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Flat surface[link]

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Colin McRae

Colin McRae at the X Games XIII in 2007
Personal information
Nationality	Scottish
Born	(1968-08-05)5 August 1968
Died	15 September 2007(2007-09-15) (aged 39)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1987–2003, 2005–2006[1]
Teams	Subaru, Citroën, Ford, Škoda
Rallies	146
Championships	1 (1995)
Rally wins	25
Podiums	42
Stage wins	477
Total points	626
First rally	1987 Swedish Rally
First win	1993 Rally New Zealand
Last win	2002 Safari Rally
Last rally	2006 Rally of Turkey

Colin Steele McRae, MBE (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a Scottish rally driver born in Lanark.

The son of five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and brother of rally driver Alister McRae, Colin McRae was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion and, in 1995, became the first British person and the youngest to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title. He still holds that record.

McRae's outstanding performance on the Subaru World Rally Team enabled the team to win the World Rally Championship Constructors' title three times in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997. After a four-year spell with the Ford Motor Co. team, which saw McRae win nine events, he moved to Citroën World Rally Team in 2003 where, despite not winning an event, he helped them win the first of their three consecutive manufacturers' titles. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to motorsport in 1996.^[2]

McRae died in 2007 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed near his home. The accident also claimed the lives of his son and two family friends. In November 2008 he was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal and early life[link]

McRae was married to Alison,^[3] and had two children, Hollie and Johnny.^[4] McRae moved to the principality of Monaco in 1995, partly through his friendship with David Coulthard.^[5] However, as his young family grew up, he spent more time back at his home in Lanarkshire — accepting the higher tax liability of living in Scotland.^[6] The couple bought the 17th century Jerviswood House.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Colin McRae began his competitive career in motorsport riding trial bikes at an early age, despite being more interested in four wheeled machines rather than two wheel bikes.^[7] At the age of sixteen, through the Coltness Car Club, McRae discovered autotesting, he soon traded his bike for a Mini Cooper and started competing.^[7] A year later, he began to negotiate with another club member to use his Hillman Avenger for the Kames^{[disambiguation needed ]} Stages, a single-staged rally venue not far from McRae's home. McRae finished the event fourteenth; first in his class although he had run most of the event in a higher position.^[7]

In 1986, driving a Talbot Sunbeam, McRae entered the Scottish Rally Championship and soon made a name for himself with his speed and exciting style of driving. His driving style drew many comparisons to Finnish ex-World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, who McRae had always idolised. In 1988 he performed a giant-killing act when he took the Scottish Rally Championship series crown in a humble Vauxhall Nova. Craving more power, his next car was a Ford Sierra XR 4x4.

His first WRC event was the 1987 Swedish Rally behind the wheel of his Nova, and again two years later, driving the Sierra and finishing 15th overall. Later that year, he finished 5th overall at Rally New Zealand in a rear wheel drive Sierra Cosworth. By 1990 McRae was driving a Sierra Cosworth 4x4 and achieved sixth place in that year's RAC Rally, despite several accidents. 1991 saw McRae turn professional as he was signed by Prodrive boss David Richards to his Subaru team in the British Rally Championship for an annual wage of approximately £10,000.^[8] McRae was British Rally Champion in both 1991 and 1992, soon graduating to the Subaru factory team at World Rally Championship level.^[9] 1992 also saw Colin McRae make his début in the British Touring Car Championship, with a one-off appearance for the Prodrive-run BMW factory team at the Knockhill round. In the second of the two races of the event, McRae collided with Matt Neal. Race officials found McRae to have caused an avoidable collision and subsequently disqualified him.^[10]

World Rally Championship[link]

1993–1998: Subaru[link]

One of the Subaru Impreza rally cars that McRae drove during the 1996 World Rally Championship season.

On his promotion for 1993, McRae initially drove the Prodrive-built Group A Subaru Legacy alongside Finns Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola and Markku Alén. McRae then won his first WRC rally in the car at that year's Rally New Zealand. It was also the first rally win for the newly formed Subaru World Rally Team, shortly before the Legacy was due to be pensioned off in favour of the new Subaru Impreza 555. Such were the rising fortunes of his young Subaru factory team as they competed against the frontrunning TTE ran Toyotas, aided by the latter team's exclusion from the championship after the 1995 Rally Catalunya where it was discovered that the Japanese team had been using illegal turbochargers, it took only until 1995 for McRae to win the drivers title, which he secured with victory in a straight contest with his double champion team-mate, Carlos Sainz, on the season-ending Rally of Great Britain. Although still a winner with the outfit in individual rallies in succeeding years, including, increasingly, more specialised events such as the Acropolis Rally, Safari Rally and the Tour de Corse, McRae could not better second place in the standings in either 1996 or 1997, on both occasions behind Finland and Mitsubishi Ralliart's Tommi Mäkinen. He helped Subaru complete their run of three consecutive manufacturers' titles during this time. In what would turn out to be his final season with the team, in 1998 he won three more rallies and placed third in the standings, as well as winning the Race of Champions in Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands.

1999–2002: Ford[link]

McRae with a Ford Focus WRC at the 2001 Rally Finland.

