Ray Armes

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Raymond Leslie Armes (born 27 December 1951) is a British former auto racing driver and businessman.

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Career

He is best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In 1989 he finished third in class and twelfth overall, despite only competing for half the season. Armes drove a PG Tips-sponsored class D Honda Civic Si, built by Trakstar Motorsport. In 1990, he continued with the Civic, running in the new super touring class, but could not repeat his form of the previous year, and he departed the series at the end of the season. [1]

He has also competed in the Rover GTi Championship, National Saloon Car Cup, Volkswagen Vento VR6 Challenge, the Porsche Cup, and the MGF Cup. In 1997 he competed in the opening three rounds of the British GT Championship for Lucent Millennium with a Marcos LM600 alongside Nick Carr. [2]

He was chairman of marketing agency Vibrandt, famously revamping the classic Heinz Tomato Ketchup label [3] before later leaving the company to establish and become CEO of advertising consultancy Touch of Mojo, whose clients include Unilever and Clark's shoes. [4] The company sponsored the Volkswagen Golf championship in 2013. [5]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 1987–1989 in class)

YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213DCPtsClass
1989 PG Tags Racing Honda Civic Si D OUL SIL THR DON THR SIL SIL
25
BRH
17
SNE
19
BRH
Ret
BIR
Ret
DON
21
SIL
21
13th313rd
1990 PG Tags Racing Honda Civic B OUL
Ret
DON
12
THR
16
SIL
Ret
OUL
Ret
SIL
Ret
BRH
Ret
SNE BRH
18
BIR
16
DON
17
THR
14
SIL
Ret
31st719th
Source: [6]

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References

  1. "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013. Official 1989 BTCC standings
  2. Driver database [ dead link ]
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  4. "Home". touchofmojo.com.
  5. "MSVR News - MK2 Golf GTI Championship joins forces with Touch of Mojo". www.msvracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
  6. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 January 2023.