Ginger Molloy

Ginger Molloy
NationalityNew Zealand
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1965 - 1970
First race1965 250cc Ulster Grand Prix
Last race1970 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
First win1966 250cc Ulster Grand Prix
Last win1966 250cc Ulster Grand Prix
Team(s)Bultaco
Championships0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
40 1 13 N/A N/A 194

Ginger Molloy (born 25 December 1937) is a former New Zealand Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed from 1965 to 1970 in the Grand Prix world championship.

Growing up in Huntly, Molloy played rugby league for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion Hugh Anderson.[1] Molloy represented New Zealand schoolboys in rugby league before travelling to Europe in 1963.

Riding a Bultaco, he won his only world championship race in the 250cc class at the 1966 250cc Ulster Grand Prix. His best season was in 1970 when he rode a Kawasaki H1R to a second-place finish behind Giacomo Agostini in the 500cc world championship.[2][3] New Zealand road racers had a string of second placings in the premier class – Molloy in 1970, Keith Turner in 1971 and Kim Newcombe in 1973.

  1. ^ Huntly duo paved the way New Zealand Herald, 6 February 2011
  2. ^ "Ginger Molloy career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  3. ^ "THE EX-SIDEMM (KAWASAKI FRANCE) 1974 KAWASAKI 500CC H1-RW GRAND PRIX RACING MOTORCYCLE". bonhams.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.