After several years of varying success, McRae switched to the M-Sport-run Ford factory team for 1999, driving the new Ford Focus rally car. The deal saw McRae earning six million pounds over two years, which at the time made him the highest earning rally driver in history.^[11] This move was immediately rewarded with two consecutive wins at the Safari Rally and Rally Portugal. A number of shunts and reliability issues for the new car for much of the rest of that season, however, resulted in only sixth place in the championship standings overall. Moreover, a rare personal pointless run had begun for McRae that year which was only to be halted with a podium on the following February's Swedish Rally, the beginning of a recovery which saw McRae victorious in on the asphalt turns of Catalunya and the gravel of Greece, and post 4th in the 2000 overall standings. Midway through the 2000 season, the lacking reliability of the Focus had led to McRae threatening to leave the team if the problems continued.^[12] The upturn towards the end of the season resulted in him deciding to renew his contract with Ford for a further two years.^[13] McRae's intermittent success with Ford continued into 2001, where after failing to score in any of the first four rounds, including having momentarily led defending winner Tommi Makinen on the stages of the season opening Monte Carlo Rally prior to being forced into retirement, he then went on to score three consecutive victories in Argentina, Cyprus and Greece to tie with Mäkinen at the top of the points table. However, having again led the championship outright entering the final round in Great Britain, McRae once more missed out on a possible second title, crashing out and finishing second in the drivers championship, two points behind Subaru's Richard Burns.

With victory in the Safari Rally in 2002, McRae made the record books as the driver with most event wins in the World Rally Championship. His record has since been broken by Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Loeb and Marcus Grönholm. McRae's contract with Ford came to an end following the 2002 season, and after reportedly asking for wages of five million pounds a year, Ford decided against renewing the contract, reluctant to commit such a high amount of their budget to a drivers salary. The two parties split on amicable terms, with Ford's European director of motorsport Martin Whitaker stating "On behalf of all of us at Ford Motor Company I would like to publicly thank Colin and Nicky for their efforts during the past four years with the Ford team… I wish them both well in the future."^[14] McRae said of his time with Ford "It's been a very successful four years, we've achieved a lot of very good results and I'm quite happy that myself and Ford have had a very successful partnership."^[15]

2003: Citroën[link]

For 2003, McRae signed for Citroën, a team of winning pedigree due to its successes of the previous year with young Frenchman Sébastien Loeb but otherwise undertaking its first complete campaign at World Rally Championship level. McRae's second place finish on his début in Monte Carlo alongside Loeb and Carlos Sainz whom, aboard the Xsara WRC, helped complete a 1-2-3 finish, transpired to be the finest result he would achieve for the team, for the season was to end with seventh in the drivers' championship, with no victories. Rule changes that were to be brought in for the 2004 season changed the previous practice of having three nominated points-scorers within a team to two. With Loeb partway through a multiple year contract, this meant the Citroën factory team, under Guy Frequelin's leadership, were forced to choose between dropping McRae or Sainz. With Sainz being the more successful of the two during the 2003 season, it was McRae who had to look elsewhere for 2004.^[16] David Richards, McRae's former boss at Subaru, who had by now taken over WRC's commercial rights holders ISC and worried that the loss of a character like McRae would damage his ability to market the sport, set about trying to help McRae find a drive for 2004.^[17] McRae was unable to find a team, and for the first time in over ten years he would not be competing in the World Rally Championship.

Later career[link]

McRae driving a Škoda Fabia WRC on the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff super special stage of the 2005 Rally GB.

As the only other potential alternative suitors, Subaru instead eventually chose Mikko Hirvonen to partner Petter Solberg, McRae found himself without a drive for the 2004 season. He instead pursued other interests, including competing in the Dakar Rally and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (see below).

In 2004 and 2005 McRae represented Great Britain in the Race of Champions alongside Formula One driver and fellow Scot, David Coulthard. For the 2006 event England and Scotland entered separate teams with McRae and Coulthard re-uniting to represent Scotland.

McRae then returned to the series for one off drives for Skoda on the 2005 Rally GB and Rally Australia, respectively finishing seventh and retiring due to a clutch problem on the final leg of the rally, the latter dashing hopes for what may otherwise have been only the team's second ever podium place after the 2001 Safari Rally.

On 5 August 2006, McRae competed for Subaru in the first live televised American rally in Los Angeles as part of the X-Games. McRae rolled the car on the penultimate corner after landing awkwardly from a jump, which damaged the front bumper and left front tyre. Despite this, McRae kept the car running and continued on to the finish, his time only 0.13 seconds slower than eventual winner Travis Pastrana. McRae was, though, to have one more opportunity at world championship level: he was unexpectedly entered for his final rally by semi-works Kronos Citroën at Rally Turkey in September, where he replaced Sébastien Loeb while the Frenchman recovered from an injury he sustained in a cycling accident immediately prior to the event.^[18] A final-stage alternator problem consigned him and returning co-driver Nicky Grist, to a final placing outside the top ten.

The Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello driven by McRae at the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans

McRae's competitive spirit also led him to compete in racing series other than the WRC. In September 2002 he tried his hand at oval racing when he took part in the Ascar (UK version of NASCAR) race at the Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire; eventually finishing in sixth place.

