About BRAVE Motorsports

BRAVE Motorsports was established in 2012 with the mission of serving the off-road enthusiast community.   BRAVE is housed in a 5,000 sq. ft. shop in Northwest Houston, TX. We are outfitted with all the tools and fabrication equipment needed to make your dream project a reality.  We focus on understanding our customers' needs in order to make recommendations on parts and products for every project.  No matter how small or large the job, we approach every project with the same attention to detail and always place customer needs first.

Dave Gutwillig

Owner/Lead Fabricator

Dave has been involved in the automotive industry since 1999, working in a variety of areas to develop his skill sets.  While working at Skip Barber Racing School, he learned the fundamentals of chassis repair, race prep, and race vehicle maintenance.  To enhance his understanding of driveline mechanics, Dave worked at Longview Driveshaft & 4x4 for several years.  Dave was able to strengthen his fabrication skills as well as build his reputation while working at Javier's Gulf Coast Crawl shop, a leading off-road shop in Houston.

Dave began racing offroad in 2010 winning his first race, M.O.R.O.C. at Brazos Valley Off-road Ranch.  He has finished in the top 5 twice at the King of the Canyons Endurance race at Canyons off-road park in Fredericksburg, TX.  Dave raced the King of the Hammers in 2011, finishing 37th out of 100 racers, of which only 47 vehicles finished the race.  He has raced the Baja Racing of Texas Texana 250 multiple times and was an extra driver for our friends at Krawltex in the Chupacabra 300, also in Texana.  Dave and his team came in second place in his class at the Texas Desert racing "Twin 150s", a 300 mile race in the west Texas desert.

More recently, Dave, and Brave's lead tech, Harry, finished 4th in Genright's inaugural "KOH Pre-Run" race. Dave also crewed with the BFGoodrich Performance Team at the 2022 Baja 1000 where they finished 1st in the BC Class. The Brave team crewed for Bailey Cole Racing for the 2023 King of the Hammers, where Bailey raced Dave's old 4400 Ultra4 racecar and brought it in for a 10th place finish. 

From 101 classes and rock crawling with friends, rock races and obstacle courses, weekends of driving down a 130 mile long 4wd-only beach, to powering through the desert in the hardest off-road race in the USA, Dave has done it.  With this experience, he has the first hand knowledge required to build and maintain the proper off-road vehicle for every activity.