In 2000, Mr. Dodworth joined Rolls Royce and Bentley Motor Cars, working on the original Bentley GT, and rising to Bentley Principle Research Manager, where he remained until 2011. He joined McLaren in 1990 as a Composite Engineer to develop chassis for Formula One race cars, which led to work on the acclaimed McLaren Cars F1 road car. Before McLaren, Mr. Dodworth worked for Leyton House on F1 race cars. His career in the automotive industry began in 1985 at March Engineering doing chassis engineering for Indy 500 race cars
Mr. Dodworth lectures extensively on composite fiber. He also serves on the boards of composite fiber industry associations and has been Co-Chair of the ACE Conference.
Mr. Dodworth has designed, worked on, and built car chassis including the following: March Indy 500, Leyton House F1, McLaren Formula One, McLaren F1 road car, Hyundai Coupe Concept, Cadillac Cien, Jaguar F Type concept, Bentley GT concept, Bentley GT, Bentley GT convertible, Bentley Supersport, Bentley Mulsanne and Bentley T35, as well as a number of other confidential concept cars.
Chief Technology & Manufacturing Officer & Managing Director
Bright Lite Structures, LLC
