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{{Short description|New Zealand racing driver (born 1941)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox F1 driver
| image = HowdenGanleyNZFMR2015.jpg
| name = Howden Ganley
| nationality = {{flag|NZL|name=New Zealander}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|12|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hamilton, New Zealand]]
| Years = {{F1|1971}} – {{F1|1974}}
| Team(s) = [[BRM]], [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso–Marlboro]], [[March Engineering|March]], [[Maki (constructor)|Maki]]
| Races = 41 (35 starts)
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Poles = 0
| Points = 10
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = [[1971 South African Grand Prix]]
| First win =
| Last win =
| Last race = [[1974 German Grand Prix]]
}}
'''James Howden Ganley''' (born 24 December 1941) is a former [[racing driver]] from [[New Zealand]]. From 1971 to 1974 he participated in 41 World Championship [[Formula One]] Grands Prix. He placed 4th twice and scored points 5 times for a total of 10 championship points (only the top 6 places scored points). He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.

== Personal and early life ==
When he was thirteen years old, he attended the [[1955 New Zealand Grand Prix]] at [[Ardmore, New Zealand|Ardmore]]<ref name="complete_enc">{{cite book
  | editor = Bruce Jones
  | title = The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One
  | publisher = Carlton Books
  | year = 1998
  | isbn = 1-85868-515-X
  | page = 105}}</ref> which inspired him and provided him with an impetus to follow a career in racing.<ref name="GrandPrix.com">{{cite web
  | title = Drivers: Howden Ganley
  | publisher = GrandPrix.com
  | url = http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-ganhow.html
  | access-date = 2007-01-08}}</ref> Immediately after leaving school, Ganley became a reporter for the ''[[Waikato Times]]''<ref name="BRDC">{{cite web
 |title=Howden Ganley – BRDC Archive Biography 
 |publisher=British Racing Drivers Club 
 |url=http://www.brdc.co.uk/brdcarchive.cfm/flag/2/member_id/109 
 |access-date=2007-01-08 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206133942/http://www.brdc.co.uk/brdcarchive.cfm/flag/2/member_id/109 
 |archive-date=6 December 2006 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> and wrote a column for ''[[Car and Driver|Sports Car Illustrated]]''.<ref name="BRDC" /> He moved to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1961 and pursued a career as a mechanic.<ref name="complete_enc" />

== Career ==

=== Early career ===
Between 1960 and 1962, Ganley competed in many events throughout New Zealand driving a [[Lotus Eleven]].<ref name="BRDC" /> Throughout this period, he was earning a living by working as a [[construction foreman|foreman]] for a [[concrete|concreting]] company.<ref name="BRDC" />

In 1970, Ganley finished second to [[Peter Gethin]] in the European [[Formula 5000]] championship.<ref name="complete_enc" /> This caught the attention of the [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] Formula One team, who signed him to a contract for 1971.

=== Formula 5000 ===

In 1970, Ganley finished the [[European Formula 5000 Championship]] in 2nd place with help from his friend and mechanic Barry Ultahan.

=== Formula One ===
In {{F1|1971}}, Ganley started off the season promisingly with fifth place at the non-championship [[1971 Race of Champions|Race of Champions]].<ref name="1971RoC">{{cite web
  | title = Race of Champions Brands Hatch 1971
  | publisher = Gerald's Motor Sport Pictures
  | url = http://f3history.co.uk/Racingpics/bh_roc71/roc71.htm
  | access-date = 2007-01-08
  | archive-date = 7 May 2018
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153510/http://f3history.co.uk/Racingpics/bh_roc71/roc71.htm
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> 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.<ref name="BRDC" />
In {{F1|1972}} Ganley raced for the [[British Racing Motors|Marlboro BRM]] team and finished 13th in the Championship with 4 points. His highest finish for the season was 4th at the [[1972 German Grand Prix|Nürburgring]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AwX6i3BX84  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/8AwX6i3BX84| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Germany gp 1972 |via=YouTube |access-date=28 March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> For the {{F1|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 Engineering|Maki]] team left Ganley with serious foot and ankle injuries that ended his Grand Prix career.<ref name="BRDC" />

=== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/neverraced.html |title=Grand Prix Cars that never raced |publisher=8W |access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> 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 [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Simca]] MS670 to second place in the [[1972 24 Hours of Le Mans]].

