TEAM BRIT MAKES HISTORY
Team Brit has become the first ever alldisabled team to win a national racing series by winning this year’s Britcar Trophy championship with Chris Overend and James Whitley driving.
Overend, who uses a wheelchair due to development dysplasia of the hips, and Whitley, who was born with no fingers and also sustained major injuries as a child after a boating accident, sealed the title at the recent Donington Park season finale in the team’s BMW M240i.
It was the first year of racing for both drivers, and they finished clear both in Class 2 and the overall championship.
Whitley, who is also a GB Paralympian skier, said: “I’m in shock over how well this first season has gone – we have literally made history. A special thank you to the crew, who are just exceptional – their hard work and quick thinking made it all possible.”
Overend added: “I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved as a team. We believed and we achieved.”
Team Brit, the world’s only competitive all-disabled racing team, had eight drivers this year competing across Britcar Trophy, British Endurance Championship plus the British GT championship that the team expanded into in 2022.