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| Tiga SC80 at the Saint Goueno Hill Climb in Brittany in 2017 driven by Fernand Santerelli. |
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Tiga Race Cars, Reading, England. Tiga was named after its founders, former Formula One drivers, Tim Schenken and Howden Ganley. Tim Schenken was a very succcesful F3 driver but only got on a F1 podium once for Brabham. Howden Ganley has success in F5000 before his F1 career that yielded two fourth places for BRM. Apparently, the proper pronunciation is like the big cat - Tiger. They formed the company in 1974/5 and started off making Formula Ford cars. In 1977 they began making Sports 2000 cars and at this they were very successful. Between 1979 and 1985 their Sports 2000 car won either the British or European championships. The SC80 won the British Championship in the hands of Ian Taylor. It had a simple monocoque chassis and tubular fame bolted on to a 2 litre Ford Cortina engine. The body is glass fibre. The engine was tuned to develop about 130bhp and this pushed the car along at up to 135mph. Occasionally these cars ran in bigger races. In 1980 Divina Galicia and Mark Thatcher finished eleventh in the Brands Hatch 6 Hours, an event that was part of the World Championship of Makes.
