My Sponsors
My Support Team
I want to sincerely thank all of my sponsors and official partners. Their generosity has allowed me to follow my dream. Please take a moment to learn about my valued sponsors below. All displayed in alphabetical order.
Blaby Alarms Blaby Electrical
Blaby Electrical and Blaby Alarms was founded in 1986 by Tony Smith and is now run by Elliot and Ben who both started with the business as apprentices when they were 16 years old.
Over the years the company has expanded from a small electrical company to include Intruder alarms, Fire alarms, CCTV, Access control etc, and now approved electrical car charge point & battery storage installations.
Offering services to Domestic, Commercial, and Industrial customers. Our growing team now designs and delivers installation contracts worth over £1 million. We also provide long-term, on-site maintenance contracts to large companies.
We have a great team, all of whom care about providing a high level of customer care, which is the key to our success.
Daly Systems
This sponsor has been a foundation of support in helping me along my journey of becoming a Ministox racer. I’m a huge fan of Dalys, especially Alex, and am overjoyed that they’re also a fan of mine.
Daly Systems Ltd or Dalys as it is affectionately known was established in 1996 by Peter Daly. At Dalys we provide Telephony and IT services to businesses in Leicester and the surrounding area.
Dannie Schoales - V8 Hotstox #137
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Dannie is one of those friends who is always there for you when things are going great, or absolute rubbish. We've consoled and congratulated each other countless times.
An all round amazing person. Thanks for the continued support!
Dannie also has some exciting racing news this year as she's getting a new number for 2024 and beyond. When her Dad used to race he used #137, and Dannie's managed to get it for herself, so congrat's on that and Good Luck for the 2024 season!
Dimension
Of course none of this would be possible without my Father's employers. Many thanks to the peeps here for supporting me and supplying such amazing graphics.
Evolve ARC
Evolve Auto Repair Centre have recently opened a new site in Whetstone, and despite being full to the rafters with work they agreed to take on my Ministox for a well earned refresh after two years of racing. It looks amazing, and I love the colour which is actually an official Austin Rover colour Amaranth Purple. Thanks!
PAS10125 You can feel confident knowing we have achieved the highest industry standard kitemark of quality, safety and compliance
IMI ACCREDITED STAFF The industry recognized qualification that ensures our staff will repair your vehicle to manufacturers standards and a further gaurantee of safety.
Fosseway Freight
At Fosseway Freight Ltd, we’re your professional and good value courier service offering secure and timely deliveries. Based in Leicester, our courier specialists will deliver your goods in the UK, Europe or elsewhere overseas.
Whether you need express delivery, a non-urgent economical option, or you’d like to book delivery in advance, we’re the courier specialists for you. Get in touch with us today and find out how our reliable courier service can benefit you.
Marsden Barn Trailers
These guys are suppliers of a great range of trailers for many and varied uses. When we were looking at transport for the Ministox Nathan listened to our requirements and advised accordingly. Very definitely recommended from start to finish.
At Marsden Barn Trailers our mission is simple, to provide a quality trailer at a reasonable price. Giving you the freedom to move what you want, whenever you want. As authorised trailer distributors for Erde, Meredith & Eyre, Tickner’s and Woodford, we stock a selection of quality trailers that are suitable for leisure, domestic or commercial use. All our new trailers are fully type approved and come with a 12-month warranty and European certificate of conformity.
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Progress Windows
The owner, Paul Hines, has a been a big confidence booster since I first mentioned I wanted to race in the Ministox some years ago, always ready to greet and chat in the pits with his usual smile, he's a really nice guy. Despite what Mark Sargent says!
Progress Windows is an established family run business that over the last 10 years has built its reputation on being a supplier and installer of high-quality UPVC windows, doors and conservatories in Hinckley and the surrounding areas.
Paul Hines founded the business back in 2008, and is the driver of the #259 BriSCA F1 . His passion for ensuring his customers are receiving the highest quality in both products and service have played a big part in building the reputation Progress has within the industry today, so much so they are a member of Which Trusted Trader.
At Progress they believe that good quality products and value for money is very important to their clients. They have an understanding that you want to either improve the look of your home, make it more secure or energy efficient or simply want to create more space.
Renovation Rewards
Thank you to my sponsors at Renovation Rewards for their dedicated and committed support all these years on my approach to my racing career. I’m so fortunate to be involved with such an important and generous sponsor.
Renovation Rewards all started when Kay Hillier and Craig Bevans realised that the one-stop property maintenance approach they offered to the rental market didn’t meet all the needs of landlords and private owners for the larger renovation and home improvement projects.
Craig makes sure that our professional trades people perform to the level expected by our clients.
Kay makes sure that the clients are always kept up to speed on all of the projects and oversees the day to day running of the office.
RGD Engineering
Richard is a long time friend of my Dad's, and in fact his Dad and my Grampy used to work together (actually carrying out their engineering apprenticeship at the (sadly) now defunct Jones & Shipman some 50+ years ago). My Dad also used to race model stockcars 30+ years ago against his late Uncle Malc, the man who was also instrumental in setting up the 1/8th Stockcar racing formula at the Airmens Rest pub, and Leicester Electric Stocks for the 1/10th scale model racing too. So a long time family link. Richard, amongst other things is the driver of the #325 BriSCA F1, and is a master welder, so I know the refurb of the car is in safe hands. Richards welds are actually known for being that strong that the steel will tear long before his welds!
SMP
Glen and the team at Sarll are awesome. Not only is their base only about 5 miles from the Mildenhall race circuit, but they have also been kind enough to sort out a good amount of steel tubing and panelling for my car for it's refurb.
Sarll Metal Products (SMP) is a family owned business established in 1998 and now employing around 50 staff.
Our original business was the creation of bespoke secure sheet metal cabinets for the data networking and electronics industries. More recently we have expanded our range to include the creation of bespoke solutions for point of sale and other steel products.
Our Mildenhall premises consists of 40,000 sq ft factory space. All punch and fold requirements are easily managed by our-state-of-the-art Amada machinery, automated sheet loader and press brakes. Fully trained and experienced staff are also employed in the welding and assembly departments.
Our in-house design team can take initial sketches, ideas or concepts and produce fully rendered 3D visuals. Once approved, prototypes can be manufactured in a short space of time. We take pride in our ability to produce a quick turnaround from idea to fully manufactured product.
Sarll Metal Products prides itself on the quality of all the work we do. We are happy to take on any ideas based on costings or concept alone. This way we can offer a ‘made to measure’ service fitting with budgets and client requests. We believe that the overall satisfaction of our customers is paramount to our success in the engineering industry and in the sectors we serve.
Other Notable Mentions
James Bowles Photography
Colin Casserley Photography
A massive thanks to both of these guys for the use of their photos on the website.