(1959-06-04) 4 June 1959 (age 65) Dolgellau, Wales
World Rally Championship record
Active years
1987–2004, 2006–2008
Co-driver
Howard Davies Chris Patterson Claire Mole Huw Lewis Gareth Roberts
Teams
Ford, SEAT, MG, Mitsubishi
Rallies
32
Championships
0
Rally wins
0
Podiums
0
Stage wins
1
Total points
10
First rally
1987 Lombard RAC Rally
Last rally
2008 Wales Rally GB
Gwyndaf Evans (Welsh pronunciation:[ˈɡwɨ̞ndavˈɛvans]; born 4 June 1959) is a Welsh former rally driver. He won the British Rally Championship in 1996, and was also the runner-up in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2010.[1] On the international stage his participation was limited, but he used his local knowledge to great success in the RAC Rally, where he won the Group N production car class twice driving a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4, in 1990 and Ford Escort RS Cosworth in 1993.[2] In 1994, driving a Group A Ford Escort RS2000, he scored a then career high seventh place overall, winning his class once more, before going one better with a sixth place finish the following year, and his fourth class victory in six years.[2]
In 1997 he switched to SEAT, who were competing with their Ibiza GTI 16v, and later the Córdoba WRC from 1999 to 2001.[2] In 2002 he moved to MG and an MG ZR S1600, spending two years on the international circuit with Chris Patterson, and the British Championship with Claire Mole, after splitting with long-time co-driver Howard Davies.[2][3]
He drove a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution in the now renamed Wales Rally GB in 2004 and 2006, with the latter being where he won the 2006 Mitsubishi Evo Challenge Trophy. His prize was a works-prepared Lancer Evolution for the 2007 British Rally Championship.[4]
He now runs the family Ford and Suzuki dealership in Dolgellau, first established by his grandfather in Dinas Mawddwy in 1930, and renamed to Gwyndaf Evans Motors in 1983.[5] The company now supports Gwyndaf's son Elfyn, who competes at an international level as a rally driver in the WRC.[6]
^"Q&A: Gwyndaf Evans", Rob Wilkins, Crash.net, August 2005
^ abcdGwyndaf Evans, Rallybase.nl profile
^"MG returns to rally with Gwyndaf Evans", MG News, MGcars.org.uk, January 11, 2002
^"Q&A: Gwyndaf Evans" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Russell Atkins, Crash.net, December 5, 2006
^"About Us". Gwyndaf Evans Motors. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^"Elfyn follows in Gwyndaf's footsteps" Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Racecar.com, February 27, 2007
GwyndafEvans (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɨ̞ndav ˈɛvans]; born 4 June 1959) is a Welsh former rally driver. He won the British Rally Championship in 1996...
son of 1996 British Rally Championship Champion and former WRC driver GwyndafEvans, he is sponsored by the family Ford motor dealership in Dolgellau, first...
KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN Ret - 0 Marc Duez ITA 16 AUS Ret - 0 GwyndafEvans GBR Ret - 0 1999 Seat Cordoba WRC 9 Harri Rovanperä MON 7 SWE 16 KEN...
captain and 2014 World Masters champion. Elfyn Evans (born 1988), rally driver (son of GwyndafEvans). Bridge over the River Wnion in Dolgellau, 1830...
Catalonia Rally in Spain. A third car was shared by Alessandro Fiorio and GwyndafEvans, and a single car was made available for Ari Vatanen at Rally Finland...
Sainz Sr., Malcolm Wilson, Pentti Airikkala, Robbie Head, Miki Biasion, GwyndafEvans, Juha Kankkunen, Tommi Mäkinen, Guy Smith and Tom Chilton. The company...
Harri Rovanperä, Oriol Gómez, Toni Gardemeister, Jörgen Jonasson, and GwyndafEvans. In 2000, the SEAT Ibiza Mk2 was tested for its safety performance under...
Gardemeister Paavo Lukander All 17 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen 2, 14 20 GwyndafEvans Howard Davies 14 23 Rui Madeira Fernando Prata 4 30 Raphael Sperrer...
Córdoba WRC P 9 Harri Rovanperä 10–13 10 Oriol Gómez 10 Marc Duez 11–12 GwyndafEvans 13 Peugeot Sport Peugeot 306 Maxi M 11 François Delecour 1, 5–6, 11...
and composer Gwyn Evans (rugby union) (born 1957), Welsh rugby union player GwyndafEvans (born 1959), Welsh rally driver Gwynfor Evans (1912–2005), Welsh...
War, only one Archdruid has served more than one three-year term. Albert Evans-Jones ("Cynan"), a World War I veteran and a significant war poet, was elected...
Renault Mégane Maxi 1997 Mark Higgins Phil Mills Nissan Sunny GTi 1996 GwyndafEvans Howard Davies Ford Escort RS2000 1995 Alister McRae David Senior Nissan...
Wilson Autosport National Rally Driver of the Year 1995 Succeeded by GwyndafEvans Sporting positions Preceded by Jarmo Kytölehto Race of Champions Rally...
Cosworth M 4 Carlos Sainz All 5 François Delecour 1 Stig Blomqvist 2 GwyndafEvans 3 Bruno Thiry 4–9 6 Stig Blomqvist 1 Dandy Rukmana 3 14 Ari Vatanen...
entering and winning a competition to drive with ex-British Rally Champion GwyndafEvans. This led to her spending 2003 and 2004 contesting various championships...
Rally Championship 1996 Frank Biela British Touring Car Championship GwyndafEvans British Rally Championship 1997 Alain Menu British Touring Car Championship...
1898) 6 March – Robert Bateson, RAF air marshal (born 1912) 10 March E. GwyndafEvans, Welsh poet (born 1913) Ray Milland, actor (born 1907) Elizabeth Monroe...
Megane Maxi Kit Car, Alister Mcrae in the Volkswagen Golf and Welshman GwyndafEvans in the Ford Escort. The manufacturers championship was won by Volkswagen...
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