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An Audience with Nicky Grist at Theatr Brycheiniog

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An Audience with Nicky Grist at Theatr Brycheiniog

It’s often said that Nicky Grist should write a book about his career, but in reality running Nicky Grist Motorsports and supporting British rallying doesn’t even give him enough time to accept all the after dinner speaking engagements he’s invited to do – so getting him to sit down and recall some of his famous rallying stories is a rare thing indeed!

On Friday 27 July, starting at 19.30, rally fans will have his undivided attention when he regales some of his incredible private memories of co-driving for the likes of Dave Metcalfe, Malcolm Wilson, Mikael Ericsson, Armin Schwarz, Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae in ‘An Audience with Nicky Grist’ at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon.

Having started co-driving in road rallying, Nicky made his FIA World Rally Championship debut on the 1985 RAC Rally (with Stuart Nicholls in an Astra GTE), and then made his first WRC overseas appearance on the 1990 1000 Lakes Rally, with Malcolm Wilson in a Q8 Team Sierra RS Cosworth ran by the factory Ford team at Boreham.

Since then, he has contested 128 WRC events, winning 21 of them – including two RAC Rally wins, two Safari Rally wins and four Acropolis Rally wins. He also finished on the WRC podium 43 times, scored 183 WRC points and set fastest time on over 400 WRC stages!

Nicky’s first WRC win was on the 1993 Rally of Argentina with Juha Kankkunen in a Toyota Celica, and his last WRC outing was on the 2006 Rally of Turkey with Colin McRae in a Kronos team Citroën Xsara WRC. And it’s with these two legendary star drivers that Nicky is best known for co-driving for – and where some of his best stories come from!

Also on display at Theatr Brycheiniog will be Nicky’s favourite rally car – his own Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 that he and Kankkunen won the 1994 Rally of Portugal with.

An Audience with Nicky Grist co-insides with the exhibition upstairs in The Andrew Lamont Gallery of the work of world rally photographer Maurice Selden, which is on until 20 August. It’s also the Friday evening before the Harry Flatters Rally on Epynt.

Theatr Brycheiniog is located at Canal Wharf in the centre of Brecon (LD3 7EW) and tickets cost is £12.50 and are available from their website or by clicking HERE.