I am....
Martin Short, born 1959, in RAF El Adem, a Royal Air Force base in Libya, however I have spent most of my life either in or around St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, where I currently live with my wife Michelle and sons Morgan and Marcus.

My ambition....
My ambition within motor racing has been to race at Le Mans and to become a member of the BRDC. I have now managed to realize both those dreams thanks to my team and co-drivers at Rollcentre.

My career so far.... [*photos from personal collection]

1987 BRSCC Kit Car Champion - winning 6 races and 1 second place - first ever season of racing.

 


1988 4th Place in Top Gear Formula First Winter Series & 11th Place in a field of 60 cars in the Cellnet Formula First Championship.

  


1989 5th Place in the Esso MG Metro Challenge & 12 best 'newcomer' awards, Rookie of the year.

   



1991 6th Place in the Dunlop Rover 216 GTi Challenge - Pole Position at Silverstone and Lap Record at Castle Combe

 


1992 3rd Place in the Dunlop Rover 216 GTi Challenge - Pole Positions at Knockhill & Silverstone and new Lap Record at Donington Park

1993 Winner in a Renault Clio Williams three hour indurance race at Hockenheim, Germany. Winnner in a Honda Civic VTEC at Silverstone (Group N) Endurance Race. Eight Wins in the Rover 216 GTi Challenge, Five Pole Positions and two Lap Records.

1994 Winner three times in the Dunlop Rover Turbo Cup, including Pole Positions at Donington Park and Spa Francorchamps. Due to reliability switched to TVR Tuscans for the last round at Silverstone, qualifying 7th and finishing 3rd - the best performance by a newcomer to the championship.

 



Finished Rover era as the driver with most pole positions, and most wins at Spa.

TVR Tuscan Challenge

1995 Championship Runner-Up in the TVR Tuscan Challenge, one victory, three second places, five third places, three pole-positions (Donington, Snetterton & Spa Francorchamps)

 

 


1996 3rd Place in the TVR Tuscan Challenge Championship

 


1997 3rd Place in the TVR Tuscan Challenge Championship


1998 3rd Place in the TVR Tuscan Challenge Championship, 4th in the TVR Speed 12 GT car at Snetterton (First Ever GT Race and highest ever position for this car), 7th in Class in a Chrysler Viper in the FIA GT Race at Donington.

1999 5th Place in the TVR Tuscan Challenge Championship wins at Donington Park & Spa Francorchamps.


Ended the Tuscan Challenge as the third most succesful driver in its history, briefly as the youngest ever winner at 35 (!) and as the winningest driver at Spa.

GT Racing

2000 6th Place in the Privilege Insurance British GTO Championship in the TVR Cerbera Speed Six, built by Rollcentre Racing, Winner at Spa Francorchamps, first car in the world to beat the Porsche GT3, 4 Fastest Laps, Winner of the PowerTour Top Gun Trophy for fastest laps (GTO), 2 Class Pole Positions. (Rollcentre Racing Team 3rd in Team Championship for Qualifying Position)


2001 Competitor in the Privilege Insurance British GTO Championship in the TVR Cerbera Speed Six and TVR Tuscan R. Winning two rounds. Second in the 1000Km Race in Suzuka, Japan, flew Tuscan R to Suzuka and back between Knockhill and Thruxton rounds of the British GT Championship

  

 

2002 Third place in the Daytona 24 in a Saleen, Qualified for Le Mans 24 in Ferrari but didn't race as the car was wrecked by one of the drivers after 1 1/4 hours, Finished the Spa 24 Hour race in the TVR Cerbera Speed Six, first 24 hour TVR finish in 51 years, Class Winner in the Zolder Belcar Race in new Mosler MT900R, first International win for the marque, 2nd overall in the inaugural Bathurst 24 Hour in Mosler MT900R, won 4 races in British GT Series in TVR Tuscan R, 3rd overall in British GT Championship. (Rollcentre Racing team 2nd Overall in Team Championship in British GT Series).

   

2003 Competed in the Daytona 24 hour race running two Mosler MT900R’s, finishing 3rd & 4th in class, competed in the FIA GT Series, Competed in the Spa and Bathurst 24 hour races, Competed in the Le Mans 1000KM’s race,.  Competed and ran a team in the British GT Series, winning two races (including the Spa 1000Km’s), and the team championship for Rollcentre Racing.

2004 – Entered and drove the Dallara-Judd SP1 at Le Mans and finished 31st. Finished the Le Mans Series in joint 8th position alongside Zytek Engineering.

  

2005 – Entered and drove the Dallara –Judd SP1 at Le Mans and finished 16th (drivers: Martin Short, Joćo Barbosa, Vanina Ickx). Finished the Le Mans Series in 4th place, behind Pescarolo, Zytek and just one point behind Audi-Oreca. Second Dallara-Nissan had to be withdrawn from the race due to engine problems that meant the car had not completed a sufficient distance to continue running.

2006 – Entered and drove the Radical-Judd SR9 LMP2 car at Le Mans and finished 20th (drivers: Martin Short, Joćo Barbosa, Stuart Moseley). Finished the Le Mans Series in 10th place.

Fast but tempremantal car, nearly always lead the class, nearly always terminally broke down! Best result third at Nurburgring, which we should have won, as well as Istanbul, and Donington. Dealing with Radical proved to be…..interesting…..and probably put me off dealing with British Companies for a long time…….

 

2007 - Entered and drove the Pescarolo-Judd 01 at Le Mans and finished 4th (drivers: Martin Short, Joćo Barbosa, Stuart Hall) behind Audi Sport North America, Peugeot Sport and Pescarolo Sport. Rollcentre finished only 22 laps down from the winning Audi car. Finished the Le Mans Series in 4th place, behind Peugeot Sport and Pescarolo Sport.

First British Team and Driversand Non Factory team to the finish at Le Mans, Best Rookie with Stuart Hall, and highest Championship non factory team in Le Mans Series.

 

Rollcentre ran the Mosler MTR900 for Kevin Riley and Ian Flux achieving a hat-trick of wins at Britcar 2006 in Donnington.

  

2008 – Rollcentre will be entering the LMS series and Le Mans once again, with a much improved car. We hope you will enjoy the racing and come to visit us.