Ray Mallock Ltd., also known as RML, is a motorsports racing team and engineering company. In 2007, RML is engaged in the Le Mans Series under its own name and the World Touring Car Championship as the works Chevrolet team. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European sports car racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race. ... WTCC redirects here. ... Chevrolet (IPA: ʃɛv. ...

Early history

Ray Mallock began building racing cars, alongside his brother Richard, as an assistant to his father, Major Arthur Mallock, who built several Mallock U2 chassis for Clubmans racing. After racing in Formula 3 and sports car racing, Mallock founded his team, Ray Mallock Atlantic Racing, in 1979, which he renamed RML in 1984. Clubmans is a variety of sports car racing that originated in Britain in 1965. ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. ...

Sports car racing

A driver for Viscount Downe Racing, Ray Mallock helped develop the privateer Group C Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin for the World Sportscar Championship in 1983 and 1984. In 1985, RML was contracted to build the Ecurie Ecosse prototypes for the C2 class, winning the class title in 1986. Group C was a category of auto racing, and was introduced into sports car racing by the FIA (the governing body of World motor racing) during the early 1980s. ... Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England in the United Kingdom. ... The World Sportscar Championship was a series run by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. ... The Ecurie Ecosse was a scorts car racing team from Scotland, winning the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans with Ron Flockhart and Ivor Bueb in a Jaguar D-Type. ...

In 1987 RML returned to the main class by developping the Aston Martin AMR-1. The project was closed in 1990, but Mallock found work with the works Nissan team. Nissan Motor Co. ...

The World Sportscar Championship ended after the 1992, and it wouldn't be until 1999 that RML returned to this category by producing the Mallock Clubmans car for Mallock Sports, his brother Richard's company. In 2000, RML engineered the Saleen S7 supercar into a competition model, the S7R, winning the European Le Mans Series in the GT1 class in 2001 and the Spanish GT Championship in 2002. In 2004 RML entered the FIA GT Championship with two cars. The Saleen S7 is a supercar that was jointly designed by RML and Saleen, Incorporated and is currently being built at Saleens headquarters factory in Irvine, California. ... The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European sports car racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race. ... The FIA GT Championship is a sports car motorsport series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisations (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA). ...

Also in 2004, RML ran an MG-Lola EX257 in the Le Mans 24 Hours and Le Mans Endurance Series. After the design became obsolete with the onset of new LMP2 regulations, RML merged components from the EX257 into the Lola B05/40's chassis and bodyshell, creating the MG Lola EX264, which won Le Mans in the LMP2 class in 2005 and 2006. Dyson Racings MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ... 24 hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is a famous sports car endurance race held at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, near river La Sarthe. ... The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 hours of Le Mans race. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Lola B05/40. ...

Touring car racing

Taking advantage of his relationship to Ecurie Ecosse, RML made its debut in touring car racing in 1992, by moving to the British Touring Car Championship. The team ran two ex-works Vauxhall Cavaliers for Ecurie Ecosse for two years, and due to the car's success, it was awarded with the works deal in 1994, winning the championship the following year with the brand new Vauxhall Vectra. Meanwhile, RML built the works Nissan Sentra for the South African Touring Car Championship. Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ... The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... The Vauxhall Cavalier was a large family car sold primarily in the UK by Vauxhall Motors, the British subsidiary of General Motors from 1976 to 1995. ... 1992 Opel Vectra 2. ... The Nissan Sentra is a small car made by automaker Nissan Motors and is generally a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny. ...

RML's association with Nissan grew in 1997 with the team building the Nissan Primera for the BTCC. The team won the championship for two years straight, in 1998 and 1999. In 2004, SEAT Sport UK acquired two SEAT Toledo Cupras, which RML campained in the BTCC, but at the end of the year the partnership was dissolved when the team won the contract to run the Chevrolet Lacetti in the WTCC the following year. The Nissan Primera is a Comapct Family Sedan produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan for the domestic and European markets. ... An old SEAT 600 SEAT is a Volkswagen subsidiary and one of the leading car makers in Spain. ... The SEAT Toledo is an automobile built and marketed by SEAT, a division of the Volkswagen Group. ... 2004 Daewoo Lacetti The Chevrolet Lacetti is a compact 5-door hatchback made by South Korean GM Daewoo. ...

Rallying

At the end of 1997, GM Europe decided to cut down its involvement in touring cars, and RML went with them to the develop the Opel Astra Kit-car for the Formula 2 regulations in the World Rally Championship and several national rallying championships in Europe. In 1999, the RML Astra won titles in Germany, Norway and Sweden. See also Vauxhall Astra, Holden Astra, and Saturn Astra for the usage of the nameplate by other General Motors subsidiaries. ... The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...

In late 2000 Opel assigned RML to design and build the Opel Corsa for the new Super 1600 category, which replaced the F2 kit-cars. The car made its competition debut in the 2002 JWRC class of the Monte Carlo Rally and its first title the following year. The Opel Corsa is a supermini that has been produced by General Motors European subsidiary Opel since 1983. ... Super 1600 is a a rally car used in the Junior World Rally Championship and national rally championships. ... The Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) is a complementary series to the World Rally Championship (WRC) as is the World Rally Production Car Championship (WRPCC). ... Stephane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlssons replica 1963 Monte Carlo Saab 96 rally car at Linköping, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of SAAB in 1997 The Monte...

Other series

In 2002, RML developped the ASCAR stock car, based on NASCAR-type racing, winning the 2002 and 2003 titles with Nicolas Minassian and Ben Collins. Also in 2002, RML prepared Darren Manning's Team St. George car for the British race at the Rockingham race track. This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Nicolas Minassian (born February 28, 1973 in Marseille) is a race driver. ... Ben Collins is an experienced single seater and sports car driver. ... Darren Manning (born April 30, 1975) is a motor racing driver from Yorkshire, England. ... The name Rockingham can refer to certain peers of England, notably to Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who served as UK Prime Minister. ...

Road cars

RML's engineering skills were used in road-going cars for the first time in 1990, when the company built a small number of Ford GT40 replicas. In 1994, RML created several concept sketches for an undisclosed Japanese manufacturer. GT40 Mk II front. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Automotive design. ...

In 1999, RML returned with two different projects, the Opel Astra Concept DTM, a road-going prototype based on the Opel Astra Coupé the German company would debut the following year, and the Saleen S7, which was completely designed by RML's engineer and former F1 mechanic, Richard Owen. The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touringcar Masters) is a motorsport series based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe. ... The Saleen S7 is a supercar that was jointly designed by RML and Saleen, Incorporated and is currently being built at Saleens headquarters factory in Irvine, California. ...

In 2003, Nissan ordered a prototype based on the new Nissan Micra, powered by a 265 hpV6 engine and called Micra R. The car debuted in the Geneva Auto Show. The car had a 6-speed sequential gearbox The Nissan Micra is a supermini produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan Motors since 1982. ... The Ford Essex V6 engine V6 and V-6 redirect here. ... The Geneva Salon International de lAuto (or Geneva Motor Show) is an annual auto show held in March. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sequential Manual Transmission. ...

Sources

RML official site