Helicopter Crash on Colin McRaes land
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Thats basically my point. None of us were really "fans" of Diana in the way that some of those women were obsessed by her and therefore we did not really understand the mass hysteria associated with our funeral.
Now we have what could loosely be described as "one of our own" gone in tragic circumstances we see things a little differently because we feel that we "Knew" him. Even if it was only from listening to him on a video game.
Now we have what could loosely be described as "one of our own" gone in tragic circumstances we see things a little differently because we feel that we "Knew" him. Even if it was only from listening to him on a video game.
carl_w said:
Towie said:
Diana anyone?
Well I ignored all of the Diana stuff actually -- I think I went out the day of the televised funeral, for example. I'm just saying how odd it is that people feel this way. I mean, before we knew the facts I bet a bunch of us were hoping it was someone else -- how shitty is that?
Famous Graham said:
Scottish Motorsport Show at Lanark Auction back in February
He chucked a 6R4 around with great aplomb too
ALBAR landscapes stickers on Colin's car here are a tribute to Alan Barr. He was another rally driver local to centeral Scotland. He was a self-made man, cracking driver, another good guy and supported local motorsport. Alan died at the end of a rally a few years ago and was only in his forties He chucked a 6R4 around with great aplomb too
wooooody said:
Famous Graham said:
Scottish Motorsport Show at Lanark Auction back in February
He chucked a 6R4 around with great aplomb too
ALBAR landscapes stickers on Colin's car here are a tribute to Alan Barr. He was another rally driver local to centeral Scotland. He was a self-made man, cracking driver, another good guy and supported local motorsport. Alan died at the end of a rally a few years ago and was only in his forties He chucked a 6R4 around with great aplomb too
Edited by Famous Graham on Monday 17th September 00:32
I read this about 5hrs ago and it still hasn't sunk in.
I sat across the room from him only a few weeks ago at knockhill and he couldn't have been any nicer to people wanting to just say hello of get a pic with him.
You'd think he'd came on a bus, no flashiness or anything, yet he came in the chopper parked outside.
Maybe we all feel it cos we all share the passion like he did.
What a top bloke and will never be forgotten.
So sad.
RIP
I sat across the room from him only a few weeks ago at knockhill and he couldn't have been any nicer to people wanting to just say hello of get a pic with him.
You'd think he'd came on a bus, no flashiness or anything, yet he came in the chopper parked outside.
Maybe we all feel it cos we all share the passion like he did.
What a top bloke and will never be forgotten.
So sad.
RIP
carl_w said:
ScoobieWRX said:
Actually i think most of us were hoping it just wasn't him... I'm sure nobody was hoping it was someone else
True, but in order for it not to be him it would have had to be someone else, right?I think you've got it a bit wrong and that's an awful thing to think about other people
jollygreen said:
Can I just ask the site administrators to please remove any of the inevitable jokes as soon as they are posted.
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who doesn't want to see them.
We already had one complete knob who did just that....the "joke" has been removed,along with the quite justified vitriol it engendered...I'm sure I'm not the only person here who doesn't want to see them.
Truly shocking. First Burnsey, now Colin.
Just seems so unjust, I just have so much more respect and admiration for rally drivers compared to the F1 crowd...I know I may cause controversy here but to me an average F1 driver just seems a robotic playboy, clinically processing information and going round the same corner at the same speed hundreds of times, before handing the car over to the mechanics and jetting off home to Monte Carlo (OK I exaggerate a bit but you get my drift)
Someone like Colin seemed to be an "attainable" driver...you could meet him, see him, witness him getting right in there with his crew, or (incredibaly rarely) help him push his car out of a ditch in the dark. And the skill which he had was simply awesome...you'd look at F1 cockpit footage and go "wow, that's fast, isn't downforce amazing..." Look at Colin sending it and you'd just go "Uh...what???" as your brain tried to compute exactly how goddam good he was as sending some car that you could almost buy yourself down some tiny track sideways at over a ton.
A true driving legend and a terrible loss to his fans, country and family...and condolences to all who knew him personally.
Just seems so unjust, I just have so much more respect and admiration for rally drivers compared to the F1 crowd...I know I may cause controversy here but to me an average F1 driver just seems a robotic playboy, clinically processing information and going round the same corner at the same speed hundreds of times, before handing the car over to the mechanics and jetting off home to Monte Carlo (OK I exaggerate a bit but you get my drift)
Someone like Colin seemed to be an "attainable" driver...you could meet him, see him, witness him getting right in there with his crew, or (incredibaly rarely) help him push his car out of a ditch in the dark. And the skill which he had was simply awesome...you'd look at F1 cockpit footage and go "wow, that's fast, isn't downforce amazing..." Look at Colin sending it and you'd just go "Uh...what???" as your brain tried to compute exactly how goddam good he was as sending some car that you could almost buy yourself down some tiny track sideways at over a ton.
A true driving legend and a terrible loss to his fans, country and family...and condolences to all who knew him personally.
wasted years said:
jollygreen said:
Can I just ask the site administrators to please remove any of the inevitable jokes as soon as they are posted.
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who doesn't want to see them.
Here here!I'm sure I'm not the only person here who doesn't want to see them.
Silverbullet767 said:
wasted years said:
jollygreen said:
Can I just ask the site administrators to please remove any of the inevitable jokes as soon as they are posted.
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who doesn't want to see them.
Here here!I'm sure I'm not the only person here who doesn't want to see them.
I'm not normally that bothered when famous people die - Whilst I have sympathy, I don't actually know them personally so they're no loss to me and my life.
However, Colin was a true legend and whilst I can't say I'll miss him personally (as I didn't know him) it's always sad when your true heroes die.
I remember the first time I heard of him - my Dad bought me a video of the 1988 British Rally championship, which Jimmy McRae won in a Sierra Cosworth. On the Scottish Rally, they cut to a young Colin in a white Vauxhall Nova (which he subsequently rolled
) and the commentating Steve Rider remarked about how far this lad could go.
If ever a man gave it 100% in every stage in every rally and every event, it was Colin. A sad loss.
However, Colin was a true legend and whilst I can't say I'll miss him personally (as I didn't know him) it's always sad when your true heroes die.
I remember the first time I heard of him - my Dad bought me a video of the 1988 British Rally championship, which Jimmy McRae won in a Sierra Cosworth. On the Scottish Rally, they cut to a young Colin in a white Vauxhall Nova (which he subsequently rolled
) and the commentating Steve Rider remarked about how far this lad could go.If ever a man gave it 100% in every stage in every rally and every event, it was Colin. A sad loss.
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