History Creator / NickyGrist

[[caption-width-right:350:The Welsh chap many a UsefulNotes/PlayStation player would be [[VideoGame/ColinMcRaeRally familiar with.]]]]

* FlippingTheBird: At least a few photos of his would show him [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickygrist/status/918452525711478784 throwing the rude middle finger]] often out of jest. He fortunately got away with it as it would've possibly penalised him and/or Colin for misconduct.

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Nicky had dark hair in his late twenties, e.g. when he was co-driving for UsefulNotes/JuhaKankkunen, but this later turned grey which would he be known for.
* RedBaron: Subverted in that whilst he doesn't mind being called "the Welsh Wizard", he is stated to have been glad that the name never caught on much.

His first foray into professional co-driving was with Ford driver UsefulNotes/MalcolmWilson, who drove in a Sierra RS Cosworth. He briefly competed alongside Mikael Ericsson and Armin Schwartz in a number of events before being teamed up with Juha Kankkunen for Toyota, where they scored four rally wins from 1993 to 1995, and a championship win for Grist in 1993. 1997 was when he worked with Colin [=McRae=], first for the 555 Subaru World Rally Team and later for the Ford factory team, both of which would he be best known for especially when the video game series was released to which both he and Colin lent their voices. Their partnership wasn't to last though, as a series of disagreements with him and Colin caused the two to part ways most notably when Colin sarcastically called Nicky "the Welsh Wizard" after an incident where the two incurred a time penalty; he later [[InsultBackfire took the nickname in stride]] though he wasn't too keen at using it, and he's very much glad that it didn't catch on.

[[caption-width-right:350:The Welsh chap many a UsefulNotes/PlayStation player would be familiar with.]]

His first foray into professional co-driving was with Ford driver UsefulNotes/MalcolmWilson, who drove in a Sierra RS Cosworth. He briefly competed alongside Mikael Ericsson and Armin Schwartz in a number of events before being teamed up with Juha Kankkunen for Toyota, to which they scored four rally wins from 1993 to 1995. 1997 was when he worked with Colin [=McRae=], first for the 555 Subaru World Rally Team and later for the Ford factory team, both of which would he be best known for especially when the video game series was released to which both he and Colin lent their voices. Their partnership wasn't to last though, as a series of disagreements with him and Colin caused the two to part ways most notably when Colin sarcastically called Nicky "the Welsh Wizard" after an incident where the two incurred a time penalty; he later [[InsultBackfire took the nickname in stride]] though he wasn't too keen at using it, and he's very much glad that it didn't catch on.

In the meantime he worked as a television presenter and colour commentator for Speed TV in the States, and also provided behind-the-scenes work as he helped set up the technical aspects and camera positions using his extensive knowledge of rallying.

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Nicky had dark hair in his late twenties, e.g. when he was co-driving for UsefulNotes/JuhaKankkunen, but this later turned grey which would he be known for.

* FlippingTheBird: At least a few candid or personal photos of his would show him throwing the rude middle finger often out of jest. He fortunately got away with it as it would've possibly penalised him or Colin for misconduct.

* FlippingTheBird: At least a few candid or personal photos of his would show him throwing the rude middle finger often out of jest. He fortunately got away with it as it would've possibly penalise him or Colin for misconduct.

* ''[[VideoGame/DiRT Colin [=McRae=] [=DiRT 4=]]]'' (2017)

* MotorMouth: Being a co-driver passing pace notes to his driver, Nicky is obviously this

* ''5th Gear'' (2014)