Tiga Race Cars Ltd. is a British auto racing constructor and team. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It Founded in 1974 by two former drivers, Australian Tim Schenken and New Zealander Howden Ganley, the company's name was formed by the first two letters of Tim and Ganley. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Tim Schenken (born September 26, 1943) is a former Racing driver from Australia. James Howden Ganley (born December 24, 1941 in Hamilton) is a former Racing driver from New Zealand. Tiga has constructed racing cars for various forms of open wheel racing and sports car racing, ranging from Formula Ford to the World Sportscar Championship. Open-wheel car (Often single-seater car, in UK English describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and in most cases one seat Sports car racing is a form of circuit Auto racing with Automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels Formula Ford is a single seater open wheel class in Motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world World Endurance Championship redirects here For the motorcycle endurance Nearly 400 chassis were constructed by Tiga until the company folded in 1989.
Tiga-built cars have won numerous championships and events, including three European, four British, and one American Sports 2000 championships, as well as class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona. Sports 2000 is a restricted-rules class of two-seat rear-engined open-cockpit full-bodied Sports-prototype racecar used largely in amateur road racing The 24 Hours of Le Mans ( 24 Heures du Mans) is a sports car endurance race held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, The Rolex 24 at Daytona (frequently referred to by its historical title the 24 Hours of Daytona) is a 24-hour sports car Endurance race held annually at Tiga's sports prototypes won the 1985 C2 Class World Championship for Teams in the World Sportscar series with Spice Engineering, as well as the 1988 Camel Lights Championship for Manufacturers in the North American IMSA GT Championship. A sports prototype is a form of racing car that is used as a top category in Sports car racing. Spice Engineering was a British racing team founded by driver Gordon Spice in the early 1980's later becoming a successful sports car constructor in 1986 IMSA GT was a Sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association.
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- Tiga Race Cars Ltd.
- Tiga chassis numbers (Group C and IMSA Lights)
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