James Howden Ganley is a former racing driver from New Zealand.
Education
When he was thirteen years old, he attended the 1955 New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore which inspired him and provided him with an impetus to follow a career in racing. In 1970, Ganley finished second to Peter Gethin in the European Formula 5000 championship.
Career
He participated in 41 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 6 March 1971, scoring a total of 10 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races. Immediately after leaving school, Ganley became a reporter for the Waikato Times and wrote a column for Sports Carolina Illustrated.
He moved to the United Kingdom in 1961 and pursued a career as a mechanic.
Early career
Between 1960 and 1962, Ganley competed in many events throughout New Zealand driving a Lotus Eleven. Throughout this period, he was earning a living by working as a foreman for a concreting company.
This caught the attention of the Biological Response Modifiers Formula One team, who signed him to a contract for 1971. Formula 5000
Formula One
In 1971, Ganley started off the season promisingly with fifth place at the non-championship Race of Champions.
In 1972 Ganley raced for the Marlboro Biological Response Modifiers team and finished 13th in the Championship with 4 points.
His highest finish for the season was 4th at the Nürburgring. Foreign the 1973 season Ganley signed up to drive an Iso-Marlboro car for Frank Williams Racing. Ganley F1 Carolina
In 1975 a Ganley F1 project was initiated.
The Ganley-Cosworth 001 car was hand-built by Howden Ganley on his premises at Windsor.
lieutenant was almost readied, and Ganley had two DFV engines at hand, but it never ran in anger. 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
The team had plans to compete in Formula One in 1978, but the project did not proceed due to sponsorship withdrawal.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position).