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Neville Landreth

Motorcycle rider · 1964–1966 · from Dunedin
4results
1wins
4podiums
1:43best Wigram lap (1966)
14clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
18 Jan 1964Wigram 1964Motor-cycles (25 miles)2BSA20 Jan 1964
23 Jan 1965Wigram 1965Motor-cycles (first event)2Matchless25 Jan 1965, 25 Jan 1965
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966N.Z. 500cc/Open Motorcycle Airfield Championship1Matchless19:16.3522 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Gold Leaf Open Motorcycle Championship2Matchless19:1322 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
22 Jan 1966WigramMatchless 500123 mphtop speed · Pukekohe New Zealand senior TTclipping
22 Jan 1966WigramMatchless 5001:4383 mphfastest race lap · Wigram open airfield championship (fastest of the day)clipping

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In the clippings (14)

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…M.R.C. Championship, motor-cycles and Wigram InvitationThe Motor Racing Club championship was dominated by B.Clark easily wins Lady Wigram Trophy raceJim Clark's 2.5 litre Lotus-Climax won the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy by more than 10 seconds from Bruce McLaren's…Clark rides his luck to win Wigram raceClark built a lead of nearly half a minute in the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, then noticed falling oil pressure in his…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),…Exciting motor-cycle contestPreview of the two 25-mile NZ airfield championship motor-cycle races at the 1966 Wigram meeting, headlined by 125cc…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…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…

From the reports

  • Hugh Anderson recovered from twentieth place after a first-lap spill in the wet at the hairpin to finish close to Neville Landreth in the Senior TT at Pukekohe in January 1966. (18 Jan 1966)
  • At Pukekohe in January 1966 Anderson fell on lap one in the NZ senior TT, rose from twentieth and finished just seconds behind winner Landreth. (19 Jan 1966)
  • Ginger Molloy won the Gold Leaf open motor-cycle event at Wigram in January 1966 by a length from Neville Landreth, while Hugh Anderson's small Suzuki finished third. (22 Jan 1966)
  • The photo-electric timing on the back straight at Wigram clocked the Molloy, Landreth and Anderson group at just under 120 mph in January 1966. (24 Jan 1966)
  • Landreth's winning time in the first motor-cycle race was 19:16.6, an average speed of almost 80 mph. (24 Jan 1966)
  • Ginger Molloy passed Neville Landreth ten yards from the line to win the Gold Leaf Open at Wigram in January 1966, described as one of the really great races in road-racing history. (24 Jan 1966)

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