TD
Trevor Discombe
Motorcycle rider · 1968–1975 · from Hamilton
11results
9podiums
P2best finish
24clippings
Results
- 1968P3Wigram · First motor-cycle raceAJS
- P3Wigram · Motor-cycle race 1, open (11 laps, 25 miles)AJS 350cc
- 1969P2Wigram · New Zealand 350cc airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles)AJS 350
- P4Wigram · New Zealand 500cc and open airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles)AJS 350
- 1971P3Wigram · Motor-cycles up to 500cc (25 miles)350cc Yamaha
- P3Wigram · First race, open (11 laps, 25 miles)350cc Yamaha
- 1972P2Wigram · Motor-cycles, first 500cc race350cc Yamaha
- P2Wigram · First motor-cycle race (up to 350cc / 500cc)350 Yamaha
- 1973P6Wigram · Motor-cycles 250-750cc racing class250cc Yamaha
- 1975P3Wigram · McCleary Yamaha motorcycle classicYamaha
- P2Wigram · New Zealand open airfield championship
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1968 | Wigram 1968 | First motor-cycle race | 3 | AJS | 20 Jan 1968 | |
| 20 Jan 1968 | Wigram 1968 | Motor-cycle race 1, open (11 laps, 25 miles) | 3 | 350cc AJS | 20:16.4 | 22 Jan 1968 |
| 18 Jan 1969 | Wigram 1969 | New Zealand 350cc airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles) | 2 | AJS 350 | 20 Jan 1969 | |
| 18 Jan 1969 | Wigram 1969 | New Zealand 500cc and open airfield championship (11 laps, 25 miles) | 4 | AJS 350 | 20 Jan 1969 | |
| 16 Jan 1971 | Wigram 1971 | Motor-cycles up to 500cc (25 miles) | 3 | 350cc Yamaha | won NZ 350cc airfield championship | 16 Jan 1971 |
| 16 Jan 1971 | Wigram 1971 | First race, open (11 laps, 25 miles) | 3 | 350cc Yamaha | 18 Jan 1971 | |
| 22 Jan 1972 | Wigram 1972 | Motor-cycles, first 500cc race | 2 | 350cc Yamaha | half a length behind | 22 Jan 1972, 22 Jan 1972 +1 |
| 22 Jan 1972 | Wigram 1972 | First motor-cycle race (up to 350cc / 500cc) | 2 | 350 Yamaha | 15:06.3 won the 350cc airfield title | 23 Jan 1972 |
| 20 Jan 1973 | Wigram 1973 | Motor-cycles 250-750cc racing class | 6 | 250cc Yamaha | 22 Jan 1973 | |
| 19 Jan 1975 | Wigram 1975 | McCleary Yamaha motorcycle classic | 3 | Yamaha | 20 Jan 1975 | |
| 19 Jan 1975 | Wigram 1975 | New Zealand open airfield championship | 2 | 20 Jan 1975 |
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Dale Wylie 5Jim Landrebe 4Lloyd May 3W. G. Molloy 3John Boote 3Keith Turner 2Sonny Clarke 1R. B. Clarke 1Dave Mortimer 1B. Adams 1Brian Scobie 1Dick Waterer 1
In the clippings (24)
Points for Clark / Wigram resultsContinuation of the report on Jim Clark's win in the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy: the smaller 1.6-litre cars of Hulme (lap…
Motor-cyclist's three titlesLloyd May of Manurewa won the NZ 350cc, 500cc and open airfield motor-cycle championships at Wigram, taking the main…
Overseas drivers dictate termsBefore a crowd of more than 20,000 in brilliant sunshine, Jochen Rindt led the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy from pole, with…
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…
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…
Wigram racing cars held upShipping delays left a number of cars for the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy in Wellington, due in Christchurch only hours…
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…
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…
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…
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…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?