Sponsorship for a UK entrant a World Rally Championship event

I am looking for sponsorship to compete in Wales Rally GB 2010 - the largest spectator event in the UK, which takes place in November 2010. Unlike many other competitors in 4WD Subarus and Mitsubishis, we will be tackling the event in my home-built Skoda Felicia, giving us a unique appearance at the event, and a large amount of media interest compared to the expense of sponsoring a 'normal' entrant (whose tyre bill will be more than our entire event cost in many cases). Sponsorship is tax deductible, and an excellent way to reach hundreds of thousands of people on one of the UK's Premiere sporting events. Please read on to learn about the car, the team and the different levels of sponsorship we offer - we have something for all budgets, from £20 upwards!

Sponsorship:

Being an unusual car at World level, the Felicia generates a lot of interest, from the crowd, marshals and media alike. The 2006 entry included a 4-page article in Rally Results magazine, while the 2007 entry also resulted in extensive coverage in the Motorsports News supplement for the event, showing the vast difference in cost between the Skoda (originally bought for £40) and the Ford WRC team (where a single nut cost the same). 2008 saw the crew appreciated on the stages by the large crowds, with only Valentino Rossi being more popular, and several thousand hits per day of the team's frequently-updated blog of the event (cited by Motorsports News as "better than most manufacturers' efforts"), bringing the fans closer to the action than ever before. This year's blog will reflect the changes in technology allowing instant stage-by-stage updates as well as a day's summary as has been previously read by thousands of rally spectators

Benefits:

While everyone knows that times are tough financially at present, spectating at motorsports events is still extremely popular, and Rally GB is the largest event in the country - this allied to the crew's huge popularity (both because of the unusual car choice and the grass-roots nature of the team) creates a unique opportunity to publicise your company at World Rally Championship level for less than the tyre budget of a 4WD team. For that amount you could be the sponsor for the entire vehicle, allowing an extremely clear message to be shown to the 100,000+ crowd for the event, a great many of whom will be following the team with interest, particularly in the light of this being the last World Rally Championship appearance possible as the car will no longer be eligible for the WRC from 2011.

Aside from the profile generated by being associated with this fast-paced action-packed sport, you will benefit from close ties with the team with regular updates on progress before and during the event, with your company advertised on the website until the end of 2010 (with areas proportional to the area on the car), and with larger sponsorships areas, on-track and stage rides during September's RallyDay at Castle Combe - a unique experience to ride in a car which will be competing once more at WRC level in 2010 We offer areas to suit businesses of all budgets, as can be seen in the table at the bottom of the page. After the event you will receive a complete results package outlining the team's performance on the event, with photographs of the car in action with your livery on display.

The Car: R477 KRU

Group A-specification 1997 Skoda Felicia:

Weld-in Custom Cages International Rollcage

Gripper Limited Slip Differential

Close Ratio Gearbox

Group A "mini-kit" spec engine

Proflex Suspension

Uprated Brakes

The Skoda Felicia was a successful rally car in the F2 category, with many wins in its class, and Skoda hold the overall class wins record on Rally GB, with 24 including a 2006 Class A5 win by myself (Darren Jones)/Paul Burley in their previous Felicia, N158 UBD, and in 2008 by the same crew in R477 KRU. The car was built by Darren Jones in 2007, and has been upgraded considerably since 2008 with the addition of a new gearbox and differential, new suspension and a new engine offering considerably more performance.

The team:

Darren Jones - a Bournemouth-based Sound Engineer and Music Technology teacher, whose love of rallying started aged 16 watching the Mazda Winter Rally in Bournemouth. A first rally car (another Skoda) in 2004 led to an entry in 2005 in the Rallye Sunseeker, and has culminated in entering Wales Rally GB (the UK's leg of the World Rally Championship) in 2006-08. A class win was the result in 2006 in their previous Felicia, but a freak mechanical failure with the new car in 2007 put the team out of the event while leading their class again. 2008 was another strong performance with a class win, beating a crew in a faster car in another class as well.

Paul Burley - Bournemouth-based Paul is a divisional manager for a well known fast food chain, and has been navigating since 2005, originally stepping in at short notice for a National B-permit event, but then developing to National A and then International level, including spending a season getting his competition driving licence and progressing to International. Being extremely organised, Paul has taken to note-making at the highest level with ease, and has enabled a smooth timetable for each outing at Rally GB. Married and with his first child on the way, Paul is looking forward to Rally GB and competing for another class win on the event.

Sponsorship Areas Available on the car

If you have any questions, please PM or email me - [email protected]

Visit the website here: http://www.skodarallyblog.com/

Edited 13 August, 201015 yr by ColinD
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Darren

John will be in touch soon.

The front bonnet is mighty tempting, if you get 5 minutes, could you call me on 07900 826 101 I want to discuss an idea or two. Moving house so leave a voice mail if I don't answer

Free bump

If it's available I'll take D from you! PM me!

Glad to help out a little with the sponsorship by taking D! Just got there before you will!

Fortunately I've managed to accomodate both of you - the support is hugely appreciated!

No worries at all - it's quite an enjoyable thing really. Here is a free bump for you sir!

In response to a few questions I had at RallyDay, I'm making more £20 spaces available on the car - you get an area which is 300mmx50mm to put your message, and you can buy multiples for a bigger area should you wish. Should be ideal for those who wanted to get a message on the car or their name - all support is greatly appreciated!

Darren

With only three weeks left before the event, I'm pleased to say that the windscreen has been taken by briskoda.net, but there are still plenty of spaces on the car, and the prices have dropped, as to be blunt without sponsorship we won't be able to do the event justice - I still need to get a service van, and also tyres for the event, which have increased in cost massively since 2008. Please contact me if you have any questions.

With only three weeks left before the event, I'm pleased to say that the windscreen has been taken by briskoda.net, but there are still plenty of spaces on the car, and the prices have dropped, as to be blunt without sponsorship we won't be able to do the event justice - I still need to get a service van, and also tyres for the event, which have increased in cost massively since 2008. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Have you spoken to Colin ? - he has now moved and is set up in new house - might be back on the cards for that bigger space

If you email me your best pricing as per my previous emails please

i'll be in touch on saturday for one fo the smaller areas

A quick update - we have a few spaces for sale on eBay, so if you want to have your message on the car, then have a bid - I've already got a nice joke about RWD skodas on the back of the car....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320608215251

Thanks to rjbriggsy and willskoda for their sponsorship, the stickers are now on the car:

And of course www.briskoda.net

Edited 30 October, 201015 yr by djaychela

Looks great, good luck!!

Looking good

Money well spent that!

All the very best to you

Hi

I'll ask the boss if he's interested. We sell boats in Lymington so would be good to get a different kind of exposure.

I love rallying and I'm not far from Bournemouth if you ever need any hands on technical help!

Dan