Dave Player
Team Principal
Dave served as a Royal Engineer in the Army from 1983 – 1988. He then joined the family real estate business in the Algarve where he suffered a spinal injury in 1991. After rehabilitation he set up his own businesses, all connected to sport, tourism and property. These included managing international sporting events at European and Paralympic levels.
He returned to the UK and wanted to work with injured troops, so set up the charity KartForce, to provide military veterans with the opportunity to take part in karting events to support their rehabilitation and recovery. He designed a simple set of hand controls to that could fit any kart, allowing drivers with a wide variety of disabilities to compete on a level playing field with able-bodied drivers.
Team BRIT was formed in 2015, enabling KartForce drivers to set up to competitive car racing, and along with his team, he has develop the hand controls into the world-leading adaptive technology they are today - putting Team BRIT at the pinnacle of disability motorsport technology.
Contact details:
info@teambrit.co.uk
/ 07824 628 029