{"id":5413,"date":"2022-03-02T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/?page_id=5413"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:03:31","slug":"north-wales-co-driver-joins-top-gear-star-chris-harris-for-rac-rally","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/?page_id=5413","title":{"rendered":"North Wales co-driver joins Top Gear star Chris Harris for RAC Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>18th May 2021<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaderlive.co.uk\/author\/profile\/240372.Claire_Pierce\/\">Claire Pierce<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"twitter-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@ClairePierceCCN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0@ClairePierceCCN <\/a><\/span><span class=\"job-title\">Community Content Editor &#8211; Leaderlive.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295444646.gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295444646.gallery.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295444646.gallery-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295444646.gallery-600x407.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-first-paragraph\">A RALLY co-driver from North Wales is set to navigate in a major motorsport event with a YouTube and\u00a0<em>Top Gear<\/em>\u00a0star in the driver&#8217;s seat.<\/p>\n<p>Brynmor Pierce, from Rhosesmor, in Flintshire, will be giving directions to Chris Harris &#8211; who presents the popular BBC show alongside Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff &#8211; when they compete in the Roger Albert Clark Rally this November.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscription-content\">\n<p>As well as his TV commitments, Harris has been a regular on the motorsport scene and has competed in events both off road and on track over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will tackle the mammoth five-day event in a Ford Escort Mk2, with the event beginning at Carlisle Auction Mart on Thursday, November 25.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5415 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295439802-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295439802-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295439802-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295439802-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.lhmotorsport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/295439802.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Forty two-year-old Brynmor said: &#8220;It really was a lovely surprise to get the call from Chris a few months ago, looking forward to carrying on our rallying partnership, which started nearly 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-container-inside-article\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The RAC is a bucket list event for anyone in rallying, having been lucky to do it three times previously, it&#8217;ll be a great pleasure to share this adventure with Chris.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having started competing myself 25 years ago on the lanes of Wales, it seems fitting that this year&#8217;s RAC finishes here within the Principality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Indeed it&#8217;s five years since Chris last did a rally, when we won our class driving for Toyota on the Mid Wales stages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris first shot to fame on YouTube through his\u00a0<em>Chris Harris on Cars<\/em>\u00a0channel, then becoming a regular face on\u00a0<em>Top Gear<\/em>\u00a0in 2016 alongside a number of other hosts, including\u00a0<em>Friends<\/em>\u00a0star Matt Le Blanc and Rory Reid.<\/p>\n<p>The first three days of the event will all be based in the Cumbrian city. Friday then sees the crews head for stages including Chirdonhead, Falstone and Pundershaw in the middle of Kielder Forest, while Saturday sees the rally head for several tests over the Scottish border after departing from Carlisle earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The rally restarts on the Sunday from Welshpool, then carries on in Wales for two more days of action before finishing at Carmarthen on the afternoon of Monday, November 29.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaderlive.co.uk\/news\/19311481.north-wales-co-driver-joins-top-gear-star-chris-harris-rac-rally\/\">https:\/\/www.leaderlive.co.uk\/news\/19311481.north-wales-co-driver-joins-top-gear-star-chris-harris-rac-rally\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18th May 2021 By\u00a0Claire Pierce\u00a0\u00a0@ClairePierceCCN Community Content Editor &#8211; Leaderlive.co.uk A RALLY co-driver from North Wales is set to navigate in a major motorsport event with a YouTube and\u00a0Top Gear\u00a0star in the driver&#8217;s seat. 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