WYLIE FIRST
Hill-climb titles (N.Z. Press Association) PALMERSTON NORTH. A Christchurch motorcyclist, D. Wylie, won both the North Island open road hill-climb championships and the national 350 c.c. road hill-climb championships at Feilding on Saturday. Wylie was riding a 350 c.c. Suzuki and recorded the best time of 30.4 sec for the climb of seven-tenths of a mile. There were 22 entrants with riders from Christchurch, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington and Whangarei. The championships were run by the Manawatu-Orion Motor-cycle Club. Results:—
350 c.c. national championship. —Wylie, 1; D. Cosford (Wanganui), 250 c.c. Suzuki. 30.5. 2; G. Worsley (Wanganui). 350 c.c. Suzuki, 30.8, 3; B. Lawrence (Palmerston North), 350 c.c. Yamaha, 32. 4; D. Eades (Wanganui), 350 c.c. Yamaha. 32.2, 5. North Island open hill climb.— Wylie. 1; Cosford, 2; Worsley and K. Tinney (Wellington). 400 c.c. Suzuki, 30.8 (equal) 3; Lawrence 5.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33062, 1 November 1972, Page 4
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