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R.I.P. Colin McRae

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N-John360
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One of the greatest rally car drivers died yesterday in a helicopter crash. He was only 39. Not only was he a great driver, winning a championship and over 20 races, but his agressive driving style made him a fan favorite. That move he did at the x-games 2 years ago- rolling over and still finishing in 2nd- was very common to him. This has been a very sad week for Rally fans, as Richard Burns also died due to a brain tumor this week.
Sep 16 2007 12:27PM
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followCam
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I only heard about that today, really sad.RIP. I didnt know it had been confirmed yet
Sep 16 2007 12:30PM
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Nicholas.
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oh my god dude! thats unbelievable! damnnnnn man thats awful, i was watching him at x games this year, and that rollover was the sickest thing everrrrr, rest in peace...thats really shitty news man that guy was legit.
Sep 16 2007 12:31PM
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ValPow
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apparently his kid was in the heli as well

shame
Sep 16 2007 2:22PM
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skiierman
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Wow, are you serious? Holy shit... RIP
Sep 16 2007 2:26PM
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dave44
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Omg. RIP.

it is confirmed. here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/16/nmcrae216.xml

sad day. RIP
Sep 16 2007 2:36PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Amazing driver
R.I.P.
Sep 16 2007 3:45PM
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MrScruff
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So sad, one of my heroes. He was a skier as well I believe :(

Richard Burns died 2 years ago though
Sep 16 2007 3:46PM
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doublexl
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yeah i totally saw that guy pwn last year. thats sad
Sep 16 2007 3:49PM
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spere
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such an amazing talent, so sad, and the two children also.

R.I.P.
Sep 16 2007 4:35PM
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alaskakid
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Man, that guy was such a good driver and guy. RIP
Sep 16 2007 4:42PM
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staffpro
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Rip colin and Richard imo the two best things to happen to WRC sad sad to hear this
Sep 16 2007 4:43PM
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artfullydodged
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oh shit!! that's terrible. RIP
Sep 16 2007 4:46PM
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Swan_Solo
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RIP man, that sucks
Sep 16 2007 4:52PM
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Joan
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I hate it when shit like that happens, why cant the bad people die instead
Sep 16 2007 4:59PM
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860
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RIP
Sep 16 2007 6:03PM
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invaderskier36
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wow RIP
Sep 16 2007 6:08PM
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Nicholas.
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figured you guys should see how sick he was at driving, this is fucking awesome.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1709018414318421709&q=collin+mcrae+rollover&total=15&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Sep 16 2007 6:18PM
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MLB
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man RIP...some of the best rally drivers, and Dakar drivers as well.
Sep 16 2007 6:46PM
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jimmychung
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RIP! rally needs to become more popular in the states, i cannot imagine why nascar still dominates, it's fucking ridiculous. mcrae had an awesome xbox game too.
Sep 16 2007 7:17PM
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josh.
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it is ridculous how popular nascar is it is a horible motor sport its for hicks who dont know how to do a right turn after a while its easy to under stand there stradgy
Sep 16 2007 7:35PM
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anxju
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holy shit, i didnt know. RIP
Sep 16 2007 7:41PM
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Cronin
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i saw that, was hoping he managed to roll the heli and walk out or something. its terrible he was fun to watch RIP
Sep 16 2007 7:56PM
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N-John360
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I realized that. I use to be a really big fan of WRC, with them even coming through my former home town, which was one of the most amazing spectacles. But when i moved to the U.S. and realized they didn't cover real racing like rally or F1, I couldn't follow it as intensely as I use to. At least Speed use to cover it, but even they stopped a few years ago. I just heard he died a couple days ago, so I figured it was from this week.
Sep 16 2007 8:56PM
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brokebutitsworthit
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RIP by far my favourite driver, he made rally for me, always exciting, always talented, forever missed
Sep 17 2007 2:18AM
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dave44
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I guess there's a curse on successful rally drivers then.


Sep 17 2007 3:57AM
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Steezy_Street
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THankd for informing me..i had no idea. I was a big fan. Raly drivers are so skilled
Sep 17 2007 6:34AM
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DrStrangelove
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wow, i thought the thread title was some sort of joke or something, this is unreal...sucks sooooo bad
Sep 17 2007 8:55AM
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Shorton
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RIP so sad his 5 year old kid died too..
Sep 17 2007 12:11PM
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freeski1620
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wow, he was the man at driving, straight up.
rip.
Sep 17 2007 5:53PM
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jacqui-la-fripui
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wow, rest in peace all of them
Sep 17 2007 11:25PM
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Static
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R.I.P.
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Sep 17 2007 11:29PM
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Bangor
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Wow, RIP. Such a great driver, so unfortunate..... wow.
Sep 18 2007 12:05AM
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MrScruff
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_p6ulyTRg

Watch the whole thing, he absolutely canes the whole thing. Compare it to Pastrana's run and you can see he was just on another level.
Sep 18 2007 8:43AM
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SkierX
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RIP.

Man was an amzing driver. Takes serious skill and balls to do what he was doing. That rollover is just epic.

Too bad the heli didn't have the rollcage his rallycar had.
:(
Sep 18 2007 2:32PM
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