P1Wigram · 250cc Motor-cycle RaceJawa
- 1960P1Wigram · Motor-cycles 250cc (8 laps, 16.8 miles)Velocette
- 1962P1Wigram · NZ motor-cycle championship No. 1, 250cc248 Velocette
- 1963P3Wigram · Motor-cycles 500cc (8 laps)
- 1966P3Wigram · N.Z. 250cc Motorcycle Airfield ChampionshipGreeves
- 1968P2Wigram · 250cc airfield championshipBultaco 250cc
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 1959 | Wigram 1959 | 250cc Motor-cycle Race | 1 | Jawa | 15min 48sec winner's time | 26 Jan 1959 |
| 23 Jan 1960 | Wigram 1960 | Motor-cycles 250cc (8 laps, 16.8 miles) | 1 | Velocette | 23 Jan 1960, 25 Jan 1960 | |
| 20 Jan 1962 | Wigram 1962 | NZ motor-cycle championship No. 1, 250cc | 1 | 248 Velocette | 14:47 | 22 Jan 1962 |
| 19 Jan 1963 | Wigram 1963 | Motor-cycles 500cc (8 laps) | 3 | 21 Jan 1963 | ||
| 22 Jan 1966 | Wigram 1966 | N.Z. 250cc Motorcycle Airfield Championship | 3 | Greeves | 22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3 | |
| 20 Jan 1968 | Wigram 1968 | 250cc airfield championship | 2 | 250cc Bultaco | fastest 250cc lap 1:51.6 | 22 Jan 1968 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1968 | Wigram | 250cc Bultaco | 1:51.6 | 74 mph | fastest race lap · 250cc airfield championship | clipping |
Raced against most often
Tom McCleary 2D. Bishell 1Warwick Brown 1J. R. Williams 1M. Lowe 1M. Low 1W. Wetzel 1David Burns 1Ginger Molloy 1Hugh Anderson 1G. M. Spooner 1C. Kingston 1
In the clippings (21)
Top-flight two-wheelers will provide good sportMore than forty entrants were expected for the motor-cycle races at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, including…
R. Flockhart wins Wigram Trophy: fast time and thrilling finishFor the fifth year in five races a British driver won the Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart's BRM beat Jack Brabham's…
Results of car races at WigramResults of the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, January 23, 1960: Jack Brabham won the trophy from David Piper and Ian…
Results: Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, 23 January 1960Full results of the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the 150-mile trophy, the Motor Racing Club Trophy scratch race,…
Results from Wigram Trophy meetingResults of the races at the 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: Motor Racing Club championship, New Zealand motor-cycle…
Motor-cycle crashA crash at the chicane in the first motor-cycle race put M.
Close two-wheel event at WigramPreview of the 25-mile motor-cycle race at the 1964 Lady Wigram meeting, with 250, 350 and 500cc classes in one…
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…
World champion made contest terrific racePreview of the motor-cycle events at the 1966 Wigram meeting, led by Hugh Anderson, multiple world champion, whose…
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),…
New Zealand open airfield championships entry listEntry list for the motor-cycle events at the 1966 Wigram meeting (NZ 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and open airfield…
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…
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…
Motor-cyclist's three titlesLloyd May of Manurewa won the NZ 350cc, 500cc and open airfield motor-cycle championships at Wigram, taking the main…
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…
Airfield motor-cyclingPreview of the New Zealand airfield motor-cycle championships at Wigram: T.
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…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?