<![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Rest in Peace, Colin.
You were and will always remain a hero to many.

LuciferV8

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> My thoughts go out to the McRae family. The automotive world has lost not only one of its most talented, but also one of its best human beings.

Colin, I hope for the best for your son, but if he is with you, then I know the two of you are in a better place.

Fitty7lax

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> My condolences to his family. I'm sure the totality of the impact may be lost on those of us who have an interest in the sport, but are not too knowledgeable due to the lack of exposure on American TV. Until the saturation of NASCAR & pimp shows diminish, my education will be limited to snippets on YouTube.

smokeydog001

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> I hope they have Subarus in the afterlife. Rest in peace, Sir.

jnostalgics

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> I'm devastated, as is the rest of the worldwide rally family. We will press on regardless as Colin would have insisted. I feel the loss closely as a rallyist and as a Scot, my grandmother's family is from Lanak as was McRae.

Xman

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Dave Richards and his wife have just walked away from their own helicoter crash:

[news.bbc.co.uk]

Un-freaking-believable!

FLB

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> My dad has been on eight helicopters with eight different pilots in relation to his work. All eight pilots have died in crashes. Since learning this, he hasn't been on any more helicopters. It would appear that they're intrisically unsafe.

In any event, a definite loss for the world of rally racing, the only type of automobile racing worth watching.

xenti

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> I can't believe this has happened. Colin McRae was a hero of mine and a national hero in Scotland. This accident has been a tragic waste of life and my heart goes out to all those affected, especially his wife and daughter.

Euromobile

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> @athodyd - It's hard to say - either way, he would've gone out doing something he enjoyed. Either way though, just too soon. Most rally drivers come across as nice guys, and McRae was no exception. He'll be really missed from a great sport.

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> i`m just shocked...

one of the best drivers has gone.. r.i.p my friend...

Stuntdriver

Stuntdriver

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Rally drivers can do things no other kind of drivers can. Colin could do things many other rally drivers could not. For the foreable future all of my spooling will be with him in mind. It is a sad day for all hoons and rally fans alike. May he rest in peace.

koolykool44

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> One of the greats that really started putting WRC into mainstream American viewing what a tragic loss

yellofury * * * * *

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Wow this sucks. I hope his family pulls through.

stopcrazypp

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> That sucks..WRC will never be the same.

SLR_BlowerMania

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

mutedthud

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Man, what a bummer >:( I had the most cargasmic weekend, culminating in our first anniversary trackday (I thought it might also be our last, but she ended up actually having alot of fun) with my sweetheart, soulmate, and wife yesterday. She even got to pass a Pantera in her A6! OK, he wasn't trying, but it still made her day after all those blue flags thrown at her. And then I come back to work and read about this truly sad event. Even more uncool than when Carl Sagan passed. My wife got to know realm 2 yesterday, and today, Colin and his son (and possibly others...)get to meet the realm beyond. Further proof that god doesn't really exist, or is at least bipolar and/or spiteful, IMO.

Don't forget to pour out the last gram or so of that 5w30 Mobil1 for our dead homies next oil change. My turbos will be spooling a little slower for a while.

Turboner

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Please forgive the pun, but Race in Peace, Mr. McRae.

@smokyburnout: Ironically, according to the article on the Beeb's website, helicopter flying was one of his greatest passions in life, along with racing. My thoughts go out to the McRae family, and those other families whose progeny were present in the vehicle when it took that unexpected return to Terra Firma.

Again, RIP Mr. McRae. You were a better driver than I could ever hope to be.

lumpydog

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Terrible news... RIP Colin & son.

pitchpitch Type-Я

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> @athodyd: it's worse. at least when a racer goes out racing, you know they died happy...
im sort of lost for words right now.

smokyburnout

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> I looked forward to seeing what Colin would do next. This is not what I was looking for. I am deeply saddened for his family Especially Alison. She has just lost 2 of the closest people in her life. We all miss him.

Duffman

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Oh wow, that's awful. Is it somehow better or worse that he didn't die in his car?

athodyd

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> I am absolutely devastated.

RIP and I hope that wherever you go that there is a rally-prepped Subaru with your name on it waiting for you.

Thanks for the memories.

JohnnyWagon

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Damn. Thank you, Mr. McRae, for all that you have done here on Earth. Now go up there and tear it up with Donahue, Senna, and Toivonen.

The Thirteenth Sentry

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> Unbelievable. Rest in peace, Colin, and thanks for the memories.

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> I was taking a break from watching the Grand-Am race on Speed. I just want to throw up. I'm absolutely gutted. RIP Colin, and thanks for the many wonderful memories... :(

FLB

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> It's been a tragic few years for rally, with Richard Burns, Michael Park and now Colin losing their lives far too young. Colin was one of the good guys of the sport, extremely talented and hugely likeable. My thoughts are with his family and friends.

Kuang

]]> <![CDATA[Rally Champ Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash; Son Feared Dead]]> my heart goes out to the family. this is a sad day. rest easy colin and son

ryanawesome

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