PERMASHINE SPONSORED TEAMS

Permashine Sponsors Rally Teams and Events in the South West of England.

15th January 2012 - Brean Rally Press Day

The Brean Rally organisers held a press day at Brean Leisure Park attended by local newspapers and the BBC where a number competitors could have a short test of car and driver prior to the event on 28/29th January

.Permashine will be supporting the event which is in aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance plus two local crews Stuart Bliss/Richard Marsh & Rick Bliss/Andrew Hicks in their respective Honda Civic Rally cars.

Trevor Hawkins, Permashine Managing Director, was fortunate to experience a passenger ride during one test run. (please see his video clip)

17 September 2011 - Permashine at RallyDay

Permashine again this year attended Rallyday at Castle Combe race circuit, and for the 2nd year were responsible for the presentation of the WRC M sport Ford Fiesta driven by Matthew Wilson fresh from his equal career best of 4th place at rally Australia.

Matthew gave demonstration runs in a Permashine treated WRC Fiesta with the Permashine team cleaning the car after each run.

Andrew Hicks took selected Permashine guests on passenger rides around the circuit in the his Permashine sponsored Rally Honda Civic,

Trevor Hawkins Managing Director would like to thank the customers who lent their cars for the Permashine stand and all those who came and said” hello” to the team.

September 2011 - Permashine attending RallyDay at Castle Combe

Permashine is attending the renown Rallyday show at Castle Combe on 17th September the Permashine stand is number 129 next to the M sport WRC team.

We welcome all customers to come along and say hello to our team. Permashine will be responsible for the presentation of the WRC M sport Fiesta which will giving demonstration runs during the day.

Permashine sponsored rally driver Andrew Hicks will be taking selected guests on passenger rides around the circuit in the his Rally Honda Civic.

More information about this event can be found at www.rallyday.com

29 August 2011 - Permashine supports Local Young Carers

Permashine for the 4th consecutive year added its support to the Fordsport show on Weston Super Mare’s beach lawns the event is held to raise much needed funds.

For a local Young Carers Charity which in these difficult financial times are facing 40% cuts, this year the much sought after Permashine “Best car” awards were judged and presented by Young Carer Chandler Tyrell. The show attracted 100’s of different Fords all of ages the star Attraction being the Ex Brooklyn Rally Ford Sierra Cosworth which was once driven by F1’s Great Ayton Senna.

29th April 2011 - Royal Wedding Street Party

Permashine’s staff were delighted to help and support their Brent Knoll village neighbours with a Royal Wedding Street party. The event begin at 2.00pm following the television broadcast of the wedding and continued well into the night with games and music for the children food and drink for the adults. As promoted by David Cameron there was a great party atmosphere and community spirit the locals certainly just got on with it and joined the country’s celebrations.

17th April 2011 - Spring Performance day

Permashine customers and staff enjoyed the sunshine at the Spring Performance day hosted by Castle Coomb in Wiltshire, the paddock was busting at the seams with car clubs including the Somerset RS owners club which Permashine supports.

Track action kept the spectators attention all day .

21st March 2011 - Team Permashine Take it to the next level

Team Permashine was happy to announce that the team will be competing in the BTRDA Asphault Championship, which is being covered on TV by Special Stage and is shown on Motors TV.

The first round of the BTRDA was the Tour of Epynt 2011, As the Team had only competed on Epynt once before the pair was seeded at car 86 out of 90.

Being their first rally and relying on their own pace notes, the main aim of the weekend was to learn more about developing this new discipline over the very fast Epynt Ranges.

The Team Andrew Hicks and Richard Bliss started well and after the first two stages found themselves 62nd overall and 9th in class.

As the day went on the team progressed getting faster and also working very well together. The team ended the day in 56th overall and 7th in class. A good result as it was their second time on Epynt and first time writing their own pace notes.

Andrew commented:” It has been a good weekend myself and Richard have learnt a lot as a team and also really enjoyed the first round of the BTRDA.”

The crew would like to thank sponsors Permashine, PIAA, Bliss Mobility and National Mobile Windscreens.

