Royale Racing

After the demand for Climax engines decreased King and business partner Alan Cornock decided to focus on constructing race cars.

Ray Allen achieved a third place in the championship behind Emerson Fittipaldi and Ian Ashley both driving Lotuses.

Chassis number 1 was driven by Ray Allen and Tony Lanfranchi in various Formula Libre races.

[6] Ian Ashley scored a third-place finish in the opening round of the BRSCC North Central British F3.

[7] In Formula Super Vee, Manfred Schurti won four races and was placed first in the German championship.

In the British Formula Atlantic championship Tom Pryce and Ray Allen drove a Royale RP12.

[11][12] Ray Allen scored two podium finishes at Brands Hatch and Oulton Park.

[13][14] Royale also scored its first win at the prestigious SCCA National Championship Runoffs.

Harry Ingle and Bob Lazier won races for the British marque.

In the opening round of the BARC F3 championship Sutcliffe scored a second-place finish.

Bagley, Walter Wilkins, Richard Melville and Billy Scott all scored podium finishes racing Royales.

Ruedi Caprez and Baron de St. Hubert scored podium finishes.

[20][21] 1975 marked the year Royale built its last Formula Super Vee cars.

[22] Geoff Lees, driving a Royale RP21, won the 1975 Formula Ford Festival.

South African driver Rad Dougall finished third also driving a Royale.

But before the car was finished the project was sold to Roger Andreason and Paul Fox who completed the bodywork.

[29] Royale was one of the few constructors to design a new car for the Formula Talbot series along with Sparton.

The cars used a Talbot Sunbeam 1.6 litre engine that ran on methanol fuel.

In Formula Ford 1600 Royale won three races in the BARC championship with Jonathan Palmer, Rob Tennant and Rick Morris.

In Formula Ford 1600 David Wheeler was the most successful Royale driver winning two races in a Van Diemen dominated season.

Jeremy Rossiter and David Sutherland also won races in the championship driving Royales.

Thompson secured the championship finishing in front of Sean Walker both driving Royales.

But with Reynard and Van Diemen dominating the market, Royale could not win any races.

The car would achieve a ninth place in its inaugural race, the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona.

[33] Lyn St. James and Howdy Holmes achieved a third-place finish in the Watkins Glen 500 Kilometres.

Royale RP4
Royale RP21 (1975) at Crystal Palace circuit , sprint meeting, 2012
Royale RP37
1987 Royale RP40