Stop Press - Barbados Rally 2008

Eleventh-hour invitation for students to compete in the 2008 Barbados Rally Carnival from May 21st till June 3rd 2008

For further information on this opportunity that students have been offered and the struggle faced please follow the link for the full story.

The OUMF Team has come second in class and forty sixth overall within the eighty six car Barbados rally. A full report is to follow shortly

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The OUMF Team would like to thank all the kind sponsored that helped get the team to barbados.

Organisers of Barbados Rally have now kindly waived the entry fees for the OUMF entry to this years rally.

Powervamp Racing have generously donated to us a PVR 30 Racing Battery system, and their excellent Gridstart jump pack

Sportsline Suspension is kindly sponsoring us with a complete set of Koni racing dampers to complement the period Koni damper conversion that the students have built and installed on the car.

Toyo tyres have kindly helped with 6 of their excellent toyo 888 tyres for the use on the rally.

Recaro have kindly sponsored us by donating two new bucket seats for use in the car

Eclipse Events kindly have sponsored the car by paying for shipping fees for the car.

Geestline shipping for their kind large reduction in the shipping costs.

MASS engines for their time and effort in offering a free tuning session for the car and training and demonstrations of engine building to the team.

AmsOil for their kind donation of all the lubricants that the car will need.

Newspress Ltd have kindly helped OUMF with press releases in relation to our up coming trip to Barbados.

OUMF, founded in July 2005 is an student initiative which provides 'hands-on' practical experience of motorsport to the students of Oxford and aims to bridge the increasing skills gap that is threatening all engineering and manufacturing industries in the UK.

By introducing predominantly engineering students to the world of racing car preparation and component fabrication, as well as team management, OUMF aims to enhance the quality of students graduating into all manufacturing and engineering industries as well as bring new blood into the historic and contemporary racing arenas.

Be it an F1 Team or a company making bearings for vacuum cleaners, by teaching students key skills and 'good practice' as well as having fun with a team based sport, we aim to foster a passion for engineering and high quality manufacturing that will benefit British industry as a whole.

Running as a historic racing team, we compete in a full range of motorsport events. Our 1959 Elva Courier (pic above) is a regular competitor in such prestigious events as the Goodwood Revival festival, and our Riley 1.5 rally machine (pic right) is fast becoming infamous on the historic rallying scene.

With our numerous project vehicles and informed learning, which includes talks from some of the heroes and gurus of motorsport, OUMF provides a varied and exciting platform for young enthusiasts to build a solid practical knowledge base.

OUMF would not succeed without the sheer volume of support from individuals, companies and institutions. Please take some time to have a look at our supporters page so that they may be in some small way rewarded for everything they have done so far.