Chatham disabled racing driver Dom Shore has secured his first-ever silverware in the Britcar Trophy Championship.

Shore, 32, drives for Team BRIT, the world’s only competitive team of all-disabled racing drivers.

Driving in the BMW 1 series, along with teammate Caleb McDuff, who is deaf, they took part in round five of the championship at Donington Park.

Shore took over from McDuff for the second half of the 50-minute race and gave it everything but was just beaten, finishing second.

However in race two their efforts were rewarded with a fantastic result of first in class.

It’s Shore’s first time back on the track since the start of the season after he picked up an injury in the opening rounds. The team are currently first in class in the championship.

Shore was born with spina bifida and also has hydrocephalus, the abnormal build-up of fluid on the brain. He is paralysed from the knee down, so uses a wheelchair and crutches. The team’s hand-control technology enables him to compete with able-bodied drivers.

He said: “I’m just ecstatic to come back from injury, get back behind the wheel and to get my first victory with Caleb.

“It’s been tough being away for so long, so to get a result like this after so long away from
racing is just brilliant.

“Caleb has done a fantastic job over the last few rounds, supported brilliantly by the team and crew. It was such a positive atmosphere all weekend, with our teammates in the McLaren and BMW 240 also doing well.

“I can’t wait to get racing again.”

Shore is back in action at Snetterton on September 15.