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Meirion Evans heads to Grampian Rally tied for British Championship lead
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Belfast Telegraph
07-08-2025
- Belfast Telegraph
William Creighton ready to pull out all the stops to secure Grampian Forest title
The UK competition makes its return after a short summer break, with Creighton and his Castrol MEM Rally team-mate Meirion Evans provisionally tied at the top of the standings. Creighton won the opening East Riding Stages in February and completed April's Carlisle Stages in second to keep his scoreboard ticking over before family commitments meant he had to sit out the Jim Clark Rally with Liam Regan and nominate it as a dropped score. Joining them on the Grampian entry list is round two winner Romet Jürgenson and former Scottish Rally champion Garry Pearson, with both using M-Sport's Ford Fiesta Rally2 car. 'We are all looking forward to the Grampian,' said Creighton, whose car – like every other on the entry list – will carry commemorative sun strips and decals in tribute to the late Dai Roberts, who succumbed to injuries sustained while competing on May's Jim Clark Rally. 'The rally has great stages that offer a bit of everything and, although this year's event will use a much different layout compared to last season, we have good experience with the characteristics of these roads, so that should help us.' Creighton banked some all-important seat time at the non-championship counting Nicky Grist Stages last month and held on to win the gravel fixture by less than three seconds having led it from the opening stage. In soaring temperatures that accelerated tyre wear, he recorded a second win of the season aboard his Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 despite dropping more than 10 seconds on the deciding test to Evans. 'We have worked hard between events with the team, and the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy, to try and understand where we can improve,' revealed the 27-year-old Moira man. 'Events like the Nicky Grist Stages have helped us continue to learn how to get the most from the Yaris and develop my own performance on gravel. 'The competition in the British Rally Championship is incredibly tight, so it is all about fine margins. We will do everything we can to fight for another strong result at the Grampian this weekend.' Based in Banchory, the Grampian Forest Rally gets underway on Friday afternoon with the first of two stages, including a new Spectator Special, followed by a further eight on Saturday that will incorporate fast and flowing forest roads 15 miles west of Aberdeen.
Cambrian News
04-08-2025
- Cambrian News
Meirion Evans heads to Grampian Rally tied for British Championship lead
'If you told me at the start of the year that we'd be going into the fourth round level for the lead of the British Rally Championship I probably wouldn't have believed you – especially after the way the season started. Things have taken an upturn lately. Our speed on asphalt is good and the Nicky Grist Stages showed that we have translated some of that performance over to gravel. I still feel we have some way to go on gravel, but it's a big improvement from late last year and the beginning of this year. I feel more comfortable with every mile on gravel and now returning to a rally I've done before will help.
Powys County Times
17-07-2025
- Powys County Times
Powys town plays host to successful Nicky Grist Rally Stages
DALE Furniss helped Meirion Evans to second place at last weekend's Nicky Grist Stages in Builth Wells. The Llanrhaeadr co-driver partnered Evans in his in his Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 which ended two seconds behind rally winner William Creighton. The pair lost 12 seconds with a spin on the opening stage, with the majority of the time lost thanks to the car failing to engage reverse gear. The duo suffered had a puncture between SS2 and 3 and with grip levels compromised they arrived at mid-distance service in third place, 16.6 seconds behind the leaders. Evans enjoyed a good clean run in the afternoon and set fastest time on three of the afternoon's four stages, which moved him from third to second to give the Castrol MEM Rally Team a superb one-two result at the top of the podium. Osian Pryce got his preparations for an assault on the Roger Albert Clark Rally at the end of the year off to the best possible start with an outstanding performance. Driving a Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2 built and supplied by Wales Motorsport for the first time, the 2022 British rally champion from Aberangell was the fastest 2WD competitor throughout the 45-stage mile event held in the mid Wales forests in and around the Mynydd Epynt military range. Builth Wells mayor Mark Hammond flagged the cars away from the start of the Quinton Motor Club organised event from outside Strand Hall. Taking no risks and driving well within himself, Pryce and co-driver Phil Pugh won the hotly contested Historic section of the event by more than a minute, won the BTRDA Silver Star section, finished third in the overall Welsh Rally Championship section and came home first two-wheel drive in a magnificent 12th position overall. 'This was my first gravel rally for nine months and my first in an Escort since the RAC Rally in 2023, so I'm very happy with both our performance and our result,' said Pryce. 'I'm shocked that we won the Historic section by over a minute. I'm not sure if others had problems, but I've been driving at seven and eight tenths all day. Maybe that helped in the hot and abrasive conditions, because in some stages I backed right off to manage the tyres and the times were still good. 'I had a good clean run with no mistakes, nailed all the lines and the car's been fabulous all day. 'To just jump into a new car and drive it, without a single issue, has been an absolute pleasure. It really showcases how good Wales Motorsport is at building and running a car. 'For my first event back preparing for the RAC Rally, it could not have gone any better.' Pryce is supported by The Leading Edge, Demon Tweeks, Hills Ford, Bell, Haddo Energy, Superfast Properties, Red Kite Glass, Diogel Events, Gorsaf Betrol TyMawr, and his own family-run specialist building firm G+M Pryce.
