World Rally champion killed

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Colin McRae, whose fascination with cars grew into an obsession that led him to 25 race wins in a World Rally Championship career, was killed in a helicopter crash in Scotland along with his 5-year-old son and two others, police said Sunday. He was 39.

McRae was piloting the helicopter, which he owned and was licensed to fly, when it crashed Saturday in a wooded area near his home Lanark.

McRae raced in the World Rally Championship from 1987 until 2004, becoming champion in 1995. He also took part in the Paris to Dakar rally, the Le Mans 24 hour race, the Race of Champions and the X Games.

McRae also lent his name to a best-selling computer game.

"I don't think anybody disliked him, everyone was his friend in the sport," world motorsport president Max Mosley said. "Some of his achievements in rallying were absolutely extraordinary. Everywhere he went he was an ambassador, an ambassador for the sport and for Scotland, he was terrific."

[Saurgrist]

I heard about this, very sad, RIP

[stubacca68]

i was just logging on to put this story on, this is a real shame, a great sportsman, a great driver a great ambassador for rallying, he will be missed and i wish his family my deepest condolonces, may he rip

[TGLucario]

i heard about the accident yesterday & i knew in myself that he would be dead & i heard on ITV durin the F1, that was killed

RIP Colin Mc!

What a tragedy, may he R.I.P.

[Setarime]

A tragedy for the world of motor sport but worst of all a tragedy for his family. May they RIP

[pRIMArc]

=( rip, Colin and his son.

[Setarime]

David Coulthard is ditching his traditional saltire helmet for the Japanese GP this weekend and is wearing, with the permission of the family, a Colin McRae design helmet which he plans to get signed by the rest of the drivers and giving it to the McRae family. A very touching gesture I feel.