30 mile McRae convoy smashes world records

[dholdi]

My mate just picked up his new car and was driving home going past the convoy. He said the amount of people on the motorway bridges was ridiculous and scary considering he was driving a brand new 50k import.

Sorry, but I cant see the relevance of a cars value to the number of people on a bridge it is driving under ?

 

[StuPDi]

Didn't Richard replace Colin at Subaru when he went off to drive the Focus?

i musta been pissed the whole time

i was convinced they had 1 year together, but did a lil searchy and you right, mcrae left end of 1998, and burns started 1999

Stu

 

[markoos]

absolutely agree with all the above, must have taken some orchestrating though!


seems a shame everyone's forgotten about Richard Burns

Stu

Was gonna comment on that too,but you beat me to it.They were both legends in my eyes.I just dont think there are any characters in world rallying anymore.

 

[chris285]

i have to agree, since those 2 have left its never really been the same

i had the upmost respect for colin as he was a legend behind the wheel of a rally car, a very fitting and moving trubute to a legend who went before his time

RIP colin and richard

 

[Cupra Kid]

Anyone mentioned rallying Colins image pops into my head straight away, as said it wasn't just his driving it was his whole personality, then climbing out of a wrecked car and talking in his usual relaxed way!

The late 90's in my head were the peak of the sport for me, you had McCrea, Burns, Makkinen, Sainz and Evans.

All great personalities, just some were greater than others.

 

[Bassedout]

Yeah a very fitting tribute. Colin and Richard are greats in their own way.

 

[IainW]

Didn't Richard replace Colin at Subaru when he went off to drive the Focus?

They did drive for Prodrive at the same time. RB moved to Mitsubishi in 1996 because there was more chance of a fulltime WRC drive with them. He had done a mix of WRC and Asia-Pacific rallies for Subaru up until that point after winning the BRC in 1993 in a Legacy.

I agree with the McRae-Senna/Burns-Prost analogy. That's very well put.

There's a tribute to Richard Burns next weekend: http://www.richardburnsmemorialrally.co.uk/ Markko Martin co-driven by Robert Reid in a 2008 Impreza WRC is the highlight.

Only a few days before the first anniversary of Colin McRae's helicopter crash as well.

 

[chris285]

its hard to beleive its been a year since then, if i was in the country next weekend i may have done to the rally as its pretty local to me