Award for David Gravell
David Gravell, Dealer Principal at Gravells of Kidwelly, Renault’s longest established UK dealer, received the prestigious Tom Pryce Award at a ceremony in Wales on Saturday.
Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Ruthin, Wales. He was famous for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions in 1975. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race and is also the only Welshman to lead a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: two laps of the 1975 British Grand Prix.
Pryce's career was cut short by a tragic fatal accident at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, where he collided at high speed with a track marshal.
Following his death, an award was instigated in Pryce's name, the Tom Pryce award was created by the Welsh Motoring Writers' group in Tom's memory and is presented annually to person or persons making 'a remarkable contribution to contemporary Wales - to business life, to culture and to sport'.
On Saturday at a ceremony at the Welsh National Assembly this year’s Tom Pryce Trophy was awarded to David Gravell, the Dealer Principal of Gravells of Kidwelly. Gravells was founded in the picturesque town of Kidwelly in 1932 by Tom Gravell MBE. Gravells was awarded the Renault franchise on 1st March 1954, making Gravells the oldest Renault dealership in the UK.
Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Ruthin, Wales. He was famous for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions in 1975. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race and is also the only Welshman to lead a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: two laps of the 1975 British Grand Prix.
Pryce's career was cut short by a tragic fatal accident at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, where he collided at high speed with a track marshal.
Following his death, an award was instigated in Pryce's name, the Tom Pryce award was created by the Welsh Motoring Writers' group in Tom's memory and is presented annually to person or persons making 'a remarkable contribution to contemporary Wales - to business life, to culture and to sport'.
On Saturday at a ceremony at the Welsh National Assembly this year’s Tom Pryce Trophy was awarded to David Gravell, the Dealer Principal of Gravells of Kidwelly. Gravells was founded in the picturesque town of Kidwelly in 1932 by Tom Gravell MBE. Gravells was awarded the Renault franchise on 1st March 1954, making Gravells the oldest Renault dealership in the UK.
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