Discombe bolts to G.P. win

Press, 2 August 1977, Page 23

Discombe bolts to G.P. win

PA U anganui The Waikato rider, Trevor Discombe, bolted away with txxo victories on liis potent Y amaha 750 to win both legs of. the 1977 Wanganui Giand Prix motorcycle scries on the Blagowie circuit, Wanganui. Riding the ex-John Boote Yamaha, Discombe was m a clasSi of his own on the fast one-mile circuit to outclass a field of ’ more than 50 riders in the grand prix events. Discombe was lapping the: slower riders wdhin thice of the! 15 laps and recoided the fastest lap time of the day — sl.6sec. He Iyad the Yamaha wound up over '2lokm/h on the two main straights and there was simply no other machine to match that sort of speed. The main opposition for Discombe failed to materialise with the late scratching of Roger Freeth (Auckland), the most consistent Nexx' Zealander on the last Marlboro international circuit.

i Brent Wylie, of Christchurch, on a Yamaha 350, rode well on; a circuit that incorporated three j • tight corners, a hairpin and a j . fast S-bend. Wylie finished. second and third on the two! G.P. events and added to his! share of the $2OOO stake money j by winning the 350 cu cm and 251-500 cu cm events ■ There was an accident when |a rider lost a gear change and a close-chasing opponent siammed [into the Tear of the front [machine. Both bikes went for ’long slides, with the riders. P. ‘[Vanderwall 'Palmerston North) land B Rathson (Christchurch) [being injured. Vanderwall frac--I’tured a leg and Rathson had 1 concussion and bruising. ► Terry Carkeek, of Blenheim, won the 125 cu < m open scratch race on his Yamaha 125 and j Colin Aitchison (Christchurch) . was third in an up to 250 cu cm race. • Mike Pero (Christchurch) was • second in both legs of the up to--400 cu cm production bike class.