Posted Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 9:51pm
If you’re even vaguely familiar with rallying then the name Nicky Grist should mean something to you: his voice was the soft but authoritative Welsh-accented one that soundtracked some truly wild onboard videos as he read pace notes to Colin McRae in the latter part of the late Scotsman’s career.
Undoubtedly one of the most recognisable names among those who willingly strap themselves into the passenger seats of rally cars hurtling through forests at preposterous speeds, the co-driver is now the subject of a short BBC documentary that’s a real treat if you’re the sort of person who gets misty-eyed about blue and gold Imprezas and white, green and red Celicas.
