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Historic motorsport team, racing in the UK and abroad, for students in Oxford to gain the practical experience they need for working in the industry.

Founded in 2005, OUMF is an independent, student-led initiative for students of both universities in Oxford, to promote the practical 'hands on' aspect of engineering and associated skills through the exciting medium of motorsport and so encourage a lifetime interest in all aspects of the sport. Weekly Meetings held at THE BRITANNIA pub (Headington) EVERY TUESDAY from 8pm! Practical sessions - Monday & Thursday evenings, and most weekends!

01/10/2026

We’ve been busy welcoming a lot of new faces to the barn recently!

One of the main projects at the moment is the road testing of the Elva and its rear suspension.

We’re hoping the weather stays dry so we can take it to Silverstone in a couple of weeks for the last race meeting of the season!🤞🏁

21/08/2026

August has been quiet on the racing front but has given us plenty of time to thoroughly work on the cars.

With all this heat in the daytime, most of our testing has been taking place in the evenings when it’s slightly cooler!

We’re looking forward to getting back out on the race track in September 🏁

08/07/2026

The OUMF student team had another brilliant weekend racing their projects with the at the Thruxton Retro Festival.

In the first exciting race, the Elva Courier overcame multiple challenges to take the GT Class win in the HRDC ‘Allstars’.

Later, the Riley 1.5 fought its way to second on the podium in the Leston Class in the HRDC ‘Top Hat’ race, taking its tyres down to the canvas trying to catch a monster 7 litre Ford Fairlane - and finally finishing a great 5th Overall!

It was another very hot day, in every sense, but the team pulled through again and their hard preparation work was reflected in the results.

Thank you to Julius Thurgood and all of our great supporters who enable us to experience the heat of real racing at these events and provide us with the wherewithal that makes achieving such podium finishes possible.

We are all looking forward to the OUMF Riley’s first-ever battle at Silverstone BRDC Classic on July 26th!!

29/06/2026

Ypres Rally 2026, what a team and what a success!

The 1965 OUMF Riley 1.5 was the oldest car by far, but on Saturday evening, after 2 days of 14 full-on tarmac rally stages of up to 27km, it finished an incredible 8th Overall in this round of the 2026 Belgian Rally Championship - first in Class with no penalties (over half the field either crashed out, broke down, or retired).

The team worked as hard as ever even in the sweltering 41°C heat and have achieved a fantastic result that we are all very proud of.

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters as always for everything you do, we hope you have enjoyed following along with our Ypres adventure.

Read the full report on our website soon!

21/06/2026

Our rally team is very grateful and relieved to Paul Phillips at Phillips Tyres of Oxford again today for his further crucial 11th hour support with the TOYO R888R tyres for our famous 1965 Riley 1.5 on the 2026 Ypres Rally next week.

The tyres arrived, and were fitted and balanced by his expert team in Peterley Road in Cowley, and all just in time to save the day - as the team leave for Belgium tomorrow!

Thanks Paul, and all at Phillips Tyres!

08/06/2026

Success at the Abingdon Carnival for OUMF at last!

Our 7 year DNF streak has finally come to an end and we are delighted with the outcome we had this weekend.

The first event of the weekend was the Sprint, our V8 TVR 350i performed flawlessly and roared its way around the airfield.

The rally was where the team were put to the test, 7 stages, 6 hour long services and a lot of spanner checking. Everyone came together and put in the hard work that kept the car running smoothly, paying meticulous attention to every bolt and screw. This was a great shakedown for our international event in 2 weeks time.

From starting seeded at 73rd in the beginning to finishing 61st out of 94 is a result we are all very proud of.

A huge thank you again to and for their help with the new rally seats and helmet, without which we would not have made it to the event.

Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters who continue to help us, we are always grateful for everything you do and it’s events like these that we hope make you proud to be a part of the OUMF team!

Bring on Ypres 🇧🇪

22/05/2026

Not long until we’ll be crossing the channel for one of our biggest events of the year, the Ypres Rally!

We have been working hard to get our Riley prepped and we are hoping to get ourselves back on the finishing podium after last year’s heartbreak.

As always, we want to thank each and every one of our sponsors for giving us this possibility of a lifetime. We are so grateful for the support you give us and we hope you are as excited as us to see OUMF take on the twisty Belgian roads again!

13/05/2026

We would like to say thank you to our sponsors for the new TVR goodies!

We can’t wait to show them off at the Abingdon Carnival Sprint!

07/05/2026

The OUMF team left HQ with the Sebring Sprite and headed to Bicester Motion to spend the day with the Healey Drivers Club.
We met members, admired and learned about their cars, shared what OUMF does, exhibited the Sebring Sprite on our stand, and put the race car through its paces around the test track to show what members of the club can achieve.
A big thank you to the Healey Drivers Club and Rod Graham for inviting us and supporting what we do. We had a brilliant day.

05/05/2026

Donington Historic Festival 🏁

A great way to start the 2026 calendar, some very wet conditions for both races but Ding managed to bring it home.

The teams hard work in the weeks leading up paid off as the Riley finished 2nd in class and the Elva 3rd, with Ding setting himself a new lap best at Donington being 1 second faster during the Allstars qualifying.

Thank you to all sponsors and friends who helped get us here. See you at Abingdon 🔧

Address

Buckingham Road
Bicester
OX27 8AL

Website

http://www.oumf.org/, https://gofund.me/e6616ece

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