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One year ago today, we lost Colin McRae. Here is a tribute i have made.
 COLIN MCRAE  Born August 5 1968 Perished September 15 2007 His Wiki Page Colin's First Rally Cars: Talbot Sunbeam  Vauxhall Nova  Prodrive Subaru Legacy  555 Subaru Impreza: 1995 World Rally Championship  Later Scooby years:   Those dog gone Ford Focus days:  Citroen period:   Dakar Rally effort:   Le Mans effort: 3rd place in GTS 2004   X Games Effort:   2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed tribute to the MAN.   Colin represented Great Britain/Scotland at the Race Of Champions in 1992 1995 1997 1998 2004 2005 & 2006. He was the Overall winner in 1998.  Best of friends: Colin and F1 winner David Coulthard and David's F1 helmet with Colin Tribute   He taught both MotoGP Hero Valentino Rossi and Travis Pastrana how to be good Rally drivers.   Even Colin had heros. His was Ari Vatenen  His Game:      His very own cars: Colin McRae R4   Colin Enduro   His brother Allister at the Race of Champions tribute to Colin.   The Funeral: Colin and Johnny, his wife, daughter, and brother   His parents   Jackie Stewert and Ari Vatenen   15,000 Came to say goodbye.   Videos: Colin Honored at the 2007 Race of Champions Colin rolls but cant be stopped at the X games Colin on 5TH GEAR Colin on 5TH Gear II: Vicky Goes to the Colin McRae gathering and drives the 555 Impreza......New! Colin on Top Gear Colin on Jeremy Clarkson's "Master's of Speed" Colin shows off his personal car collection: Subaru 22B, Ford Sierra, Honda 50cc Colin Drives his R4 at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed Travis Pastrana poem to a hero More Pics from the Colin McRae Gathering Daddy McRae leads the pack in Colins WRC winner.    Fifth Gear's Vicky drove this Subaru Impreza Group N rally STI   Olly Clarks RCM Impreza, based on a WRC shell and built to WRC specifications for the UK Time Attack Series.     At Prodrive Center   Real Impreza police car  
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September 15th, 2008, 11:28 PM
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RIP Colin
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R.I.P. Not just a great driver but a great bloke.
 
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Antti just made a brilliant tribute to the great man:
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