McRae rejoined Prodrive for the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans where he took third place in the GTS class, and ninth position overall in a Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello partnering Darren Turner and Rickard Rydell. Fellow countryman, and Le Mans winner Allan McNish commented that "Colin has adapted far better than people expected" to endurance sportscar racing.^[19]

McRae, made his debut on the gruelling Dakar Rally Raid with Nissan in January 2004, and impressed the team by scoring two stage wins on his way to a memorable finish on the gruelling Sahara event. He returned to the Dakar in 2005 and was fastest on two of the first three stages in Morocco, before crashing out of the rally towards the end of stage six.

In August 2007, McRae claimed to still be working on finding a seat for the 2008 WRC season, stating that "if it doesn't happen next year, then I won't (return) because you can only be out of something at that level for so long."^[20]

Death[link]

McRae died on 15 September 2007 when his helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350,^[21] crashed 1 mile north of Lanark, Scotland, close to the McRae family home.^[22] McRae was piloting the helicopter (with an expired license) at the time of the crash.^[23][24] McRae's five-year-old son Johnny, and two family friends, Graeme Duncan and Johnny's six-year-old friend Ben Porcelli, also died in the crash.^[25][26] McRae's previously active website, ColinMcRae.com, was later replaced with a memorial screen stating a few details about the crash, and then with a short statement released on behalf of McRae's father, Jimmy,^[27] and later a book of condolences.^[27]

Funeral and celebration services[link]

The funeral for Colin and Johnny took place on 26 September at Daldowie Crematorium near Glasgow, conducted by the Rev Tom Houston, who had married the McRaes, and the Rev Steven Reid, chaplain at Johnny's school. An address was given by Robbie Head, a former rally driver and commentator who was a close friend of McRae's, with the Rev Houston giving the benediction. McRae's niece and nephews performed the tune Highland Cathedral, a popular funeral song. Also, the song "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, a favourite song of McRae's, was played when the family entered the chapel; and The Proclaimers' song "I'm on My Way" was played when they left. Colin and Johnny McRae were cremated in the same coffin. Among the attendees at the funeral were fellow Scottish racing drivers Jackie Stewart and Dario Franchitti.^[28]

A "Celebration of Life" service took place at St Nicholas Church in Lanark on Sunday 30 September at 4 pm. Images from McRae's career and personal life were displayed on large video screens outside the church. Around 700 mourners filled the church, with crowds of up to 15,000 outside. Shortly before 4pm, a lone bagpiper played "Flower of Scotland" as the family arrived at the church. The service was conducted by the Rev Alison Meikle, who said "Two weeks ago Lanark was struck by silence. A terrible silence bought at an enormous price. However, in our tears love is stronger than death." Later, the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton song "Islands in the Stream", a favourite of Johnny's, was played. Friends of the pair shared poems and anecdotes from the McRaes' lives. After the service, Colin McRae's widow, brother and father bowed and applauded the crowds who had gathered outside to pay tribute to the McRaes.^[29]

Reaction[link]

McRae tribute during the 2007 Race of Champions.

McRae's death was met by much grief from former colleagues, rivals and fans alike. Formula One driver David Coulthard, a good friend of McRae, who was due to represent Scotland along with him in the Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium on 16 December,^[30] described him as "an understated yet fantastically talented individual", he also announced that he would race the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix with a helmet paint design similar to that of McRae's as a tribute.^[31] During the finale of the 2007 Scottish Rally Championship, the "Colin McRae Forest Stages" held in Perth in September 2007,^[32] there was no number 1 car as McRae had been due to drive the course car on the event. Instead, his car was parked at the starting point of the rally, where fans were able to sign a book of condolences.^[33]

Following his win at the Brands Hatch meeting of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season, Andy Priaulx dedicated it to McRae, commenting that his death "shows how fragile life can be".^[34] McRae's former rival, four-time World Rally Champion Tommi Mäkinen commented the helicopter accident as terrifying news, and described McRae as "a pleasant fellow and a tough rival".^[35] Valentino Rossi, who was taught the basics of driving a rally car by McRae, said he was shocked and saddened by the sudden departure of the former World Rally Champion. Valentino dedicated his win at Estoril MotoGp in 2007 to Colin McRae saying to the media "I want to dedicate this to Colin McRae. He was one of my big idols when I was very young and it's because of him I have a big passion for rally".^[36]

As a mark of respect for McRae, the Swedish Rally organisers set up an award for the longest jump over a crest on the Vargåsen stage of the rally. The inaugural winner of the award, named Colin's Crest, was Ford's United Arab Emirates driver Khalid al-Qassimi who recorded a distance of 30 m.^[37]

McRae's father, Jimmy, driving a Porsche 911 at the 2008 Colin McRae Forest Stages.

On 27 September 2008 the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally took place in Perth, Scotland. An enhanced entry list of several former big name rally drivers took part in memory of Colin.^[38] The impressive entry list included ex-World Championship drivers Hannu Mikkola, Ari Vatanen (partnered by his 1981 WRC winning co-driver David Richards), Björn Waldegård, Stig Blomqvist, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, Andrew Cowan and Louise Aitken-Walker, many competing in their original cars. A handful of current WRC drivers also took part including Matthew Wilson, Kris Meeke and Travis Pastrana. The event was deemed a great success, attracting record spectator numbers to the Perthshire forests. Outright winner was Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team driver Matthew Wilson in a Ford Focus WRC. Fittingly, Colin's brother Alister McRae won the classic category.

