Colin Mcrae

[imported_Truenofan]

it is with a heavy heart that i must post this, Colin Mcrae at the age of 39 has died in a helicopter crash with his son and two other passengers.

http://www.colinmcrae.com/

edit: for those of you who don't know who he was, he was a great race car driver.

 

[mwmorph]

Sucks to have a 5 year old little boy die too.

 

[AdamK47]

That link is most likely getting hammered right now. The page won't load for me. This link works though.

 

[996GT2]

Just read about that a few hours ago on finalgear.com...truly sad

 

[imported_Truenofan]

yeah, i remember watching him back when he was driving the ford focus in the WRC when he won the WRC as well. worlds first brittish WRC champ i believe he was.

 

[Hyperlite]

holy shit. that is terrible. wow...did he drive for Mitsu in WRC? or ford?

damn, thats aweful...

 

[imported_Truenofan]

he drove the impreza before 00 and i think after that he drove for ford. he won WRC in a 02 focus i believe.

 

[JulesMaximus]

That is sad.

 

[Wolfie]

Wow, for one of the few racers that I knew from the rally races. What an awsome guy too. My condolences to the family....

 

[440sixpack]

I know almost nothing about racing, but I have heard of the guy. Terrible tragedy.

 

[DarkThinker]

What a loss!

 

[Jeeper94]

That's sad news....I can't believe I didn't hear about this sooner. I must've been living under a rock the past week. My heart goes out to his family.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

man, every automotive site i go to has this. every time i read it, i get saddened because he's gone....such a great driver.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Truenofan
he drove the impreza before 00 and i think after that he drove for ford. he won WRC in a 02 focus i believe.

He won the WRC title with Subaru in 95.