Howden Ganley
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Personal and early life
When he was thirteen years old, he attended the 1955 New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore[1] which inspired him and provided him with an impetus to follow a career in racing.[2] Immediately after leaving school, Ganley became a reporter for the Waikato Times[3] and wrote a column for Sports Car Illustrated.[3] He moved to the United Kingdom in 1961 and pursued a career as a mechanic.[1]
Career
Early career
Between 1960 and 1962, Ganley competed in many events throughout New Zealand driving a Lotus Eleven.[3] Throughout this period, he was earning a living by working as a foreman for a concreting company.[3]
In 1970, Ganley finished second to Peter Gethin in the European Formula 5000 championship.[1] This caught the attention of the BRM Formula One team, who signed him to a contract for 1971.
Formula 5000
In 1970, Ganley finished the European Formula 5000 Championship in second place with help from his friend and mechanic Barry Ultahan.
Formula One
In 1971, Ganley started off the season promisingly with fifth place at the non-championship Race of Champions.[4] At the end of 1971, having scored two points finishes during the year, Ganley was awarded the Wolfgang von Trips Memorial Trophy for the best performance by a newcomer to Grand Prix racing.[3] In 1972 Ganley raced for the Marlboro BRM team and finished 13th in the Championship with four points. His highest finish for the season was fourth at the Nürburgring.[5] For the 1973 season, Ganley signed up to drive an Iso–Marlboro car for Frank Williams Racing. At the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix, he was almost declared the winner because of a timing mix up with the pace car; when the results were corrected, Ganley was classified sixth.
A suspension failure in practice for the 1974 German Grand Prix while driving for the Maki team left Ganley with serious foot and ankle injuries that ended his Grand Prix career.[3]
Ganley F1 Car
In 1975, a Ganley F1 project was initiated. The Ganley-Cosworth 001 car was hand-built by Howden Ganley on his premises at Windsor. It was almost readied, and Ganley had two DFV engines at hand, but it never ran in anger.[6] Ganley eventually used the equipment to start Tiga Race Cars with fellow driver Tim Schenken the following year.
Sportscars
Ganley and François Cevert drove a Matra-Simca MS670 to second place in the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Tiga Race Cars
In 1976, Ganley and former Formula One driver Australian Tim Schenken founded Tiga Race Cars as a British-based race car constructor and race team.[7] The team had plans to compete in Formula One in 1978, but the project did not proceed due to sponsorship withdrawal.[8]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
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| 1971 | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P153 | BRM P142 3.0 V12 | RSA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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GBR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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15th | 5 | ||||||||
| BRM P160 | AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1972 | Marlboro BRM | BRM P160B | BRM P142 3.0 V12 | ARG 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| BRM P180 | MON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| BRM P160C | GBR | GER 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1973 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Iso–Marlboro FX3B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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19th | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Iso–Marlboro IR | ESP RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1974 | March Engineering | March 741 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Maki Engineering | Maki F101 | GBR DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1972 | Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Simca Shell | Template:Flagicon François Cevert | Matra-Simca MS670 | S 3.0 | 333 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 1973 | Template:Flagicon Gulf Research Racing | Template:Flagicon Derek Bell | Mirage M6-Cosworth | S 3.0 | 163 | DNF | DNF |
| 1975 | Template:Flagicon Gelo Racing Team | Template:Flagicon Tim Schenken | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTS | 106 | DNF | DNF |
| 1976 | Template:Flagicon Gelo Racing Team | Template:Flagicon Clemens Schickentanz | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Gr. 5 SP | 74 | DNF | DNF |
Footnotes
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