The Nicky Grist Stages has won the prestigious Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship’s ‘Rally of the Year’ award, as voted for by registered competitors. The Speedsports Shield was presented to event organisers Quinton Motor Club at the annual Welsh Association of Motor Clubs gala prize giving. Based in the centre of Builth Wells, with a ceremonial start on Strand Street, the service … [Read more...]
Hirst closer to keeping Welsh Rally Championship
Matthew Hirst has moved one step closer to retaining his Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title after scoring maximum points for the fourth time in four rounds on the Nicky Grist Stages last Saturday. Co-driven by Declan Dear, the Doncaster driver was the class of the Welsh field – finishing over a minute and a half ahead of his nearest championship rival in his Pirelli-shod Delta … [Read more...]
Osian is in a fighting mood for northern campaign
Osian Pryce says that he is fully focused on continuing to close the gap at the top of the British Rally Championship, and recapture the lead as soon as possible, when he contests this weekend’s Voyonic Grampian Forest Rally Saturday 13 August. Osian and co-driver Noel O’Sullivan finished runner-up in the event last year, and as the highest placed returnees they have been seeded at number one and … [Read more...]
Hirst and Pryce edging closer to crowns
Hirst edges closer to Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship title after the Nicky Grist Stages rally. He won the Interclub series event for the first time this year after already taking the opening three rounds of the series. Hirst and co-driver Declan Dear (above) were once again on unbeatable form, scoring maximum points on the Builth Wells-based event in their Pirelli-shod Delta Salvage … [Read more...]
Hirst favourite for weekend Nicky Grist Stages
Matthew Hirst will be targeting his fourth straight 2022 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship win when he contests the Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 9 July in his Pirelli-shod Delta Salvage Ford Fiesta R5+. Co-driven by Declan Dear, Matthew became the first driver since Callum Black in 2017 to win three Welsh Championship rallies in a row when he won the Plains Rally last time … [Read more...]
Pritchard moving up a gear for NGS in July
Local hero Jason Pritchard will contest his first gravel rally in a four-wheel drive car for 10 years when he tackles this summer’s Builth Wells-based Nicky Grist Stages Saturday 9 July in his North Road Garage/Get Jerky/J&S Handling-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. The 34-year old driver is no stranger to forestry rallying of course, having won three consecutive British Historic Rally … [Read more...]
Cronin sweeps to Jim Clark Rally win
Four-time British Rally champion Keith Cronin put the hammer down for a fifth title bid last weekend, taking his Volkswagen Polo GTi to a sensational Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally victory in the Scottish Borders. Cronin and co-driver Mikie Galvin were a forced to be reckoned with all weekend long, opening up an unassailable forty second lead in their Pirelli-shod Polo over James … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages in six rally championships
Quinton Motor Club is gearing up for what promises to be a fantastic festival of rallying in mid-Wales on Saturday 9 July when spectators are again allowed into stages to watch competitors from six major rally championships gather for the 2022 Nicky Grist Stages. Based in Builth Wells, the event will play host to the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship for the fourth time. Twice the … [Read more...]
Osian Pryce hits 100……
Osian Pryce will celebrate his 100th rally start on this year’s British Rally Championship, as he attempts to win the title for the first time in his Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. And to make the occasion even more special, the centenary falls on one of his home rounds of the series, the Nicky Grist Stages on 9 July. The 29-year old Machynlleth born driver has finished runner-up in the BRC three times … [Read more...]
New look to British Rally Championship 2022
Britain’s premier rallying series will feature a dynamic mix of classic events and exciting newcomers, taking in some of the best gravel and asphalt rallies in the country, visiting England, Scotland and Wales in the process. Catering for top-flight Rally2 machinery, Junior British Rally Championship contenders and the popular National Rally Title, the new roster will test both reigning champions … [Read more...]