In video game Colin McRae: Dirt 2 there is a race series named "Colin McRae Challenge" that is dedicated to him. Winning the race unlocks a video that is a tribute to him.

Investigation[link]

After the crash, an investigative team from the UK Department for Transport Air Accidents Investigation Branch attended the scene in co-operation with Strathclyde Police. The wreckage of the helicopter was removed to Farnborough for further forensic investigation. Pilots operate under strict regulations, and are expected in the case of helicopters under CAA rules to undertake a competency test every year, and to renew their licenses every five years — not to do so is illegal. It later emerged that McRae had not undertaken a competency check as required in March 2006, and that effectively his license had expired in February 2005. A CAA spokesman commented "The investigators must determine why he (McRae) hasn't kept up to date with his documentation. There is no suggestion that Mr McRae was not a competent pilot."^[39]

A report into the accident was published on 12 February 2009. In it, the AAIB did not reach a definite conclusion as to the cause of the accident, stating instead that "the helicopter crashed in a wooded valley while manoeuvering at high speed and low height. It was intact prior to impact, and the available evidence indicated that the engine was delivering power. The cause of the accident was not positively determined. Although no technical reason was found to explain the accident, a technical fault could not be ruled out entirely. However, it is more likely that the pilot attempted a turning manoeuvre at low height, during which the helicopter deviated from his intended flight path; whether due to the pilot encountering handling difficulties, misjudgement, spatial disorientation, distraction or a combination of such events. There were indications that the pilot had started a recovery but, with insufficient height in which to complete it, the helicopter struck trees in the valley and crashed, killing all four occupants."^[40]

A Fatal Accident Inquiry into the incident concluded, on 6 September 2011, that McRae was at fault for the avoidable helicopter crash that led to his death and the death of his passengers.^[41] Sheriff Nikola Stewart stated, after the 16-day inquiry, that McRae had been engaged in "unnecessary and unsafe" low-level flying at the time of the crash.^[42][43]

Colin McRae Rally[link]

Codemasters released the first Colin McRae Rally video game in 1998. Version 2, known as Colin McRae 2.0, was released in the year 2000, for Sony's PlayStation and for the PC; it was also ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2002. A third version found a wide audience on the PC and Xbox. Versions 04 and 2005 arrived in 2004 on all major platforms. 2005 was also remade for Sony's PSP and Nokia's N-Gage. Colin McRae: Dirt was the title for the next installment of the series, which launched in 2007 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 edition was released in the UK on 14 September, the day before McRae's death.^[44] A special edition for mobile phones will also be available from Codemasters Mobile. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 was released on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 on 11 September 2009, the PC version was released on 8 December 2009. Colin McRae: Dirt 3 was released in Europe and North America on the 24 May 2011, and two days later in Australia for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Colin McRae R4[link]

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A Colin McRae R4 on display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Colin McRae chose the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed to unveil the McRae R4, which had been conceived at the beginning of 2005. The intention was to make a cheaper alternative to WRCs (World Rally Cars) with significantly lower running costs. The McRae R4 was designed for use in rallying, rally cross, circuit racing and ice racing events, with the possibility of a one-make race series.

Designed by Colin McRae and Dave Plant and built by DJM Race Preparation, the McRae R4's chassis is based on a steel safety cage with carbon panelling front and rear, and a steel-covered cockpit area. Suspension consists of twin wishbones with Proflex dampers. The body styling has been done by Keith Burden and Tom Webster. It appears that some components of the vehicle have been taken from existing production cars, the doorline in particular appears very close to that of the Ford Ka.

The engine is a naturally aspirated, 4-cylinder, 2.5-litre Millington Diamond Engine producing 350 BHP. Transmission is via a six-speed gearbox, manual or semi-automatic, and by mechanical front and rear differentials with the option of mechanical or active central differential. The car can be produced in either 2 or 4 wheel drive formats.

Alison McRae has said that she would like production of the car to continue following Colin's death.

The R4 appears in Codemasters titles Colin McRae: DiRT, Colin McRae: DiRT 2 and DiRT 3.

Complete WRC results[link]

World Rally Championship victories
#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	23rd Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	1993	Derek Ringer	Subaru Legacy RS
2	24th Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	1994	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
3	50th Network Q Rally	1994	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
4	25th Smokefree Rally New Zealand	1995	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
5	51st Network Q Rally	1995	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
6	43rd Acropolis Rally of Greece	1996	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
7	38° Rallye Sanremo — Rallye d'Italia	1996	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
8	32° Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	1996	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
9	45th Safari Rally Kenya	1997	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
10	41ème Tour de Corse — Rallye de France	1997	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
11	39° Rallye Sanremo — Rallye d'Italia	1997	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
12	10th API Rally Australia	1997	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
13	53rd Network Q Rally	1997	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
14	31° TAP Rallye de Portugal	1998	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
15	42ème Tour de Corse — Rallye de France	1998	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
16	45th Acropolis Rally of Greece	1998	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
17	47th Safari Rally Kenya	1999	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
18	32° TAP Rallye de Portugal	1999	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
19	36° Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	2000	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
20	47th Acropolis Rally	2000	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
21	21° Rally Argentina	2001	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
22	29th Cyprus Rally	2001	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
23	48th Acropolis Rally	2001	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
24	49th Acropolis Rally	2002	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
25	50th Inmarsat Safari Rally	2002	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC

References[link]

Journals[link]

• Evans, David (20 September 2007) Autosport, "McRae Tribute", Vol. 189, No. 12, pp. 6–11, Haymarket Publications.

