Gary Ayles
Gary Ayles (born September 25, 1964) is a race car driver born in the United Kingdom.
He competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 1991, filled in for one race in 1992, and returned in 1996 for Nissan, after four years as a works Peugeot driver in Italian Superturismo. In 1997 he raced a McLaren F1 GTR in the FIA GT Championship for Parabolica Motorsport. He has done Le Mans 4 times.
Ayles became a team owner in 2000, when he established GA Motorsport, which has entered cars in the BTCC since 2000, racing as Team Sureterm for much of 2004. At the beginning of 2005, Ayles sold his share in the team to Mike Thompson, which Thompson since rebranded as Quest Racing. After planning to enter a new team in 2006, he formed the A-Tech team, which entered the BTCC for 2007, with a pair of Alfa Romeos for David Pinkney and Richard Marsh. Currently (2011) he is involved with Lotus UK's GT4 race programme with the Evora.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all in 1996 only) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded 1988-1989 in class)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | ICS plc | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | SIL |
OUL |
THR |
DON 10‡ |
THR |
SIL |
SIL |
BRH |
SNE |
BRH |
BIR |
DON |
SIL |
62nd | 0 | 25th | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Arquati Racing Team | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL |
SIL |
THR |
DON Ret‡ |
THR |
SIL |
SIL |
BRH |
SNE |
BRH |
BIR |
DON |
SIL |
NC | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | Kaliber ICS Team Toyota | Toyota Carina | SIL 9 |
SNE DSQ |
DON 4 |
THR Ret |
SIL 81 |
BRH Ret |
SIL Ret |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 DNS |
OUL Ret |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 DNS |
DON 14 |
THR Ret |
SIL 10 |
14th | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Peugeot Italia Team | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | SIL |
THR |
OUL |
SNE |
BRH |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
SIL |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
PEM |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
DON 7 |
SIL |
19th | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Rouse Sport | Nissan Primera eGT | DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 11 |
BRH 1 11 |
BRH 2 13 |
THR 1 DNS |
THR 2 DNS |
SIL 1 15 |
SIL 2 12 |
OUL 1 12 |
OUL 2 12 |
SNE 1 10 |
SNE 2 14 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 10 |
SIL 1 13 |
SIL 2 15 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 DNS |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
THR 1 11 |
THR 2 13 |
DON 1 11 |
DON 2 Ret |
BRH 1 DNS |
BRH 2 12 |
21st | 2 |
- ^ – Race was stopped due of heavy rain. No points were awarded.
‡ Endurance driver.