Ray Mallock

British former racing driver (born 1951) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anthony Raymond Mallock (born 12 April 1951 in Barton on Sea[1]) is a British former racing driver[2] and founder of RML Group Ltd, the motorsports and high performance automotive organisation formally known as Ray Mallock Limited.[citation needed]

Mallock competed in Formula Ford in 1969, Clubmans Formula in 1970 and 1971, Formula 3 in 1971 and 1972 all in Mallock U2 cars of his father's design, Major Arthur Mallock. He then competed in Formula Atlantic, Formula 2 between 1973 and 1977 before the British Formula One Championship from 1978 to 1980.[citation needed]

Mallock competed at Le Mans for the first time in 1979 before returning with the Aston Martin Nimrod programme in 1982, 1983 and 1984. In 1985, 1986 and 1987 he was responsible for the design, development and operation of the Ecurie Ecosse Group C2 cars with which the team won the C2 class of the World Sportscar championship in 1986 with Austin Rover engines. Mallock won 8 rounds of the World Sportscar championship in cars of his own design between 1985 and 1987.

Mallock was responsible for the design and development of the Aston Martin AMR-1 Group C1 cars, employing Canadian Max Boxstrom as chief designer.[citation needed]

He retired from professional race car driving in 1989 to concentrate on engineering and developing his business, Ray Mallock Limited.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1975 Ardmore Racing March 742 Ford EST THR
Ret
HOC NÜR PAU HOC SAL ROU MUG PER 25th 1
March 75B SIL
10
ZOL
6
NOG
8
VAL
DNS
1976 Ardmore Racing March 75B Ford HOC
DNQ
THR
Ret
VAL
9
SAL
DNQ
PAU
DNQ
NOG
13
HOC
DNQ
NC 0
Ralt RT1 HOC
10
ROU
Ret
MUG PER EST
1977 Ardmore Racing Chevron B40 Hart SIL
2
THR
Ret
HOC
9
NÜR VAL PAU MUG
11
ROU NOG
DNS
PER MIS EST 12th 6
Chevron B35 Ford DON
DNQ
1981 Cliff Smith Racing Ralt RT4 Ford SIL
8
HOC THR NÜR VAL MUG NC 0
Hart PAU
DNQ
PER SPA
9
DON
Ret
MIS MAN
1982 Ray Mallock Ralt RT4 Ford SIL
11
HOC THR NÜR MUG VAL PAU SPA HOC DON MAN PER MIS NC 0
Source:[3]
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Complete Shellsport International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1976 Ardmore Racing Lola T450 Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 MAL
Ret
14th 26
March 75B SNE
DNS
OUL BRH THR BRH MAL SNE
1
BRH
13
THR
Ret
OUL BRH
6
BRH
DNS
1977 ICI Newsweek/Chevron Chevron B40 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 MAL SNE OUL BRH MAL THR BRH OUL MAL DON BRH
5
THR SNE BRH 23rd 8
Source:[4]
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Complete British Formula One Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Pts
1978 Mario Deliotti Racing Ensign N175 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL BRH SNE MAL ZAN DON THR
3
OUL 16th 12
Alan Baillie March 752 Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 MAL
12
BRH THR SNE
1979 Graham Eden Racing Chevron B41 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ZOL OUL BRH MAL SNE
Ret
THR ZAN DON OUL NOG MAL BRH THR SNE SIL NC 0
1980 Cliff Smith Racing Surtees TS20+ Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
3
BRH SIL
3
MAL THR
Ret
MNZ MAL SNE 10th 8
Wolf WR6 BRH
Ret
THR
Ret
OUL SIL
Ret
Source:[5]
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1979 United Kingdom Fisons Agricole - Simon Phillips United Kingdom Martin Raymond
United Kingdom Simon Phillips
De Cadenet-Lola T380-Ford Cosworth S
+2.0
250 20th 3rd
1982 United Kingdom Viscount Downe Pace Petroleum United Kingdom Simon Phillips
United Kingdom Mike Salmon
Nimrod NRA/C2-Aston Martin Tickford C 317 7th 4th
1983 United Kingdom Viscount Downe - Pace Petroleum United Kingdom Mike Salmon
United States Steve Earle
Nimrod NRA/C2B-Aston Martin Tickford C 218 DNF DNF
1984 United Kingdom Viscount Downe Aston Martin United States Drake Olson Nimrod NRA/C2B-Aston Martin Tickford C1 94 DNF DNF
1985 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom Mike Wilds
United Kingdom David Leslie
Ecosse C285-Ford Cosworth C2 45 DNF DNF
1986 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom Mike Wilds
United Kingdom David Leslie
Ecosse C286-Austin-Rover C2 181 DSQ DSQ
1987 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom David Leslie
Belgium Marc Duez
Ecosse C286-Ford Cosworth C2 308 8th 2nd
1989 United Kingdom Aston Martin
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse
United Kingdom David Leslie
United Kingdom David Sears
Aston Martin AMR1 C1 153 DNF DNF
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Further reading

  • Aston Martin, the post war competition cars by Anthony Pritchard ISBN 978-0-946627-48-6
  • Nimrod the Mighty Warior BBC film of Aston Martin Nimrod at Le Mans in 1982. First aired on BBC 17 June 1983

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