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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: v8kenny on September 15, 2007, 22:08:42
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This doesn't look too good :cry:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=482017&in_page_id=1770
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oh no
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Has anything been confirmed? It dosen't look good from what it says! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Blimey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colin now!!!!!
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Oh No, Please no, what the hell is going on...?? such a good driver...It would be a shame to loose him as well.
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if it gets confirmed it will be a great shame like it was when richard burns lost his life a short time ago
our thoughts are with thw mcrae family
shropshire-suzuki
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Oh no :cry:
It looks like the world has lost another of my heroes.
My condolences to his family and friends.
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Thoughts to the Mcrae family....
CAA Accident Investigation are on their way......
Its a sad day for the world of motorsport...
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I'm gutted, it's being reported widely that it was colin, i also drive an Imopreza, and the Scooby world is in deep shock..... he hopefully is, but if not, was a true legend........ dunno what else to say..... :( :(
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Not good at all, thoughts to the Mcrae family from us... :sobsob:
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It has not been confirmed yet that it is him, it is just that it has happened close to his home
Lets hope it is not but unfortunatly it is likely to be him
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Very sad news, doesnt look good for him :(
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Official ID not till tomorrow but Police have confirmed no survivors
Geez - why does it always happen to the good guys ??? :roll:
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Words fail me.....
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what with young Richard Burns passing away last year aswell... total tragedy...
:( :(
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Just a point of reference Richard Burns Died on the 25 of November 2005. :( :(
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words fail me :cry: :cry: :cry:
fantastic man and great for the sport
the reason I bought so many subarus and watched the WRC
if it is him and if it is his son then I feel for the rest of his family and my heart goes out to them
I hope they find peace in all this mess
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I just can't put it into words - Jimmy , Alistair and family, our thoughts are with you.
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I have never followed his career, but condolences to the family, lets just hope that somehow the papers have got it wrong :(
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I can't belive what I've just read! I spent hours stood out on the RAC which it was then watching Richard Burns and Colin McCrae in action, I even managed to wangle me way in to a subaru service area once and actually spoke to Colin, he was one of the drivers that appreciated how close rallyng got to real people, it made my day being only 10 or 11!. I even picked up 3 detentions in 1995 when he won the world championship as I had Radio 5 on every lesson listening to stage reports.
Thoughts are with his wife and daughter, and other family.
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Really sad news - one report I just read claims that there were 4 people on board, two of whom were children.
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1483222007
Condolences to all the McRae family.
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it has been confirmed.a great person has left us with great memories
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what a lost. he was a good guy and one fab driver. My thoughts go out to his family looks like one of this sons was in it as well. Very sad day for the rally world :( :(
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Colin Macraes dead and that's news because??? So are half a million other people and we don't get a thread devoted to them do we. Ok so he drove fast cars for a living big deal it didn't make him better or worse as a person then a road sweeper or a shopkeeper. But the next time one of them dies, I'll bet we don't have people queing up to offer their condolences. Crass hypocrisy is what it is.
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Colin Macraes dead and that's news because??? So are half a million other people and we don't get a thread devoted to them do we. Ok so he drove fast cars for a living big deal it didn't make him better or worse as a person then a road sweeper or a shopkeeper. But the next time one of them dies, I'll bet we don't have people queing up to offer their condolences. Crass hypocrisy is what it is.
For the millions of people in this and other countries that enjoy competing in, or spectating at stage rallies or just enjoy motor sport in general, the McRae family have brought a lot of pleasure
Colin was a genuinely nice person, as is his father and brother Alistair (the only members of his family I have met and can therefore comment on)
If people who knew of him feel they have some affinity with, or just some sympathy for him and his surviving family, why do you think anyone would be interested in what you have to say ???
:x
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Glad someone could respond to that because I was lost for words. Its just been confirmed his 5 year old son was on board too.
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He was one of the few drivers out there who could:
A throw a car about like a wet pair o tracky bottoms,
B be one o the nicest guys you could meet
C be seen anywhere & still have time to sign autographs & chat to his fans
Him & his brother & father were the last o the true what i would say real drivers in motorsport,
Have to say but now we have lost both burns & mcrae there aint any really british drivers now that had the capability of either winning or giving it the full 110% & <edit> it off the road
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Colin McRae. 1968 - 2007
He was dynamic, exciting and always on the edge. He was looking forward to continueing his career in marathon rallies and raids. His outstanding performance in the recent Baja events for BMW stood as a testament to his willingness to compete at the highest levels.
I will remember with fondest the footage of Colin kicking back and having a beer with Richard Burns - fierce competitors on track, best friends off it.
The motorsport world has lost a great ambassador. Many folk have lost a hero. A family has lost a son, a brother, a husband and a father.
Colin McRae RIP
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Colin McRae. 1968 - 2007
He was dynamic, exciting and always on the edge. He was looking forward to continueing his career in marathon rallies and raids. His outstanding performance in the recent Baja events for BMW stood as a testament to his willingness to compete at the highest levels.