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikinews has related news: Colin McRae feared dead in helicopter crash

• Official site
• Official sportswear brand
• Rallybase stats page
• WRC Archive stats page
• Obituary in The Times
• Obituary and Memorial
• McRae R4
• McRae Dakar Buggy

Nicky Grist

Nicky Grist
Personal information
Nationality	Welsh
Born	(1961-11-01) 1 November 1961 (age 50)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1985–1989, 1990 1997 1997 – 2006[1]
Rallies	134
Championships	1 (1993)
Rally wins	21
Podiums	48
Stage wins	N/A
Total points	N/A
First rally	1985 Lombard RAC Rally
First win	1985 Rally Argentina [2]
Last win	1999 Inmarsat Safari Rally
Last rally	2006 Rally of Turkey

Nicky Grist (born 1 November 1961) is a Welsh former rally co-driver, born in Ebbw Vale. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1993 to 2002. He won 21 rallies and one World championship title, with more than one driver.

Nicky’s first WRC win was in the Rally Argentina in 1993 with Juha Kankkunen, who at that time was a three times WRC champion. Nicky and Juha went on to win the 1993 WRC championship with Toyota. Nicky stayed as Juha’s co-driver until 1997 when he joined Colin McRae with the 555 Subaru World Rally Team.

Nicky remained Colin McRae’s co-driver until the Rally New Zealand 2002, during which time the pair two won 17 rallies, 27 podium finishes and gained overall 183 WRC points. Between 2002 and 2006, Nicky and Colin also competed together in a number of one off rallies. Nicky married Sharon in 1993, at Abergavenny, Wales, in the middle of the recce for Rally Portugal.

Career[link]

Early years 1985–1989[link]

Nicky started his career as a golf professional at the Monmouthshire Golf Club, and then joined a local car sales centre, where he was given Sundays off. This gave him the opportunity to enter into the relatively inexpensive motorsport of road rallying. His first rally was the George Ford Pips Rally, held in Caldicott in Wales, in a Ford Escort with Bryn Wiltshire driving.

• 1982 Competed in the Welsh 1300 Road Rally Championship with Steve Davies and won the 1300 class that year
• 1983 Competed in the Welsh Road Rally Championship in an Escort RS 2000 with Steve Davies and won the overall championship
• 1984 Competed in the Motoring News Road Rally Championship in the same Escort RS 2000 with Steve Davies. Won the Agbo, Eagle and Cilwendeg Rallies.
• 1985 Competed in the Vauxhall Nova Junior Cup, his first stage rally championship, with driver Steve Davies. He also competed in his first WRC rally, the Lombard RAC Rally, with Stuart Nicholls in a Vauxhall Astra GTE
• 1986 Competed in the British National Championship with Steve Davies for the Volkswagen Junior Rally Team in a VW Golf GTi. He also competed in British Open Championship in an early Group A Toyota with Graham Middleton as driver.
• 1987 Competed in the British Open Championship with driver, Graham Middleton, in a Group A Toyota Corolla, ending second in class.
• 1988 Joined Vauxhall driver, Harry Hockley, in a development programme of the Group A 1600 Vauxhall Nova. Competed in the British Open Championship, finishing with a win at the Lombard RAC Rally, in a Group A 1300 version of the Nova.
• 1989 Competed in the British Open Championship with driver Dave Metcalfe, in the Vauxhall 1600 Nova developed the previous year. In this year Nicky earnt his first wage as a co-driver.

World Rally Championship[link]

1990–1993 Ford / Toyota[link]

Nicky became a full-time professional co-driver with the Ford Motor Company and driver Malcolm Wilson. Competed in the British Open Championship in a Sierra Sapphire Cosworth. Also took part in a test and development programme with Ford’s new 4x4 Sapphire Cosworth, consisting of three WRC events, giving Nicky his first experience of a WRC event outside Britain. In 1991, he competed in six rounds of the WRC with Malcolm Wilson and the Ford Motor Company. In 1992, only competed in the Safari Rally of the WRC with Toyota Team Europe with driver Mikael Ericsson where the team came fourth. Also co-ordinated with the team for Rally Acropolis and Argentina giving him an insight into the inside working of Team 2.

