Battle for McLaren

Last month, in this space, I spoke about our newest contributor Howden Ganley, whose incredible motorsport career saw him go from an entry level mechanic to Formula One driver and subsequently a team owner and constructor. Of course, I was mortified to learn—after we’d gone to press—that in my zeal to relay Howden’s great story about how no one can properly pronounce the name of he and Tim Schenken’s Tiga racecars, I had inadvertently misspelled the pronunciation (Ty-ga, NOT Tee-ga)! So much for my credibility…

Ironically—and in no way planned!—in his column this month, Ganley tells the tale of Tiga (fortunately, in his own words) and his perpetual struggle to get people to pronounce it right.