The Tour of Epynt 2011 will be on Motors TV,on Special Stage Saturday 9th April at 22:35

24th January 2011 - Permashine’s Rally Team report of Brean stages Rally 2011

On the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of January, Stuart Bliss began his 2011 rally championship campaign at his home rally, The K&R Mitsubishi stages Rally, in Brean. Stuart and co-driver Richard Marsh, began the weekend seeded 22nd out of 85 entries, of which the top 20 were particularly strong.

The weather for the first stage was good and Stuart set out on cut Dunlop x22 tyres. Despite an impressive performance matching the quickest time in the class on Stuart wasn’t happy with the set up. Back in the service area the ride height was changed and the tyres switched to Dunlop x12's making for an even better stage.

Never happy until he feels he is getting 100% from the set up, Stuart still wasn’t happy with the front set up. Stuart’s career as a mechanic must have given him a sixth sense with car as in the third stage a tyre split causing a puncture and a 1 minute 20 second loss. That forced another change of tyre, this time though the result was better and a more responsive front meant Stuart was able to come in with a superb time for stage four, despite getting held up at the split!

Things continued to go well for Stuart as he made another good time in stage five. During stage six a slight hay bale clip resulted in a bent track rod but luckily nothing too serious. That brought an end to the first day of the rally with Stuart laying an impressive 2nd in class and 19th overall.

Day two started off well for Stuart, who having been known for his ability to drive well in wet conditions relished on the damp tarmac during stages seven and eight.

Stuart’s outstanding performance continued through the shorter stages of nine and ten with Stuart even pulling quick times when getting caught up behind slower cars. Come the last two stages of the day Stuart’s car was performing just how he wanted and together Stuart and Richard were making exceptional times. At the end of the day Stuart collected his first piece of silverware for the 2011 season coming 17th overall and 2nd in class. A position he was particularly proud of given the line up at the start of the rally.

Stuart would like to say a big thank you to Permashine, Bliss Mobility and his service crew for all their hard work over the weekend; and also to thank all of his friends and family who turned up to support him at his local event.

7th December 2010 - A change for Team Permashine

Andrew and Richard have spent the last 2 months building a Honda civic rally car,

So before the start of the new season the team wanted to put the new permashine rally car to the test and see how it held out in competition.

The pair put an entry in for the Rockingham stages on the 4th/5th Dec 2010.

They were not expecting much as this was to be a shakedown, before the teams first event in 2011 at The K & R stages at Brean leisure park

The team was seeded 55th out 100 cars, it had snowed a couple of days before the event but as it was so cold the snow stayed for the weekend, this was going to make things difficult for Andrew as he had not driven the car before and tere was snow everywere.

The team started of slowly they thought, as the conditions were so bad the pair were on forest tyres for first two stages.

They found out they was not going that slow, lying in the top 20, Stage 5 was a night stage with the help from PIAA uk, new headlight bulbs and using the PIAA light pod helped alot moving the team up 2 overall positions, by the end of day 1 the team were lying 18th overall and 4th in class.

When day 2 started the pair had deicded to push for a class position and really start to work the new car. Push they did with only 2 stages to go they found them selves lying 16th overall and battling for 2nd in class, with the nearest rival 4 seconds behind Andrew uped his game and made the gap 7 seconds going in to the last stage.

The pair managed to keep hold of the second place in class with a gap of 4 seconds, finishing 16th overall and 2nd in class an excellent result for the team and new car.

Andrew and Richard would like to thank National Mobile Windscreen for Fitting the windows in the car at such late notice and doing an excellent job, also would liketo thank everyone else who helped including The Team sponsors Permashine, National Mobile Windscreen, PIAA UK, Bliss Mobility Services

NEXT EVENT: The K & R Stages At Brean Leisure Park on the 22nd/ 23rd Jan 2011

Sat 18th September - Permashine attends Rally Day at Castle Combe Racing Circuit

Rally Day at Castle Combe saw all hands to the pumps as the Permashine Team looked after the M Sport WRC Focus and 4 cars on 2 of the Club stands.

