Top club event, the Nicky Grist Stages, will return to the classic mid-Wales forestry stages on Saturday 10 July 2021, following the cancellation of this year’s event. Quinton Motor Club had originally planned to run the event – which is a five time winner of the BTRDA ‘Rally of the Year’ award – on Saturday 11 July, but owing to Covid-19 lockdown … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages wins ‘Rally of the Year’ award
The Builth Wells-based Nicky Grist Stages has won the prestigious BTRDA Rally Series ‘Rally of the Year Award 2019’. It was presented to the event organisers, Quinton Motor Club, at the British Trial & Rally Driver Association’s annual gala awards ceremony. Voted for by competitors, the Nicky Grist Stages was praised for the smooth running of the event … [Read more...]
Faulkner leads forest series into second half
A second successive maximum points score means that Scott Faulkner leads the 2019 Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship by a single point as the series reaches its Halfway stage, writes Peter Hughes. Having taken top points score on the previous round, the Rallynuts Stages, a similar performance on the weekend’s Plains Rally, … [Read more...]
120 contest Nicky Grist Stages
Over 120 crews will contest this Saturday’s Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 14 July. The very best competitors from the Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series, Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship, MAXXIS MSA English Rally Championship, MRF Fiesta ST Trophy, FMP Rally Challenge and the Swift Shining Stars Rally Series battling it out over 45 … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages returns with a new test
Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series leader Paul Bird is aiming to make it three wins this season – and a hat-trick of victories on the Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 14 July in his Dom Buckley Motorsport/IRS-prepared Ford Focus WRC08. The Cumbrian driver has won the Nicky Grist Stages twice before, in 2014 and 2015 with Aled Davies co-driving, and … [Read more...]
SNAP to action for road safety
The Nicky Grist Stages Saturday 14 July maintains its association with GoSafe, the Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership encouraging rally fans to help make Wales’ roads safer by getting involved in Operation SNAP. The event is a round of many UK championships and is proud to help raise awareness of the Fatal Five, a road safety initiative by the Mid … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages to pioneer new format
Nicky Grist Stages entries are open and the BTRDA and Welsh Championship event will be first in Wales to run with relaxed split-field seeding. Entries are now open for the Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 14 July with the official event Regulations and Entry forms published on-line at nickygriststages.co.uk. This year’s Quinton MC-organised event will … [Read more...]
New challenge on this year’s Nicky Grist Stages
Organisers of this summer’s classic Nicky Grist Stages have managed to find a completely new gravel road to test competitors, writes Paul Evans. It will be the only event in 2018 to run on the classic Welsh gravel roads in Halfway and Route 60, while the Crychan stage is in prime condition and a new smooth, fast and flowing stage, which has never been … [Read more...]
Builth Wells praised for making Nicky Grist Stages success
This year’s Nicky Grist Stages last weekend proved to be a huge success, writes Paul Evans. Spectators enjoyed great weather and spectacular high-speed action, competitors rose to the challenge of a two-day mixed surface event, the event organisers Quinton MC running an incident-free rally and Builth Wells hosted a fantastic town centre start and finish … [Read more...]
Builth Wells hosts major Welsh rally this weekend
For the first time, Builth Wells will this weekend host both the start and finish ceremonies of the Quinton Motor Club organised Nicky Grist Stages, writes Paul Evans. The big motorsport celebration begins saturday morning and concludes the afternoon of Sunday and everyone is invited free of charge. Strand Street will be the place to be for the new … [Read more...]
