William Garth "Ginger" Molloy (25 December 1937 – 16 September 2026) was a New Zealand Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He competed from 1965 to 1970 in the Grand Prix world championship.
Biography Growing up in Huntly, Molloy played rugby league for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion Hugh Anderson. Molloy represented New Zealand schoolboys in rugby league before travelling to Europe in 1963.
Riding a Bultaco, Molley 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. 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.
Molloy died on 16 September 2026, at the age of 88.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Points system from 1950 to 1968: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
Points system from 1969 onwards: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1965 125cc Bultaco USA- GER- ESP- FRA- IOM- NED- DDR- CZE- ULS- FIN- NAT6 JPN- 1 24th 0 250cc Bultaco USA- GER- ESP- FRA- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- ULS6 FIN- NAT4 JPN- 4 20th 0 1966 250cc Bultaco ESP- GER- FRA- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS1 IOM- NAT- JPN- 8 10th 11967 125cc Bultaco ESP- GER- FRA- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS6 NAT- CAN- JPN- 1 28th 0 250cc Bultaco ESP4 GER- FRA- IOM- NED6 BEL5 DDR5 CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT6 CAN- JPN- 9 7th 01968 125cc Bultaco GER- ESP2 IOM- NED2 DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS4 NAT- 15 3rd 0 250cc Bultaco GER2 ESP3 IOM- NED- BEL- DDR5 CZE6 FIN4 ULS4 NAT- 19 5th 0 350cc Bultaco GER4 IOM- NED2 DDR4 CZE- ULS- NAT- 12 5th 01969 125cc Bultaco ESP7 GER- FRA3 IOM- NED4 BEL- DDR- CZE8 FIN- NAT7 YUG- 29 6th 0 350cc Bultaco ESP4 GER- IOM- NED- DDR- CZE10 FIN- ULS- NAT8 YUG- 12 16th 0 500cc Bultaco ESP3 GER- FRA- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT- YUG- 10 26th 01970 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- YUG- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT- ESP2 12 19th 0 500cc Kawasaki GER5 FRA2 YUG7 IOM- NED4 BEL16 DDR15 FIN2 ULS2 NAT6 ESP2 62 2nd 0
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