Permashine was responsible for the presentation of Ken Block’s WRC M Sport Ford Focus, sponsored by Monster Energy Drinks. The car formed an important part of the day for the spectators and had 5 demonstration runs on the circuit driven by WRC driver Jari Matti Latvala, much to the spectators delight.

The Somerset RS Club had 2 of the Permashine show cars on display and the Rally Sport West stand saw 2 of the Permashine sponsored rally cars on display. All 4 cars created much interest amongst the many enthusiasts who see the see Rally Day as a key event for the calendar.

Trevor Hawkins, Managing Director of Permashine commented “ We really enjoy Rally Day at Castle Combe and it gives our customers new and old the chance to see our products, and how they make the cars stand out from the crowd . . . “

Sun 29th August 2010 - Permashine Sponsors Ford Sport South West Car Show, Weston-super-Mare,

Special Guest judge, Mike Brewer, the motor mad television presenter judged the best cars at the event along with Trevor Hawkins, Managing Director of Permashine. The event saw 200 approx Ford vehicles on show, both modern and classic, and was attended by various Owners Clubs and enthusiasts from throughout the South West.

Permashine donated the awards for the event and a Charity Raffle prize of a Permashine Application.

Trevor Hawkins of Permashine commented “Permashine is proud to be associated with the event for the 4th consecutive year, most importantly as the event is in aid of the Young Carers Service based at Crossroads in Weston-super-Mare”.

8th August 2010 - Permashine attends Silverstone

The Permashine team headed off to the largest Ford show in Europe “ FordFair 2010” held at the famous Silverstone racing circuit. Permashine had two Show cars at the event based on the Somerset RS Owners stand.

25th June 2010 - Permashine Supports Armed Forces Day

Permashine Rally team rally cars and show car were displayed at the Weston Super Mare Council organized Armed Forces day on the promenade lawns at Weston

13th June 2010 - Permashine on shoq at Tregedar

Permashine show cars were on display at the recent 30th annual Classic Rally at Tredegar House near Newport where hundreds of various cars from

Numerous decades were shown by their enthusiast owners

3rd February 2010 - Andrew takes sponsors coverage to the limit

Permashine Rally team members Andrew Hicks and co driver Rick Bliss took sponsors coverage to the limit during the recent Brean Stages rally, during the two day event whist negotiating one of the tricky stages they flipped the car onto two wheels giving spectators a great view of their sponsors logos, remarkably surviving the incident the pair went on to finish the event.

Another of the Permashine team of young drivers Lee Betherton won the “Best Placed Under 25” award co driven by his brother Simon in their Peugeot 205

The team also included Stuart Bliss & Richard Marsh in a Honda Civic who were cruelly robbed of a first in class and top ten finish suffering a gearbox failure on the last stage.

All the Permashine cars were coated with Permashine Paint Protection prior to event and kept clean over the 2 days of rallying by the newly launched Permashine Valeting division using the company’s Waterless Cleaner.

5th and 6th December 2009 – Impressive Perfomances by Team Permashine

An impressive weekend for Andrew and Team Permashine at Rockingham Stages, the last event of the year and one of the best and most competitive stages rallies of the season.

The team were seeded 87 out of 95 so Andrew and Ricky needed to push to get a result. The weather conditions were bad making the track extremely wet and slippery, nevertheless the team started well and were able to record some fast times. After the first two stages the team were lying 39th overall and 5th in class.

On stage 3 the team notched their performance up a gear and were able to record a very fast time jumping up to 34th overall and 4th in class only 14 seconds behind 3rd. Due to the worsening weather conditions the team were unable to close the gap further that day as stage 4 was cancelled.

Raring to go on Sunday morning the team had been reseeded 34, a huge jump from their original 87 reflecting their impressive performance on Saturday. The fast pace continued through the final stages as the team finished an impressive 27th overall and 3rd in class gaining them their first award.