1993–1997 Mitsubishi & Toyota[link]

Nicky joined Mitsubishi with driver Armin Schwarz, in the WRC,^[3] but during the Rally Argentina joined Juha Kankkunen. With Juha Kankkunen he went onto to win the rally Argentina, Nicky’s first WRC win. Juha and Nicky went onto win two more rallies, Rally Australia and the Rally GB. This secured Juha’s forth WRC win. Half way through 1993 Toyota and Juha Kankkunen bought Nicky’s contract and Nicky moved to the Toyota team full time competing in the Celica GT4 ST185. The season began well with a second in Monte Carlo and a win in Portugal, but during the Safari Rally, crashed at 180 km/h after hitting a pothole that had formed due to the rain. By mid season Nicky and Juha were tied at the top of the points with Carlos Sainz, but after mechanical problems and the a crash in Finland put Nicky and Juha 20 minutes behind and they finished the WRC in 3rd position. In 1995, with only two rallies to go, Juha and Nicky start the Rally Catalunya in a comfortable lead, seven points ahead of Colin McRae and the 555 Subaru World Rally Team, when they crashed and had to retire. After the Rally Catalunya, Toyota were found guilty of the implementation of illegal turbo restrictor bypasses on their ST205 cars. The team was given a 12-month ban by the FIA. In 1996, Nicky competed with Kankkunen for private Toyota teams in three events and finished fourth in Sweden, third in Indonesia and second in Finland.

1997–2002 Subaru & Ford[link]

Joined the 555 Subaru World Rally Team on a two year contract as Colin McRae’s co-driver. With 6 retirements and 5 wins, Nicky and Colin came 2nd overall with 62 points, giving the Subaru team the manufacturer’s title.^[4] In 1998, Colin and Nicky had 5 retirements and 3 wins together with the same team, with the win in Corsica, giving Nicky his first win on tarmac. The team finished 3rd with 45 points and gave Subaru their third consecutive manufacturer’s title. In 1999 Colin and Nicky moved from Subaru to the M-sport Ford team of Malcolm Wilson, Nicky’s driver during the 1990 to 1991 WRC seasons, where they had two consecutive wins at the Safari Rally and Rally Portugal. However, due to reliability issues with the new Ford Focus WRC they only managed to finish 6th in the WRC with 23 points. The 1999 season of retirements only finished in the February 2000 when Colin and Nicky finished 3rd in the Swedish Rally. However, even with two wins and three seconds to support Sweden’s third place a further 6 retirements after the initial Monte Carlo Rally retirement meant that Nicky and Colin ended up 4th in the championship with 43 points overall. With the improvement in reliability of the Focus WRC 00 towards the later half of 2000 Nicky joined with Colin, signed a further two year contract with the M-Sport Ford Team, and started 2001 with three retirements and a 9th at the Swedish Rally. The middle of the 2001 season showed better with 3 consecutive wins, followed by a retirement on the Safari Rally, and then two podium finishes. The season ended with a 2nd place in the championship and 42 points. 2002 was Nicky’s last competitive season of WRC, and again saw him co-drive for Colin McRae and the M-Sport Ford Team. During this year, there were 4 retirements and 2 wins, one of these being the Acropolis Rally, making four consecutive wins in Greece, and the other being the last Safari Rally, on its 50th anniversary. However, at the Rally Australia after a disagreement between Nicky and Colin, Derek Ringer, Colin’s old co-driver took over and finished the championship with Colin.

Later career[link]

2003–2005 Television[link]

In 2003, Nicky began working for TV, on the programmes that produced the rally coverage for broadcasters around the world. He primarily worked for two different programmes, Speed TV in the USA and the other the review programme that went out worldwide for all the WRC rounds. Nicky worked as the presenter of the programme for Speed TV, explaining the rules and showing why a particular stage is a challenge. With the review programme, Nicky worked as much behind the scenes, helping recce the rallies for great TV positions, planning the overall programmes, identifying the splits so that journalists can ask why a particular competitor did well or not.

2005–2006 WRC[link]

In 2005, Nicky again joined Colin as co-driver, in a Skoda Octavia WRC, for the Rally GB. It was in this rally that Markko Märtin’s co-driver Michael Park, from Newent, Gloucester, a long term friend of Nicky’s was killed when their Peugeot hit a tree. Colin and Nicky finished 7th just ahead of fellow Brit, Mark Higgins with Sébastien Loeb refusing the ten points from that stage win, in respect for the loss of his friend. Later that same year Nicky and Colin raced the Skoda in Rally Australia, and in some stages leading the way, however, team mechanics issues resulted in the two having to retire.

2006–2007[link]

In 2006 Nicky joined Colin for X games 12 in Los Angeles, California, America, and throughout the televised event Colin and Nicky fought for the lead, however on the last jump they landed badly, popped a tyre and then rolled but still managed to right themselves, losing only 2 seconds in the roll, getting to the finish line only half a second behind Travis Pastrana and in front of Ken Block bringing them to the attention of many Americans who had never heard of them before. The last WRC rally together was at the Rally of Turkey, in 2006, the last competitive WRC event for both Colin and Nicky, but they were unable to finish and retired on the last stage, due to alternator problems with their Citroen Xsara WRC of the Kronos Citroen World Rally Team.

On 15 September 2007, Colin and his 5 year old son, Johnny, with Graeme Duncan and Johnny’s six year old friend Ben Porcelli were killed in a helicopter crash, piloted by Colin, near his home in Lanark, Scotland. The funeral for Colin and Johnny took place on Wednesday 26 September at Daldowie Crematorium near Glasgow where Colin and his son were cremated in the same coffin.

