The 2025 Nicky Grist Stages has been given the official go-ahead to run on its scheduled date of Saturday 12 July – with the famous Route 60 stage returning for the first time since 2018 in a new-look and fresh challenging 45 stage mile route.

The Quinton Motor Club-organised event, which celebrates 16 consecutive years of title sponsorship from Nicky Grist Motorsports, will run on both NRW and MOD land in and around the Mynydd Epynt military range.

The 2025 Nicky Grist Stages will once again be based in the very heart of the picturesque market town of Builth, a round of five major championships – the Protyre Autocare BTRDA Rally Series, Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship, HRCR Rally Master Challenge, TCS Plant Rally Challenge and ANWCC Rally Championship.

“I am delighted that we have got what is probably the most-liked stage of the Nicky Grist Stages back in the 2025 edition – Route 60,” says Nicky Grist.

“Route 60 is such a fantastic stage with wonderful high speed and flowing corners that nearly everyone enjoys. I was also overjoyed when we found out that Storm Darragh did not affect us anywhere near as badly as other stages in Wales and I am looking forward to catching up with everyone at the event in Builth Wells in July.”

“At the beginning of the year there were some doubts as to whether we would be able to run the 2025 Nicky Grist Stages, thanks to the damage caused in the Welsh forests by Storm Darragh and military training operations combining to seriously curtail the stage mileage available to us on both NRW and MOD land,” admits Neil Cross, Nicky Grist Stages Clerk of the Course.

“However, with the invaluable co-operation and hard work of NRW, the MOD and Rally4Wales we have instead put together a fantastic route which brings back firm favourite stages and reconfiguring old classics.”