31st August 2009 - Permashine supports Ford Show

Permashine for the third year running supported the FordSport show on Weston Super Mare’s seafront promenade, sponsoring the show & shine competition with 20 owners receiving awards, the show attracted well over 200 varying Fords from a 1960’s ex police Zephyr , American Mustang drag strip racer, Group B RS200 rally car through to the latest RS Focus, the show provided a welcome attraction for the town on a busy August Bank holiday with thousands of visitors taking in the exhibition of cars.

6th July 2009 - Permashine at Castle Combe

The Permashine show cars created plenty of interest at the recent Ford RS owners show at Castle Combe race circuit near Chippenham.

This premier show now in its 14th year attracts the very best quality show cars and thousands of spectators.

7th June 2009 - Permashine Stars at Goodwood

The Permashine team attended the recent Supercar Breakfast Club meeting at the famous Goodwood circuit in Surrey.

Permashine’s latest show car the Focus RS was chosen by the organizers to be displayed in a prime position along the pits straight alongside such cars as an Aston Martin Vantage and Rolls Royce Phantom Convertible.

The meeting was very well attended by enthusiasts providing Permashine the opportunity to promote its product range.

25th April 2009 – Somerset Stages rally

Sorting the problems from the last rally Andrew and Ricky headed off to Minehead for their first gravel rally through the Exmoor forest.

Andrew didn’t know what to expect from this rally running on his new Silverstone tyres, which performed very well, giving Andrew confidence on how much grip the car had.

Andrew and Ricky had a great weekend competing in a bigger event and using pace notes together for the first time, and only having a small problem of the car coming out of gear, still finishing a good 89th overall (out of 150 cars) and 6th in class .

Andrews comments “The team had a very good weekend, I'm really looking forward to pushing hard at our next event, the TSH stages in May`.

29th March 2009 - Permashine team compete on The Tour of Caerwent

Following the disappointment of not finishing the Brean stages Andrew, with support from Permashine invested in a new strengthened gearbox incorporating a limited slip differential, in preparation for the tour of Caerwent .

Going into only his second ever rally he was seeded 99 out of 100.

During stage 3 the car cut out, but Andrew and Ricky managed to get the car going again resulting in a stage maximum . From then on they nursed the Peugeot 106 to Andrew’s first rally finish. Resulting in 62nd overall and 14th in class.

Andrews commented “ we were a little disappointed with the problems we had with this rally but I am looking forward to my next event at the Somerset stages in April."

19th April 2009 - Permashine joins the Corinium Run

The Permashine team of Trevor Hawkins and Andrew Hicks in the Permashine Ford Focus RS joined the other 74 competitors to compete in the Cirencester Car club’s Corinium road run following a tulip style road book through the stunning cotswold country side taking in such delightful places as Stow on the Wold , Chipping Campden and Bourton on the Water with the aim of returning the closest MPG to their pre event stated figure ensuring economy was the aim of the day. The Permashine team achieved 26.60 mpg over the 116 mile route just 4.73% outside their pre event stated figure.

14th April 2009 - Permashine supports Sea Cadets

To raise much needed funds Weston Sea Cadets organised a classic car show at Weston Super Mare beach lawns on Easter Sunday. The day was blessed with glorious sunshine and the event attracted a vast array of different cars from various decades.

6th April 2009 - Goodwood Breakfast Club

Permashine attended the Goodwood Breakfast club at the famous historic Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex. Hundreds of classic and performance cars descended on the circuit for a Sunday breakfast. The Permashine Focus RS show car was fortunate to be parked within the famous “stable” garages where in the past the likes of Jim Clark’s Lotus and Jackie Stewart’s Tyrell have garaged.

3rd February 2009 - Andrew Debuts at Brean Rally

Andrew Hicks aged 21, from Weston super mare, competed in his first rally at the Brean Stages. Over the two day event Andrew and his co driver Ricky Bliss steered their Permashine backed Peugeot 106gti up the leader board from their starting position of 85th to a very respectable 54th , however two stages from the end they suffered a gearbox failure bringing their rally to a premature end.

Andrew commented ”As soon as I began driving stage one I knew that rallying was for me, I was absolutely thrilled by the experience and once the car is repaired I can't wait to enter my next event.”

The car was cleaned during the rally with Permashine’s new Waterless cleaner.

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