He starter his career as a military, and had the time to travel a lot. He would retire from the Air Force by 1976, with the rank of major. He was stationed in England and saw the likes of Stirling Moss and Graham Hill win races. He was bitten by the racing bug in the 60s and began driving in 1965. He drive a Lotus 7 and a Datsun 1600 roadster, then a BMW. He would begin Driving in Bangkok, where an international Racing club was operating. He would do very well with a car provided by BMW. Back in the States, he would enter the IMSA RS series. While doing pretty well, he would never have a really good year until he had his own shop, and made some improvements to the car. The ripes were changing and front wheel drive cars were definitely the way to go. He would also try his han d at IMSA GT Racing, with a pair of Sebring entries, with his trustful BMW 2002. The car was just allowed bigger wheels and a spoiler. Owner Ray Korman has competed in BMW sedan racing since his purchase in 1964 of one of the first BMW 1800 Ti sedans sold in the United States. In his first professional racing he won two national championships in S.E.Asia, first in his 1800 TISA, then in an FIA Group 5 2002 sponsored by Yontrakit Motors in Bangkok. Returning to the U.S. in the early 70's he prepared his own 2002 and 320i for the IMSA Racing Stock Sedan Series. His most notable win was the IMSA El Inter-Americano 3 Hour Race at Daytona. With entries from both North and South America the rules favored front wheel drive cars. The surprise win of the independently entered six year old 320i over the new factory backed front wheel drive cars was a major upset. In 1982 he won the SCCA S.E. Division Championship in his GT-2 BMW 320i.

Ray Korman had a great career and has become a top BMW specialist