Sad Day for Rally Fans

Tragically another racing hero dies on the 15th of September of 2007. Colin McRae suffered a helicopter accident in which he was piloting. To make maters worst, his 5 year-old son was on board with him at the time. His helicopter landed on his farmhouse in the afternoon. On board the plane were also 2 family friends, one of them was his son’s friend that was 6 years old. Colin McRae is known for his amazing driving skills in dirt and street rally. Many people also know him from his Colin McRae racing game, which in my opinion was the best rally game ever made.
Colin McRae was born on the 5th of August of 1968 in Scotland. In my opinion he is the Ayrton Senna of Rally; he will never be forgotten.

He has won the World Rally Championships (WRC) which is a huge accomplishment, not to mention many other Championships. The WRC is made up of two different sections, the driver and the manufacturer. This means that a driver of a Subaru can win in the Driver's championship and Mitsubishi, for example, can win the Manufacturer's Championship. The WRC limits engines to be a 4 cylinder inline, each cylinder having a max of 2.0L, and a limit of around 300hp. The manufactures that participate in this championship are Subaru, Mitsubishi, Ford, Citroen (French), Peugeot (French), and also Skoda (Czech). This rally takes place all over the world; from places such as Japan, Sweden, Argentina, Spain and many others. My point is, it is not ease whats so ever to win this event.

Colin McRae was part of 4 different Racing teams: Skoda, Subaru, Ford, and Citroen. Even though he actually started racing trail bikes but always preferred racing cars. He won the WRC while he was in the Subaru team. When he was still in the Subaru team he competed in the X-Games in 2006. In this race he was considered the favorite, From the beginning to the very end in the race... where he flipped over and kept going and still got 2nd place!! Watch it here. Colin McRae is now a legend and will never be forgotten.