2007–today[link]

Nicky regularly sits in the co-drivers seat for various drivers such as the Roger Albert Clark Rally and many more. In 2010 He will be attending the Rally Trinidad event in March with driver Mark Higgins 3-Time British Rally Champion will be driving a Grp N Mitsubishi Evo IX

Nicky Grist Motorsport[link]

In 2006, Ludovico and Elena Fassitelli, the Italian owners and creators of Stilo helmets, approached Nicky to become the sole UK distributor of the Stilo range and through this Nicky set up Nicky Grist Motorsport, based near his home in Pontrilas, Herefordshire. Through this retail outlet, Nicky stocks quality racewear and accessories for all rally, road and track competitors, as well as providing all competitors with Stilo helmets, intercoms and HANS devices. With customers such as Petter Solberg, Ken Block, Kris Meekes and Sébastien Loeb, Nicky is still in touch with all that is happening in the WRC. In addition, Nicky is unofficially a consultant to the FIA WRC, concerned with matters of safety, helmet and HANS device regulations to the British sport. As a Welshman, Nicky gives talks to business through the Welsh Assembly, and is a regional judge for the F1 in Schools competition.

Co-Driver Academy[link]

Added to his development of the Nicky Grist Motorsport business, Nicky is looking to start a co-driver’s academy for young co-drivers to develop their skills and become experienced and skilled co-drivers.

Colin McRae Rally Game[link]

In 1998, while racing with Colin McRae, Codemasters produced a game for the PC and PlayStation console, called Colin McRae Rally, in which Nicky was the co-driver voice, guiding the gamers round the rally. Based around stages in eight countries it used real drivers and their cars from the 1998 WRC and featured Colin and Nicky Subaru from 1998 on the front cover. Through this Nicky’s voice has become familiar to many who played the game. In 1999 Codemasters brought out Colin McRae Rally 2.0, with version 3 following both using Nicky’s voice again used for the pacenotes, which was extended to become available to the Xbox. Nicky’s voice can be heard co-driving in all the games released up to Colin McRae Rally 2005(with the exception of Colin McRae Rally 4 where Derek Ringer's voice was used).

Rally events[link]

Other events[link]

#	Event	Season	Rally Driver		Car	Team	Y/E Position
1	Lombard RAC Rally	1985	Stuart Nicholls		Vauxhall Astra GTE	British Junior R.T. / GM Dealersport	4th
2	Lombard RAC Rally	1986	Simon Davison		Volkswagen Golf GTI	N/A	6th
3	Lombard RAC Rally	1987	Harry Hockly		Vauxhall Nova Sport	GM Dealersport	3rd
4	Lombard RAC Rally	1988	Harry Hockly		Vauxhall Nova Sport	GM Dealersport	2nd
5	Lombard RAC Rally	1989	Dave Metcalfe		Vauxhall Nova GTE	Vauxhall Dealer Sport	Ret
6	40th 1000 Lakes Rally	1990	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	Ret
7	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	1990	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	Ret
8	Lombard RAC Rally	1990	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	Ret
9	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1981	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	7
10	Rallye de Portugal	1991	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	Ret
11	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	1991	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	5th
12	Acropolis Rally of Greece	1991	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	Ret
13	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	1991	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	10
14	Lombard RAC Rally	1991	Malcolm Wilson		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Q8 Team Ford	Ret
15	Martini Safari Rally Kenya	1992	Mikael Ericsson		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Team Kenya	4
16	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1993	Armin Schwarz		Mitsubishi Lancer RS	Mitsubishi Ralliart	6
17	Rallye de Portugal	1993	Armin Schwarz		Mitsubishi Lancer RS	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Ret
18	Acropolis Rally of Greece	1993	Armin Schwarz		Mitsubishi Lancer RS	Mitsubishi Ralliart	3
19	Rally Argentina	1993	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	1
20	Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	1993	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	5
21	40th 1000 Lakes Rally	1993	Armin Schwarz		Mitsubishi Lancer RS	Mitsubishi Ralliart	5
22	Telecom Rally Australia	1993	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	1
23	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	1993	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	3
24	Network Q RAC Rally)	1993	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	1
25	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	2
26	TAP Rallye de Portugal)	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	1
27	Trustbank Safari Rally)	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	Ret
28	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	4
29	Acropolis Rally of Greece	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	3
30	Rally Argentina	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	RET
31	Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	2
32	Trustbank Safari Rally)	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	8
33	Telecom Rally Australia – 2-Litre Championship only	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	2
34	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	7
35	Network Q RAC Rally)	1994	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	2
36	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota Team Kenya	3
37	International Swedish Rally	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	3
38	TAP Rallye de Portugal)	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	2
39	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	10
40	Smokefree Rally New Zealand	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	3
41	Neste 1000 Lakes Rally – 2-Litre Championship only	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	Ret
42	Telecom Rally Australia	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	3
43	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	Ret
44	International Swedish Rally	1996	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	4
45	Bank Utama Rally Indonesia	1996	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Team Australia	3
46	Neste 1000 Lakes Rally	1996	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Team Toyota Castrol Finland	2
47	Network Q RAC Rally) – 2-Litre Championship only	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
48	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
49	International Swedish Rally	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	4
50	Safari Rally Kenya	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
51	TAP Rallye de Portugal	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
52	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	4
53	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
54	Rally Argentina	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	2
55	Acropolis Rally of Greece	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
56	Smokefree Rally New Zealand	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
57	Neste Rally Finland	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
58	Rally Indonesia	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
59	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
60	API Rally Australia	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
61	Network Q RAC Rally)	1997	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
62	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	3
63	International Swedish Rally	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
64	Safari Rally Kenya	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
65	TAP Rallye de Portugal	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
66	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
67	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
68	Rally Argentina	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	5
69	Acropolis Rally of Greece	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	1
70	Rally New Zealand	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	5
71	Neste Rally Finland	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
72	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	3
73	Rally Australia	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	4
74	Network Q RAC Rally)	1998	Colin McRae		Subaru Impreza WRC	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Ret
75	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
76	International Swedish Rally	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
77	Safari Rally Kenya	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
78	TAP Rallye de Portugal	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
79	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
80	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	4
81	Rally Argentina	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
82	Acropolis Rally of Greece	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
83	Rally New Zealand	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
84	Neste Rally Finland	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
85	China Rally	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
86	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
87	Telsra Rally Australia	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
88	Network Q RAC Rally)	1999	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
89	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
90	International Swedish Rally	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	3
91	Sameer Rally Kenya	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
92	TAP Rallye de Portugal	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
93	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
94	Rally Argentina	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
95	Acropolis Rally of Greece	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
96	Rally New Zealand	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	2
97	Neste Rally Finland	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	2
98	Cyprus Rally	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	2
99	V-Rally Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
100	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	6
1001	Telsra Rally Australia	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
102	Network Q RAC Rally)	2000	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
103	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
104	International Swedish Rally	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	9
105	TAP Rallye de Portugal	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
106	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
107	Rally Argentina	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
108	Cyprus Rally	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
109	Acropolis Rally of Greece	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
110	Safari Rally Kenya	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
111	Neste Rally Finland	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	3
112	Propecia Rally New Zealand	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	2
113	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	8
114	V-Rally Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	11
115	Telsra Rally Australia	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	5
116	Network Q RAC Rally)	2001	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
117	Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
118	Uddeholm Swedish Rally	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	6
119	Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
120	Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	6
121	Cyprus Rally	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	6
122	Rally Argentina	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	3
123	Acropolis Rally of Greece	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
124	Inmarsat Safari Rally	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	1
125	Neste Rally Finland	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	4
126	ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company
127	Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	8
128	Propecia Rally New Zealand	2002	Colin McRae		Ford Focus WRC	Ford Motor Company	Ret
129	Wales Rally GB)	2005	Colin McRae		Škoda Fabia WRC	Škoda Motorsport	7
130	Telsra Rally Australia	2005	Colin McRae		Škoda Fabia WRC	Škoda Motorsport	Ret
131	Rally Of Turkey	2006	Colin McRae		Citroën Xsara WRC	Kronos Total Citroën W.R.T.	Ret
#	Event	Season	Rally Driver		Car	Team	Y/E Position
–	Tudor Webasto Manx International Rally / ERC20	1989	Dave Metcalfe		Vauxhall Nova GTE	Vauxhall Dealer Sport	4
–	24 Heures d'Ypres / ERC20	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	Ret
–	Rallye International du Valais/ ERC5	1995	Juha Kankkunen		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Toyota Castrol Team	Ret