=== Tiga Race Cars ===
[[File:Tiga SC83 of Malcom Miller.JPG|thumb|1983 [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga]] SC83 [[Sports 2000]] car]]
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tigaracecars.com/news6.shtml |title=AD Team Tiga – Event Partner at Spa Franchorchamps |work=tigaracecars.com |date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104081133/http://www.tigaracecars.com/news6.shtml |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> The team had plans to compete in Formula One in 1978, but the project did not proceed due to sponsorship withdrawal.<ref name="F1Rejects - Kozarowitzky">{{cite web
  | title = Interview with Mikko Kozarowitzky
  | publisher = F1 Rejects
  | url = http://f1rejects.com/interviews/kozarowitzky/index.html
  | access-date = 2007-01-08
  | archive-date = 15 November 2004
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041115062633/http://f1rejects.com/interviews/kozarowitzky/index.html
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>
{{Clear}}

== Complete Formula One World Championship results ==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! WDC
! Points
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1971 Formula One season|1971]]
!rowspan=2| [[Yardley of London|Yardley]] [[British Racing Motors|Team BRM]]
! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[BRM P153|P153]]
!rowspan=2| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] P142 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1971 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| [[1971 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1971 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1971 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1971 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
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|
!rowspan=2| 15th
!rowspan=2| 5
|-
! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1971 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1971 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1971 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|4}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=3| [[1972 Formula One season|1972]]
!rowspan=3| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160B]]
!rowspan=3| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] P142 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1972 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1972 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|NC}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1972 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1972 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|DNS}}
|
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|
|
!rowspan=3| 13th
!rowspan=3| 4
|-
! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[BRM P180|P180]]
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
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|-
! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160C]]
|
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|
|[[1972 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1972 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1972 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1972 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1972 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
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|
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1973 Formula One season|1973]]
!rowspan=2| [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]]
! [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso–Marlboro]] [[Iso–Marlboro FX3B|FX3B]]
!rowspan=2| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|NC}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|10}}
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!rowspan=2| 19th
!rowspan=2| 1
|-
! [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso–Marlboro]] [[Iso–Marlboro IR|IR]]
|
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|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|14}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1973 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|NC}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|NC}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1973 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1973 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|12}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1974 Formula One season|1974]]
! [[March Engineering]]
! [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 741|741]]
!rowspan=2| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|[[1974 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
|[[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|[[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|[[1974 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|[[1974 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]
|[[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
|[[1974 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
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!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! [[Maki Engineering]]
! [[Maki Engineering|Maki]] [[Maki F101|F101]]
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|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| [[1974 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| [[1974 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|[[1974 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
|[[1974 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|[[1974 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|[[1974 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
|}

==Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>pos.|Class position}}
|-
! [[1972 24 Hours of Le Mans|1972]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Equipe Matra]] [[Simca]] [[Shell plc|Shell]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
|align="left"| [[Matra-Simca MS670]]
| S 3.0
| 333
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd'''
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd'''
|-
! [[1973 24 Hours of Le Mans|1973]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Wyer|Gulf Research Racing]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (racing driver)|Derek Bell]]
|align="left"| [[Mirage (race car)|Mirage M6]]-[[Cosworth]]
| S 3.0
| 163
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! [[1975 24 Hours of Le Mans|1975]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Racing Team
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Schenken]]
|align="left"| [[Porsche 911 (classic)|Porsche 911 Carrera RSR]]
| GTS
| 106
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! [[1976 24 Hours of Le Mans|1976]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Racing Team
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Clemens Schickentanz
|align="left"| [[Porsche 911 (classic)|Porsche 911 Carrera RSR]]
| Gr. 5 SP
| 74
| DNF
| DNF
|-
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

{{Formula One drivers from New Zealand}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganley, Howden}}
[[Category:New Zealand Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:New Zealand racing drivers]]
[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand]]
[[Category:BRM Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:Williams Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:March Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:Maki Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers]]