Armando Munos

Armando Muños Herrera, commonly referred to as Armando Muños, is a Colombian businessman and racing driver. 
== Personal life ==
=== Early Life ===
Armando was born on 2nd of April 1955 in Pasto, Colombia and is the son of Rafael Muños Guerrero and Adriana Herrera Salazar
=== Business ===
Armando is a major shareholder in 'Distribución Farmacológica de Tres Hermanos S.A.' together with his elder brother, the chairman and CEO, Nicolas Muños Herrera. 
=== Aircraft ===
Although he has been flying planes since the age of 13, Armando got his pilots license from American Flyers flight school in Ft. Worth, Texas at the age of 18. 
He's earned a bit of a reputation by piloting his private jets to almost every race he participates in. 
Armando currently has a collection of more than 15 different aircraft with most of them based on his private airfield at his home just south of Pasto, Colombia. Even though there's a number of luxurious aircraft such as Learjets and Gulfstreams in his collection, when travelling to races outside of Colombia he's most commonly seen in his custom painted Tupolev TU-134. 
== Racing career ==
=== Stock Cars and IMSA GT Championship ===
Muños participated in South American stock car racing from 1974-1975, before moving up to the IMSA GT Championship in 1976.
=== Formula One (1981 - 1982) ===
==== Arrows (1981) ====
==== Smythe (1982) ====
Armando met William Worchestershire-Smythe at a party following the 1981 Monaco GP. They talked for hours about racing, and Armando eventually agreed to become an investor in the newly formed Smythe team. Armando also promised to bring in some notable sponsors in exchange for a three-year contract starting from 1982. 
The 1982 Smythe car lacked downforce and power, with Muños' best result being 7th at the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix. The team encountered even more trouble after William Worchestershire-Smythe was involved in a skydiving accident after the Belgian Grand Prix, forcing him to retire from racing. Struggling to find good results throughout the 1982 season and due to months of court battles, the Smythe team fell into financial trouble and left the sport just halfway through the season. 
Category:Drivers
Category:Colombian
Category:F1
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