A few months ago Piers Dowell Paintwork completed this awesome paint job for Jamie's dad, Tim Arnold.

Before Jamie passed away he and his dad discussed having a special helmet painted and talked through the design with him, so he knew this was going to happen. The idea was to combine Jamie and Tim's two helmet liveries on one helmet.

Jamie's helmet and his dad's were painted by Piers Dowell Paintwork. In 2019 Piers and his assistant Lewis painted this special helmet for Tim. Before Jamie passed away his dad discussed the design with him, so he knew this was going to happen. The idea was to combine their two helmet liveries on one helmet. Tim also decided to add a few other features. It was always going to have the logo of friend, client and sponsor Colin Lawson's company logo, Equilibrium on it; Tim also wanted to include the logo of the Beaujolais Run which is owned and run by Tim and Jamie's friend Rob Bellinger; Jamie had a bar in Lymm, Cheshire, and Tim decided the logo of "J. M. Lestvelter's" should go on the helmet too; he also wanted a sunflower on the helmet - this was because the room Jamie had in St. Rocco's Hospice in Warrington was called "Sunflower" and Jamie requested sunflowers for his funeral; and finally Tim wanted a picture of Jamie on the back of the helmet. So a new Arai GP6 was bought and handed to Piers who along with Lewis then painted this very special helmet. Here's the result:

 The picture of Jamie on the back of the helmet is an awesome hand painted airbrush painting, not a transfer or sticker!

In addition to this very special helmet PDP also painted a 1/2 scale replica of Jamie's helmet for Tim. This will be mounted on a wooden plinth and covered with a transparent perspex box. It will contain a small portion of Jamie's ashes:

Piers Dowell Paintwork is without doubt one of the best helmet painters in the business, in Tim Arnold's opinion THE best! If you're considering getting a helmet painted or are looking for a painter, he would strongly recommend Piers Dowell Paintwork!

This story is also on the Jamie Arnold Racing page, here and on Tim Arnold's website here. Scroll down on either page, the story is halfway down.