# Colin McRae killed in helicopter crash! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 15, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425 "2007-09-15T15:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/21 "2007-09-15T19:14:43Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![SI01](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/si01/32/7187_2.png) [@SI01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SI01)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/22 "2007-09-15T21:44:25Z")
Made horrifically worse by the fact that his 5 year old son was with him. Rest in peace McRae. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/23 "2007-09-15T22:01:09Z")
Oh shit that sucks. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/24 "2007-09-15T22:16:02Z")
wtf lame ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/25 "2007-09-15T22:17:50Z")
Very sad. Amazing driver… ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/26 "2007-09-15T22:43:52Z")
the other site wont load on my dumb laptop right now, is his son okay or did he die too? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SI01](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/si01/32/7187_2.png) [@SI01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SI01)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/27 "2007-09-15T22:54:26Z")
No one on board survived. As of right now, that appears to be Colin, his son and two as of yet unidentified others. This seriously sucks. ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/28 "2007-09-15T22:56:24Z")
wow thats fucking terrible. i feel even worse for his wife, and the rest of their families. ---
**Author:** ![SI01](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/si01/32/7187_2.png) [@SI01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SI01)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/29 "2007-09-15T22:58:31Z")
Thank God his wife and daughter weren’t with him. ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/30 "2007-09-15T23:05:22Z")
definately, would have been even more of a tragedy. ive watched him race in videos and i even had the gameboy games. who woulda thought this is how he woulda went. ---
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/31 "2007-09-16T08:49:39Z")
oh my god… This is not what I wanted to hear today. Rest In Peace Colin. Our co-driver is probably the last person to co-drive for him professionally (X-games) ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/32 "2007-09-16T09:57:03Z")
Oh, my… GOD… ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/33 "2007-09-16T11:15:36Z")
From article… "As a sportsman he was a true hero. As a driver Colin was misunderstood slightly as being reckless but everything you saw with him came from pure raw talent as opposed to being learnt. He was the Michael Schumacher of rally driving. Enough said. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/34 "2007-09-16T14:00:14Z")
This is a real shame, and quite sad. To one of the most legendary drivers of this era. RIP ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/35 "2007-09-16T15:16:55Z")
![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/zg326/09-16-07_0929.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/zg326/09-16-07_0929.jpg) a few of us sported the tape today. Good idea Rob ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/36 "2007-09-16T15:43:30Z")
he was our co-driver today. Looks like got tired of left turns so he got himself a real driver ☹ ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/37 "2007-09-16T15:49:30Z")
are you really wearing a lei?? ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/38 "2007-09-16T15:50:18Z")
[quote=“2TurboZ,post:37,topic:35425"”] are you really wearing a lei?? [/quote] They were the “wristbands” we all had leis ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/39 "2007-09-16T15:54:52Z")
I got leid twice ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425/40 "2007-09-16T19:20:02Z")
[quote=“AWDrifter,post:33,topic:35425"”] From article… "As a sportsman he was a true hero. As a driver Colin was misunderstood slightly as being reckless but everything you saw with him came from pure raw talent as opposed to being learnt. He was the Michael Schumacher of rally driving. Enough said. [/quote] A little post-mortem ass-kissing in that article, considering both Loeb and Gronholm both have more career victories in the WRC. Great driver, certainly one of all-time legends of the sport, and it is even worse that his young son perished as well as others in the incident, but to call him the Michael Schumacher of rally is something I would have to disagree with. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colin-mcrae-killed-in-helicopter-crash/35425.md?page=3)