Welcome to BRATT Race Engineering
Andrew Hibbert - Current Australia #2, and Victoria #3 in Wingless Sprints
Edge Chassis, Yamaha R6, BRATT Aim Data System & EFI Tune
Brenton Mills - Modified Production
About Us
BRATT Race Engineering was founded by Brendan(BR) McGinniskin & Matt(ATT) Gerlach; both qualified professional Mechanical Engineers who currently work within the Australian Automotive & Motorsports Industries.
Brendan and Matt both have a strong passion for racing that began at a young age. Brendan grew up around speedway and has competed nationally in bitumen go-karts since the age of 9. Similarly, Matt started competing on dirt in the junior speedway sedan category at age 12 and regularly competes in the 3-litre sedan category throughout Victoria. Between them they share numerous victories and titles in their respective categories.
Brendan and Matt extended this passion throughout their university studies at Deakin University through the Formula SAE program, where they competed nationally at Formula SAE Australasia (2005-2008) and internationally at Formula Student Germany (2006). In 2007, Brendan & Matt were co-chief design engineers & team managers for the Deakin University team, and leading Deakin to its best finish to date of 5th overall in Formula SAE Australasia.
Post university, Brendan has worked for Ford Performance Racing (V8 Supercar Team), and the Ford Motor Company (Powertrain NVH) as well as contracted to V8 Supercars Australia through Ford, to help troubleshoot and develop the driveline for its 2013 Car of the Future (COTF). Likewise, Matt has worked for the Ford Motor Company within the Vehicle Dynamics division for over 5 years, specialising in steering and chassis tuning of Ford Australia’s global products.
Now with a combined 20 years of motorsport race engineering experience across a wide range of categories, on both bitumen and dirt and 10 years OEM vehicle development experience through the Ford Motor Company.
Combining forces in 2012 as BRATT Race Engineering – Brendan & Matt seek to impart this knowledge and experience by providing various engineering services to the wider motorsport community, enabling your racing program to progress towards winning!
Categories we specialise in:
Bitumen Circuit Racing:
- Go-karts
- V8 Supercars
- Improved Production
- Aussie Racing Cars
- Formula Vee
- Formula Ford
- Super-Trucks
Dirt Speedway:
- Sprintcars
- Wingless Sprints
- Formula 500/Micro Sprints
- Sedans
