OUMF Sprite
The latest OUMF race car project owes so much to the generous initial support of John Yea of British Motor Heritage who helped the students race preparing the chassis to 'as new' condition - which is as good as one can get an original Mk2 Austin Healey Sprite - and to Halls Garage for the alternative Sebring outer body panels which will give it its famously more aerodynamic, wind-cheating shape for competition performance. Work began in October 2016, and the students have received so much help and advice from our wonderful OUMF sponsors - including Swiftune, THINK Automotive, AkzoNobel, Helix Autosport, Lesonal, Owslebury Crankshaft Services, Speedycables - and many others listed in our Supporters section, all of whom we are so grateful for enabling this exciting and educative project to near its completion. Watch out for it on track soon!
OUMF Riley 1.5 Racer
Our 1959 Riley Racer was built specifically for the race track after three years of campaigning the Rally Riley on circuits around the country. A thoroughly exciting project, the Riley was a blank canvas for OUMF members to show off their creativity and flair. Now in its fifth season, the Riley saw a huge amount of development during it's first two years, resulting in the team's first racing class win early in 2015. Further refinements and improvements in reliability led to OUMF's first outright win in the HRDC at Thruxton in September 2016, finishing just 0.48 seconds ahead of Mike Jordan in his Austin A40! Success in the HRDC lead to its debut at the Goodwood Revival in 2018 in the Jack Sears Trophy.
The Riley will be competing in the HRDC Touring Greats, Coy's Trophy and Allstars races throughout 2020.
The Riley will be competing in the HRDC Touring Greats, Coy's Trophy and Allstars races throughout 2020.
1965 Riley 1.5 Rally
The OUMF Riley has been a truly great all-rounder. Dragged from a Scottish hedgerow by OUMF founding members, it was originally built as a rally car, it has competed four times in the SOL Rally Barbados, as well as other events such as the Targa Britannia and Targa Rusticana. The little Riley never fails to capture the imagination of spectators whose 'Dad had one of those...'
The Riley has competed 100% reliably in the HRDC series, by kind invitation of Julius Thurgood. The arrival of the Riley Racer has allowed the Rally Riley to go back to doing what it does best!
It has competed in the Ypres Historic Rally every year since 2012. After failing to finish due to an upright failure in 2012, the Riley achieved class wins in 2013 and 2014.
Despite a heavy crash, it finished the 2017 Ypres Rally following an all night rebuild at the side of a road. After an extensive rebuild it returned to action at the 2018 Abingdon CAR-nival Stages and Ypres Historic Rally, bringing home best ever results in both events!
The Riley has competed 100% reliably in the HRDC series, by kind invitation of Julius Thurgood. The arrival of the Riley Racer has allowed the Rally Riley to go back to doing what it does best!
It has competed in the Ypres Historic Rally every year since 2012. After failing to finish due to an upright failure in 2012, the Riley achieved class wins in 2013 and 2014.
Despite a heavy crash, it finished the 2017 Ypres Rally following an all night rebuild at the side of a road. After an extensive rebuild it returned to action at the 2018 Abingdon CAR-nival Stages and Ypres Historic Rally, bringing home best ever results in both events!
The "Inca" Alfa Sprint GT
After hitting a llama on the 2001 INCA Trail Rally-15,000 miles around South America, the Alfa returned to the UK in a terrible state. Found in a scrapyard in 2005 with a tree growing through the engine bay, 4 years of hard work by members saw it debut in the St Mary's paddock at Goodwood 2011. Shortly after this, it was raced in the HRDC TC63 at Snetterton 2011, a break from its rallying past. Since then, the Inca has been to Barbados and turned many heads on the SOL Rally Barbados, where it was put through its paces as a rally car for the first time since the rebuild. Finishing 38th overall (46 cars finished after 101 started!), and 3rd in the Historic class, the Inca became the first ever Alfa Romeo to successfully finish the SOL Rally Barbados in it's 22 year history! An even more successful trip in 2014 saw the Inca finish 34th overall!
1988 VW 'TOYO' MkII Golf GTi - Rally Training Car
With a unique three seat arrangement, the TOYO Golf has become infamous on the Road Rally, Autosolo and Targa Rally scene in Oxfordshire; all whilst training the next generation of co-drivers and navigators! The TOYO Golf represents a more modern challenge for the team to deal with, giving an insight into modern production vehicles.
It has successfully campaigned in several championships over the years, one particular highlight being in November 2012 when success on the Woodbridge Targa Rally enabled the trusty TOYO Golf to take the Masters Trophy and secure the championship with an excellent 56 out of 60 possible points. The ongoing development of the car has seen the addition of Bilstein suspension all round, with engine modifications and bigger brakes in the pipeline, too!
It has successfully campaigned in several championships over the years, one particular highlight being in November 2012 when success on the Woodbridge Targa Rally enabled the trusty TOYO Golf to take the Masters Trophy and secure the championship with an excellent 56 out of 60 possible points. The ongoing development of the car has seen the addition of Bilstein suspension all round, with engine modifications and bigger brakes in the pipeline, too!
