Colin McRae Subaru Impreza Tribute Parade

Martyn · August 30th, 2008, 11:27 PM

So today there was a parade of Subaru Imprezas from Lanark in Scotland to the Prodrive HQ in Banbury.

http://www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7588713.stm

I didn't know anything about it, but my dad mentioned it to me on MSN and I did some research, and it turned out that they would be coming down the M6, and they were scheduled to hit Junction 14 at around 3pm. It was 2:15pm at the time and I live in Stafford, between Junctions 14 and 13.

I grabbed my cameras, hopped in the car and drove to one of the bridges over the M6 and waited patiently!

3pm came and still no sign of anything. I was worried I'd missed it, but seeing the odd Impreza going the other way kept me there. I did see a convoy of four heading north on the M6 and assumed they were going to the next junction to turn around and join the convoy (as I'd read that the main parade would be stopping in various services along the way and people would be tagging along).

I could see a couple of people gathering on a bridge further down, so that also kept my hopes up!

Then a car appeared on "my" bridge and a family got out. They lived nearby and had come down from Middlesbrough, they said that every bridge on the M6 had people on it, some totally packed, but they didn't know why. I explained, and thanked them, as they'd proved I definitely hadn't missed it!

At about 3:45pm they came into view! It was pretty amazing! Imprezas in the inside lane of the motorway for about 20 minutes solid! All of them waving, beeping and flashing their lights!

Unfortunately, I don't think I caught Colin's championship winning 555 car which was being driven by his dad, Jimmy. It was supposed to be leading the pack, but it wasn't when they appeared, and they were coming so thick and fast I didn't spot it!

Anyway, a few pics!

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9662.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9664.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9684.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9696.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9746.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9778.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9788.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9795.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9875.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/IMG_9894.jpg

http://www.the365project.co.uk/Photos/McRae/CRW_1991.jpg

Solberg · August 30th, 2008, 11:47 PM

Thanks for sharing this with us!

avidvideo · August 31st, 2008, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Solberg

Thanks for sharing this with us!

Usually the only processions we have like that around here on highways are either annoying things like large groups of people protesting by slowing down traffic or sombre things like a fallen soldier's repatriation.

I and at least one person I know would have loved to see a Subaru parade in person. Thanks for the pics!

watto · August 31st, 2008, 2:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Solberg

Thanks for sharing this with us!

Same here. Looks like quite a big number of cars!

SpecOpsBob · August 31st, 2008, 3:14 AM

Thats alot of Impreza's, impressive spectacle.

LeVeL · August 31st, 2008, 3:54 AM

thats truly awesome
+1 for you sir

jayhawk · August 31st, 2008, 1:30 PM

That is awesome. +1.

Spazatao · September 1st, 2008, 2:36 AM

That is amazing! And somewhat touching, too. Loads of people using their beloved cars to pay homage to a great person, that left us before we'd expect. +rep !

KM-TV · September 1st, 2008, 2:39 AM

What a tribute to the great man!

The 555 car and Jimmy was only going to lead the convoy between Banbury (where it still lives) and the Prodrive Test track in Warwickshire. Such a historic car, I don't think they want to wear it out!

otispunkmeyer · September 1st, 2008, 11:55 AM

seen this in the papers today

they went to prodrives track and arranged the cars to spell Colin Mcrea... apparently you could see it from the sky if you happened to be landing at birmingham aiport.

Raparperi · September 2nd, 2008, 8:17 AM

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Originally Posted by otispunkmeyer

they went to prodrives track and arranged the cars to spell Colin Mcrea...

All that trouble and they misspelled his name?

images/smilies/tongue.gif

flyingfridge · September 2nd, 2008, 8:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpecOpsBob

Thats alot of Impreza's, impressive spectacle.

You might even call it an Imprezive spectacle..... images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

Still great post, +1

NooDle · September 2nd, 2008, 8:42 AM

great idea! I never knew there were that many Imprezas to begin with, 20 minutes of cars going by is a loooong time!

CrazyRussian540 · September 2nd, 2008, 2:45 PM

Very nice. I'dve loved to see them drive by.

Solberg · September 2nd, 2008, 5:29 PM

Just saw this:

Quote:

Oh, those Brits. When they're not faking making corn circles they're writing a rally legend's name using 1,086 Subaru Imprezas as pixels. This, of course, was the finale to the weekend long celebration of Colin McRae's life, which saw over 1,100 Scoobys converge on Prodrive's test track in Warwickshire. Precisely how many cars took part in the ensuing 30-mile convoy is unknown, but if you don't have anything better to do right now, you can have a go at counting them in the video after the jump (and look out for the near miss at 6:42). Even the local constabulary showed up in a WRX pursuit car.

