Ray Race Cars

Ray Race Cars is a British race car manufacturer. Previously Ray built Formula 3 and Formula Renault cars. The company still produces Formula Ford cars.

History
The Ray GR-RSC as raced by the Lucas Oil School of Racing

Ray Race Cars was founded in 1971 by Bert Ray and his brother Frank and his son Gavin. Stephen South raced the Ray 73F entered by the factory team in various British championships winning four races. With the 74F South won eleven races in 1974. For 1975 South and Ray moved up into Formula 3 with the Ray F375. The car was fitted with a Toyota engine. The best result was a fifth place at Brands Hatch in the 1975 British Formula Three season. Later in the season the team switched to the more competitive March 753 scoring a podium at Thruxton. The Ray F376 for 1976 was announced but never built.[1]

In 1987 Derek Higgins won the BARC Formula Ford Junior championship in the 86F. Higgins won races at Thruxton, Silverstone, Mallory Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park. The following season Andy Charsley won two races in the championship.[2]

For 2003 the factory team signed Alx Danielsson and Sukhjit Sandher. Danielsson won three races, all three at Brands Hatch. The Swede finished fourth in the championship standings. It took until 2006 before the constructor won another British Formula Ford race. Cliff Dempsey Racing signed Peter Dempsey who won the first four races of the championship. Dempsey also won the Walter Hayes Trophy in 2006 and 2007. Nick Tandy joined the factory team winning three races. The following year Tandy joined family team JTR winning six races in a Ray GRS07.[3] Partnering with the Team USA Scholarship and Cliff Dempsey Racing Ray Race Cars won the Walter Hayes Trophy again in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.[4]

At the 2009 A1GP round at Brands Hatch Ray Race Cars unveiled the BR09SC Sports 2000. In the 2010 Sports 2000 Duratec championship Damian Griffin raced the Ray car. His best finish was seventh at Rockingham.[5] The car struggled to be competitive in following years.

Scott Malvern was the last driver winning races in the official British Formula Ford championship for Ray Race Cars. In 2010 Malvern won at Oulton Park and Silverstone. For 2011 Ray introduced the GR11. The Lucas Oil School of Racing adopted the car as the car to teach aspiring race drivers. The car was fitted with a 2-liter Elite Engines built engine.[6] Continuing in the local Formula Ford championships James Raven won the Formula Ford Festival in 2014.

Racing cars
A Ray GR14 car used to compete in the Scottish Formula Ford Championship.
YearCarClass
1971Ray 71FFormula Ford
1972Ray 72FFormula Ford
1973Ray 73FFormula Ford
1974Ray 74FFormula Ford
1975Ray F375Formula 3
1976Ray FF276Formula Ford 2000
1976Ray FA76Formula Atlantic
1977Ray FF2 77Formula Ford 2000
1978Ray 78FFormula Ford
1978Ray 78SFFormula Ford 2000
1980Ray 80FFormula Ford
1981Ray 81FFormula Ford
1982Ray 82FFormula Ford
1983Ray 83FFormula Ford
1984Ray 84FFormula Ford
1984Ray 84SFFormula Ford 2000
1985Ray 85FFormula Ford
1985Ray 85SFFormula Ford 2000
1986Ray 86FFormula Ford
1987Ray 87FFormula Ford
1988Ray 88FFormula Ford
1989Ray 89Formula Renault
1989Ray Vee 1Formula Vee
1991Ray 91Formula Renault
1992Ray 92FFormula Ford
1994Ray 94FZFormula Ford
1995Ray 95Formula Renault
2003Ray GRS03Formula Ford
2005Ray GRS05Formula Ford
2006Ray GRS06Formula Ford
2007Ray GRS07Formula Ford
2008Ray GRS08Formula Ford
2009Ray GRS09Formula Ford
2009Ray BR09SCSports 2000
2010Ray GR10Formula Ford
2011Ray GR11Formula Ford
2013Ray GR13Formula Ford
2018Ray GR18Formula Ford

References
  1. "Ray Race". F3 History. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. "Formula Ford 1600 (BARC Junior) Championship (1981-1990)". Motorsport Winners. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. "British Formula Ford Championship (1976-2014)". Motorsport Winners. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. "Walter Hayes Trophy (2001-to date)". Motorsport Winners. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. "March Racing Academy Sports 2000 Duratec Overall Championship 2010" (PDF). Sports 2000 Championship. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. "Our Car". Lucas Oil School of Racing. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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