Ray Armes

{{Short description|British racing driver and businessman (born 1951)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|27|df=y}}

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| last series = British Touring Car Championship

| years active = 1989–1990

| teams = PG Tags Racing

| starts = 19

| wins = 0 (5 in class)

| poles = 0 (7 in class)

| fastest laps = 0 (6 in class)

| best finish = 13th

| year = 1989

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

Career

He is best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In 1989 he finished third in class and thirteenth 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=32 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |accessdate=2013-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030111908/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=32 |archivedate=30 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Official 1989 BTCC standings

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307022325/https://www.driverdb.com/payment/ Driver database]

He was chairman of marketing agency Vibrandt, famously revamping the classic Heinz Tomato Ketchup label{{Cite web|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/natural-fantasy|title = Eye Magazine | Feature | Natural fantasy}} before later leaving the company to establish and become CEO of advertising consultancy Touch of Mojo, whose clients include Unilever and Clark's shoes.{{cite web |url=http://www.touchofmojo.com/ |title=Home |website=touchofmojo.com}} The company sponsored the Volkswagen Golf championship in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.msvracing.co.uk/cars/news-archive/2013/january/golf-gti-championship-joins-forces-with-touch-of-mojo.aspx |title=MSVR News - MK2 Golf GTI Championship joins forces with Touch of Mojo |website=www.msvracing.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425190522/http://www.msvracing.co.uk/cars/news-archive/2013/january/golf-gti-championship-joins-forces-with-touch-of-mojo.aspx |archive-date=2016-04-25}}

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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" !Year !Team !Car !Class !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !DC !Pts !Class
1989 ! PG Tags Racing ! Honda Civic Si ! {{Tooltip\|D\|Class D}} \| OUL \| SIL \| THR \| DON \| THR \| SIL \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *SIL* ovr:25 cls:1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *BRH* ovr:17 cls:1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *SNE* ovr:19 cls:1 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| *BRH* Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| BIR Ret \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *DON* ovr:21 cls:1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *SIL* ovr:21 cls:1 ! 13th ! 31 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| 3rd
1990 ! PG Tags Racing ! Honda Civic ! {{Tooltip\|B\|Class B}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| OUL Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| DON ovr:12 cls:7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| THR ovr:16 cls:9 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SIL Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| OUL Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SIL Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| BRH Ret \| SNE \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| BRH ovr:18 cls:12 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| BIR ovr:16 cls:11 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| DON ovr:17 cls:11 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| THR ovr:14 cls:9 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SIL Ret ! 31st ! 7 ! 19th
colspan="20"\|{{center\|{{small\|Source:{{cite web \|last1=de Jong \|first1=Frank \|title=British Saloon Car Championship \|url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html \|website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 \|access-date=18 January 2025}}}}}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!Year

!Team

!Car

!Class

!10

!11

!12

!13

!DC

!Pts

!Class

1989

! PG Tags Racing

! Honda Civic Si

! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}}

| OUL

| SIL

| THR

| DON

| THR

| SIL

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL
ovr:25
cls:1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH
ovr:17
cls:1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE
ovr:19
cls:1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BIR
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON
ovr:21
cls:1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL
ovr:21
cls:1

! 13th

! 31

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

1990

! PG Tags Racing

! Honda Civic

! {{Tooltip|B|Class B}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
ovr:12
cls:7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
ovr:16
cls:9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
Ret

| SNE

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
ovr:18
cls:12

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BIR
ovr:16
cls:11

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
ovr:17
cls:11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
ovr:14
cls:9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
Ret

! 31st

! 7

! 19th

colspan="20"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=18 January 2025}}}}}}

References

External links

{{DriverDB driver|ray-armes}}
[http://www.touchofmojo.com/ Touch of Mojo marketing agency]

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers

Category:English racing drivers

Category:British GT Championship drivers

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:20th-century English sportsmen