External links[link]

• Grist bio website
• Nicky Grist new website
• Nicky Grist Co-Driver Academy
• Nicky Grist Co-Driver Academy
• Rally Base NL
• [1]
• [2]
• BBC News
• BBC Sport
• BBC News 2
• BBC News 3

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Williams, David. Rallycourse 1993–1994, Hazleton publishing
• McRae, Colin and Alsopp, Derek The Real McRae The Autobiography of Britain’s Most Exciting Rally Driver. Ebury Press.
• Colin McRae Rally Legend – His Authorised Story. Duke Publishing
• Holmes, Martin. Pirelli World Rallying no 17.
• Holmes, Martin. Rally Navigation: Develop Winning Skills with Advice from the Experts.

Boards of Canada
Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin
Background information
Also known as	Hell Interface
Origin	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres	Electronic Ambient IDM Experimental Psychedelic Downtempo
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Warp, Skam, Music70
Website	boardsofcanada.com
Members
Mike Sandison Marcus Eoin
Past members
Christopher Horne[1]

Boards of Canada (commonly abbreviated BoC) are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison (born June 1, 1970) and Marcus Eoin (born July 21, 1971). They are signed with Warp Records and have released several works on that label with little advertising and few interviews, while also having an elusive and obscure back-catalogue of releases on their self-run Music70 label. They have also recorded four tracks under the alias Hell Interface.

Musical style[link]

Boards of Canada's music is reminiscent of the warm, analogue sounds of 1970s media and contains themes of childhood, nostalgia and the natural world. Mike and Marcus have mentioned the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which the group's name is derived, as a source of inspiration.

History[link]

Early years (1986–1994)[link]

Growing up in a musical family, brothers^[2] Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin began playing instruments at a young age. They experimented with recording techniques at around the age of 10, using tape machines to layer cut-up samples of found sounds over compositions of their own. In their teens they participated in a number of amateur bands; however, it was not until 1986 when Marcus was invited to Mike's band that Boards of Canada was born. By 1989, the band had been reduced to Sandison and Eoin.^[3] In the early 1990s, a number of collaborations took place and the band put on small shows among the "Hexagon Sun" collective.