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RIP Colin McRae - Feersty - 09-15-2007
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- Andy - 09-15-2007
Holy shit. That's terrible
- Ginger - 09-15-2007
Yeah, that's really sad. There's a little irony in it, I suppose, but it's still sad.
- CaptainHenreh - 09-15-2007
That sucks. Thanks for posting it, Feersty. Truly a legend, that's really sad.
- Hunter - 09-15-2007
That's awful! I feel horrible for his wife, she lost her husband and her son at once.
- WRXtranceformed - 09-15-2007
What a sad day for the racing world =(
- Sijray21 - 09-15-2007
aww man
- incredible driver that is an instant legend. I hope his family is coping well.
- Dave - 09-15-2007
I'm at a loss for words. Today is a truly sorrowful day for the world of motorsports.
- Evan - 09-15-2007
WTF!!!
- JustinG - 09-15-2007
Sucks man, he was part of one of the greatest rally endings ever. Im sure all you guys saw the ending of last years X games where he rolled the car and still almost beat Pastrana, lost by less than a second i believe.
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- Apoc - 09-15-2007
When I'm rich, I'm not going to pilot my own aircraft.
- G.Irish - 09-16-2007
Man what a shame this is. Richard Burns and Colin McRae gone, both before their time. Even more tragic that his son was on board too.
Colin was one of those guys that I always watched and read about when I first got into racing. It feels bad that someone from the beginning of my love of the sport died like this. God speed Colin.
- NTIman - 09-16-2007
That is some sad news, although I have never followed any type of rally racing, its sad to see something like this happen.
- Evan - 09-16-2007
God just wanted some more competitive cloud rallies. Probably tired of watching Burnsie whip up on Mark Lovell, so he recruited some new talent.
- ScottyB - 09-16-2007
this is terrible. i've always thought of McRae as a legend, no matter what the crop of talent looked like around him. nobody will fill his shoes, that's for sure.
- .RJ - 09-17-2007
Off to a special stage in the sky - RIP
Estoril MotoGP reaction: Valentino Rossi dedicates Estoril win to rally legend Colin McRae
Quote:By Matthew Birt
MotoGP
16 September 2007 18:33
Valentino Rossi dedicated his stunning Estoril GP victory this afternoon to rally legend Colin McRae.
The Scot was killed in a helicopter crash near his home in Scotland yesterday, and Rossi dedicated his fifth victory in Portugal to the 1995 world rally champion.
ÔÇ£I want dedicate this to Colin McRae. He was one of my big idols when I was very young and itÔÇÖs because of him I have a big passion for rally, ÔÇ£said Rossi.
He added: ÔÇ£He was like the Kevin Schwantz of world rally. It is a very sad day for motorsport and I am glad that I could win for him today.ÔÇØ
Rossi could certainly not have produced a more fitting tribute to his four-wheel hero after he ended his podium drought in brilliant fashion in Estoril.
- G.Irish - 09-17-2007
That was touching that Rossi would dedicate his victory to Colin.
In a somewhat bizarre related note, McRae's old boss David Richards (founder and owner of Prodrive) crash his helicopter this weekend too. Luckily Richards escaped harm. That would have been a really weird/sad double whammy if ol' DR bit it too.
- Maengelito - 09-26-2007
in case anyone is interested, nasioc now has their colin mcrae decals with the proceeds going to the jerviswood trust as specified by the mcrae family.
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- ScottyB - 09-26-2007
i just saw that today Maeng. I'm going to get a pair but i only want 1, do you want me to get a pair we'll split the cost? i'll mail the second to you, it should only be like a buck.