The half-mile-long sign you see above broke the Guiness World Record for, err, writing signs with cars by a cool 800, but more importantly Colin's fans raised over $80,000 for the McRae family's chosen charities.

http://pic.phyrefile.com/a/an/anonymous/2008/09/02/010908-a-pd.jpg

http://pic.phyrefile.com/a/an/anonymous/2008/09/02/010908-b-pd.jpg

http://pic.phyrefile.com/a/an/anonymous/2008/09/02/010908-c-pd.jpg

http://pic.phyrefile.com/a/an/anonymous/2008/09/02/010908pd.jpg

source: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/c...30-miles-long/

August 30th, 2008, 11:27 PM	#1
Martyn Joined: Feb 5th, 2007 Last Online: November 16th, 2009 Location: Stafford, England Age: 25 Posts: 535 Car: Ford Focus Rep Power: 25	Colin McRae Subaru Impreza Tribute Parade So today there was a parade of Subaru Imprezas from Lanark in Scotland to the Prodrive HQ in Banbury. http://www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7588713.stm I didn't know anything about it, but my dad mentioned it to me on MSN and I did some research, and it turned out that they would be coming down the M6, and they were scheduled to hit Junction 14 at around 3pm. It was 2:15pm at the time and I live in Stafford, between Junctions 14 and 13. I grabbed my cameras, hopped in the car and drove to one of the bridges over the M6 and waited patiently! 3pm came and still no sign of anything. I was worried I'd missed it, but seeing the odd Impreza going the other way kept me there. I did see a convoy of four heading north on the M6 and assumed they were going to the next junction to turn around and join the convoy (as I'd read that the main parade would be stopping in various services along the way and people would be tagging along). I could see a couple of people gathering on a bridge further down, so that also kept my hopes up! Then a car appeared on "my" bridge and a family got out. They lived nearby and had come down from Middlesbrough, they said that every bridge on the M6 had people on it, some totally packed, but they didn't know why. I explained, and thanked them, as they'd proved I definitely hadn't missed it! At about 3:45pm they came into view! It was pretty amazing! Imprezas in the inside lane of the motorway for about 20 minutes solid! All of them waving, beeping and flashing their lights! Unfortunately, I don't think I caught Colin's championship winning 555 car which was being driven by his dad, Jimmy. It was supposed to be leading the pack, but it wasn't when they appeared, and they were coming so thick and fast I didn't spot it! Anyway, a few pics! __________________

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SpecOpsBob Joined: Dec 13th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Australia Posts: 72 Rep Power: 8	Thats alot of Impreza's, impressive spectacle. __________________ That's definitely Photoshopped. Photostream

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Spazatao Joined: May 10th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Lyon, France. Missing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.. Age: 22 Posts: 860 Car: Taxis Rep Power: 18	That is amazing! And somewhat touching, too. Loads of people using their beloved cars to pay homage to a great person, that left us before we'd expect. +rep !

September 1st, 2008, 2:39 AM	#9
KM-TV Joined: Aug 29th, 2008 Last Online: July 28th, 2009 Location: South Wales. Posts: 124 Car: Peugeot 106 Rep Power: 8	What a tribute to the great man! The 555 car and Jimmy was only going to lead the convoy between Banbury (where it still lives) and the Prodrive Test track in Warwickshire. Such a historic car, I don't think they want to wear it out! __________________ If it doesn't move - point a camera at it, If it moves - stick a camera on it! "Of course, the porsche purists don't like 4 wheel drive, but they don't like electric windows either" : James May

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otispunkmeyer Joined: May 15th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Loughborough UK Age: 23 Posts: 3,359 Car: '03 Skoda Superb (Comfort) 160HP Rep Power: 39	seen this in the papers today they went to prodrives track and arranged the cars to spell Colin Mcrea... apparently you could see it from the sky if you happened to be landing at birmingham aiport. __________________ Transport History: 96' Ford Ka 1.3 02' Ford Focus 1.4 CL 03' Skoda Superb 1.9 TDi (160bhp) in blue

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NooDle Ik ben niet alleen lekker met kaas! Joined: Jul 20th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 28 Posts: 5,780 Car: Opel Astra 2.2 DTI Rep Power: 112	great idea! I never knew there were that many Imprezas to begin with, 20 minutes of cars going by is a loooong time!

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