I will remember with fondest the footage of Colin kicking back and having a beer with Richard Burns - fierce competitors on track, best friends off it.
The motorsport world has lost a great ambassador. Many folk have lost a hero. A family has lost a son, a brother, a husband and a father.
Colin McRae RIP
absolutely right. RIP Colin & Johnny McRae
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It is a tragic loss, and should be given the respect it deserves.
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First Richard Burns now Colin Mcrae it's a sad day in rallying RIP .... :cry: :cry: and deepest respect to his family on their Losses nobody deserves to lose any members of their family let alone father and son :cry: :cry:
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Whilst some may not be overly concernd with the paasing of a particular person, it is apperent that some, including myself are. Therefore negative comments regarding this death, or those who wish to pass sympathetic comment upon it will simply not be tolerated.
I have edited a number of posts and further disruptive posts will be deleted.
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Just try having a little respect for those who do care and find your remarks offensive redhand
thank you to the mud club admin for your fast action
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Eeyore =D> =D> =D> =D>
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cannot imagine what must have gone through his mind with his son for there last seconds, has made me feel very down all day, and i didnt know him.
strange old thing life and the world and how it all works, makes you appreciate the things around you that little bit more, when disaster happens.
RIP
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A sad day for motorsport, but an unimaginably sad day for 3 families. Somehow seems to make it worse when two of the occupants that died were only 5 and 6 years old :cry:
As said previously, rather crassly, there are many other deaths that we don't react to in this way (at least 87 in an airliner in Thailand today), but the point is that people in the public eye affect many others in a way that we think we know them. Even if we have never had the pleasure of meeting them.
As with most others here, our thoughts are with the 3 families directly involved. I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through. :(
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Having just deleted a couple of inflammatory post, may I ask that we try and keep it on topic folks, please.
Cheers
Eeyore
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Nice to see the F1 guys paying personal tributes today before the race.
Thoughts go to Colin's family & friends.
A true ambassador & sportsman.
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My deepest sympathies go out to both Collins wife Alison, his daughter Hollie, and his brother Alister, and also to the families of six-year old Ben Porcelli and Graeme Duncan who also died in the accident.
I never had the opportunity to meet Colin, but have the up-most respect for him.
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Conspiracy theories will be starting up next...............................
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/62488
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What a sad sad day
I'm chocked at this news.
RIP, all who died and my thought's go out to the familys
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Redhand, your right.
Everyone deserve's a proper send off, regardless of fame or stature
But Colin McRae was a hero of many and loved by a nation of motorsport fans
I dont know why you'd have a problem with a sporting legend dying.
But, times like these are not the time to have a silly rant about equallity of life
:roll:
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RIP sad news for all :cry:
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I have been interested in motorsport and particularly rallying since I was pretty young. Colin Mcrae was probably one of the most inspiring drivers ever. On his day he could've beaten any one of the drivers competing in the WRC and was simply poetry in motion to watch.
Unlike a number of motorsport drivers he had a real character his flair behind the wheel was awesome, I remember seeing him drive at the last year the super special stage was held at silverstone and just being blown away by his skill and the way in which he could move the car unlike any of the other drivers.
His contribution to the WRC and the other forms of motorsport in which he partook will certainly be missed by me.
Colin Mcrae was more than just a driver or a face on the telly, he was a motorsport hero (as well as being one of my heroes).
Iwould like to offer my condolences t the Mcrae family and the families of those involved.
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Ive been messing about all day with my 5 year old and my 1 year old , on my day off , and its enough to reduce you to tears thinking about the kids in that copter, when you see your own playing happily.
Mcrae was a genius in his field, a great man and my sincere condolences go out to all the people affected by the 4 lives lost in the accident/crash/fire.
As for people saying "its only another person dying", you need to respect the fact two kids died aswell at the very beginnig of their lives and if are cold hearted enough to think like that then keep it to yourselves.
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What a sad sad day
I'm chocked at this news.
RIP, all who died and my thought's go out to the familys
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Redhand, your right.
Everyone deserve's a proper send off, regardless of fame or stature
But Colin McRae was a hero of many and loved by a nation of motorsport fans
I dont know why you'd have a problem with a sporting legend dying.
But, times like these are not the time to have a silly rant about equallity of life
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I don't have any feelings either way about his death. I certainly never said anything negative about him. My point was why was his death more terrible then anyone elses?
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In these days of people famous for doing nothing or for sleeping with someone famous it is a sad day when the world looses sombody who really is a sporting A list hero :cry: :cry: .
My Deepest sympathies go out to his family
I have two boys and to loose them would be the end for me.
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Conspiracy theories will be starting up next...............................
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/62488
Now that's weird :shock:
I had an interview at Prodrive many years ago..... actually, the year before Colin won the championship with them. David Richards is a formidable interviewer :shock: Didn't get the job!
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Here's a little video I took of Colin doing what he does best at the Scottish Motorsport Show earlier this year
What a bloomin' shame :cry:
http://picasaweb.google.com/v8kenny/SMSS07/photo#5111676398018655522
sorry about the quality