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God speed Colin Mcrae R.I.P.

Old Sep 17, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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Default God speed Colin Mcrae R.I.P.

Colin Mcrae has past on along with his 5 year old son in a helicopter crash.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle2461339.ece
as said by some one else
"May you enjoy going 'flat out' in God's special stage"

 
Old Sep 17, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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Rossi dedicate his last win to him. [&o]
 
Old Sep 17, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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I heard about it yesterday...sad stuff. I feel really bad for his daughter lost a father and brother at a young age like this.
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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thAT IS terrible
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 05:14 AM
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This is horrible. I hate getting news like that. He really did a lot for the Rally community.
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 05:30 AM
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hmm, link does not work for me. Always bad news on a loss. Especially a kid
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 05:45 AM
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I feel for the family
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 02:32 PM
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ORIGINAL: Dragone#19

hmm, link does not work for me. Always bad news on a loss. Especially a kid
Here is what the article says

THE former rally driving champion Colin McRae was killed and his five year-old son feared dead in a helicopter crash yesterday afternoon. The aircraft came down in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire, half a mile from the family's home and burst into flames just after 4pm.
Jean-Eric Freudiger, McRae's agent, said the 39-year-old driver had been piloting the helicopter himself. Also on board were believed to be his son Johnny, another adult - said by locals to be a school friend of McRae - and another child. McRae's wife Alison and their daughter Hollie, 9, were not on board, friends said.
Strathclyde police said in a statement: "Four people were onboard the helicopter," adding "The bodies were found within the helicopter which is owned by Mr Colin McRae of Jerviswood House, Lanark. It is believed he was onboard the helicopter."
McRae became Britain's first World Rally champion in 1995. He was one of the country's most successful sportsmen, achieving 25 wins in World Rally events and 42 podium places. He was a flamboyant driver, inspiring one the world's best-selling computer rally games.

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[*]The people’s champion [/ul][/align][/align][/align][/align][/align]The helicopter came down within half a mile of McRae's 16th-century home, which has an adjacent helipad. The weather had been overcast, with southwesterly winds gusting to 30 knots and good visibility.
Officers with dogs and torches continued to comb the woodland near the crash into the night.
McRae's wife, a childhood sweetheart and his former co-driver, was taken back to the house under police escort shortly after 6pm.
McRae's friend the rally journalist Jeremy Hart, who flew with him several times, described him as a "very good, very measured pilot".
"Colin regularly flew all over the UK and into Europe," said Hart. "He knew the terrain and conditions at Jerviswood very well.
"As a sportsman he was a true hero. As a driver Colin was misunderstood slightly as being reckless but everything you saw with him came from pure raw talent as opposed to being learnt. He was the Michael Schumacher of rally driving.
"It's so ironic that he should die in a helicopter crash when he had competed and had brushed with death so many times as a rally driver."
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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that sucks,sorry to hear it[&o]
 
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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I used to want his rally edition Focus so bad it was rediculous
 

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