SPEEDSPORT HISTORIC RACE ENGINEERING

We don’t just race Merlyns!

After his retirement as a driver in the late 1980s Mike O’Brien built an enviable reputation as a team owner and driver manager, the Speedsport Team winning races in many different Formulae and Mike personally guiding the careers of drivers such as Darren Manning and Andy Priaulx.

Whilst competing in the highly professional world of Formula 3 the Speedsport Team was twice victorious in the most prestigious race of the year supporting the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in both 1996 and 1998 with Darren Manning – Darren also went on to win the Macau Grand Prix in 1999 under Mike’s guidance driving for the Japanese TOM’s Toyota F3 team.

We have applied similar levels of commitment, expertise and enthusiasm to our historic racing activities. As long ago as 2002 Darren Manning won at the Goodwood Revival in a Ford GT40 rebuilt and operated by Speedsport,

Callum MacLeod won many races in our rebuilt and restored Caravelle Formula Junior, and he also took a commanding victory in the ‘MGB 50’ race at Silverstone in 2012 driving our FIA specification MGB.

More recently we have enjoyed success with our Brabham BT6 Formula Junior and Chevron B15 Historic F3 “screamer”.  2023 was hugely successful with 12 wins in HF3 and another win in Formula Junior in our BT6. and Samuel Harrison taking the HF3 Championship title. This followed a 2022 season which saw Speedsport cars winning a total of 26 races across HF3 and Formula Junior, including a double win for Michael O’Brien at the Silverstone Classic.

We have the experience, facilities and capabilities to restore, rebuild, race prepare and provide track support for most historic racing cars in our workshops located at Silverstone Circuit.