Player, owner of small vehicle, we hear? (6,6)

'owner of small vehicle we hear?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'player' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'player' could be 'driver' (driver is a kind of player) and 'driver' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'minnie' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?