OBITUARY
Dale ( Suzuki T500 ) in determined mood being chased by Trevor Discombe ( Triumph Bonneville ) in a half hour production race at Gracefield circa 1971 . Dale hit a lamppost , and Trevor won , Barrie Neilson was second , with Mel Wrigley third ( by a whisker ). Next day it was off to Upper Hutt hospital to see Dale ! Thanks to Dale ’ s best man , Barrie Neilson , for this photo
alongside a young Dave Hiscock . There were more than a few entrants on Kawasaki ’ s then blazingly fast H2 750cc triple who were embarrassed by these two men on the out-ofdate push-rod OHV British twins . Wylie was a regular entrant in the then highly lucrative South-East Asian races — Indonesia ’ s grand Prix and the Singapore , Selangor and Penang GPs . In 1973 he also campaigned the Suzuki in England before returning to New Zealand in time to win the New Zealand Open TT . After that he went on to win the inaugural Marlboro International Series in the summer of
1973-74 , leading home the Yamahas of Trevor Discombe ( TZ350A ) and John Boote ( Yamaha TZ750A ). He was the only New Zealander to win this series over the five consecutive summers it was run .
USA BOUND In 1974 he and fellow Christchurch man Mike Sinclair went to the USA where Dale brought a Yamaha TZ750 to race in AMA Nationals and as many other events he could afford on his legendary $ 1-a-day budget , paying particular
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