Colin Mcrae has been killed at DVinfo.net

Andy Graham · September 16th, 2007, 07:12 PM

Im amazed at how few people in the world know who colin is and i think he deserves some aknowlagement. He was a local hero in Lanark Scotland (my home town) and i had the pleasure of meeting him and his family a month ago.His 5 year old son johnny was also killed in the helicopter crash.

Andy

Chris Hurd · September 16th, 2007, 07:27 PM

Always give links...

http://www.colinmcrae.com/

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McRae

...moved to TOTEM.

Jason Lowe · September 18th, 2007, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Graham

Im amazed at how few people in the world know who colin is and i think he deserves some aknowlagement.

I admit that I had never heard of him until I started seeing this story all over the internet. There are even two threads about him here. Sounds like he led a fulfilling life. Very sad to hear that his son died with him.

Noa Put · September 18th, 2007, 10:27 AM

The first time I ever heared about colin was when I bought the rally game named after him a few years ago (Colin Mcrea 2.0)
I never saw him race though.

Dylan Couper · September 18th, 2007, 10:48 AM

McRae is my driving hero, and I was shocked when I found this out. I used to watch WRC religiously every Sunday. Nothing like seeing Colin and Nicky's heads bouncing all over the inside of a Subaru (back in the day) as he kept them semi-airbourne. If it wasn't for the crappy build quality of the Impreza, he'd have at least two more drivers championships, maybe three.

Anyway, glad to see that there are other WRC/McRae fans on DVinfo!

Andy Graham · September 19th, 2007, 05:11 PM

About six months ago there was a local car event at lanark and they had set up a small ralley section, his dad jimmy was there and his brother both went round the track and they were both excelent but when colin went round he just seemed to be going twice as fast, i've never seen someone drive like him before or since. I'm not big on most sports but i used to love going to his ralleys.

Andy.

September 16th, 2007, 07:12 PM	#1
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	Colin Mcrae has been killed Im amazed at how few people in the world know who colin is and i think he deserves some aknowlagement. He was a local hero in Lanark Scotland (my home town) and i had the pleasure of meeting him and his family a month ago.His 5 year old son johnny was also killed in the helicopter crash. Andy __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

September 16th, 2007, 07:27 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,369 Images: 513	Always give links... http://www.colinmcrae.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McRae ...moved to TOTEM. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

September 18th, 2007, 10:48 AM	#5
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	McRae is my driving hero, and I was shocked when I found this out. I used to watch WRC religiously every Sunday. Nothing like seeing Colin and Nicky's heads bouncing all over the inside of a Subaru (back in the day) as he kept them semi-airbourne. If it wasn't for the crappy build quality of the Impreza, he'd have at least two more drivers championships, maybe three. Anyway, glad to see that there are other WRC/McRae fans on DVinfo! __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

September 19th, 2007, 05:11 PM	#6
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	About six months ago there was a local car event at lanark and they had set up a small ralley section, his dad jimmy was there and his brother both went round the track and they were both excelent but when colin went round he just seemed to be going twice as fast, i've never seen someone drive like him before or since. I'm not big on most sports but i used to love going to his ralleys. Andy. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

September 18th, 2007, 10:27 AM	#4
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,510	The first time I ever heared about colin was when I bought the rally game named after him a few years ago (Colin Mcrea 2.0) I never saw him race though.