# Prodrive's David Richard's in Helicopter crash **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 17, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528 "2007-09-17T10:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/1 "2007-09-17T10:38:45Z")
> 24 hours after former World Rally Champion Colin McRae was killed, Prodrive chief David Richards survived a helicopter crash when returning from the Belgian Grand Prix. > > Richards, McRae’s former boss at Subaru WRT, was returning to Essex in the UK from Spa Francorchamps with his wife when the helicopter he was piloting suffered a fault. > > They crash-landed in a field and the aircraft turned onto its side, but police confirmed that Richards - to take his Banbury-based outfit into Formula One next year - and his wife Karen ‘walked out of the wreckage’. > > They were treated for shock but unhurt, according to _BBC_ reports. > “David and Colin were great friends and it’s an amazing coincidence that this has happened,” a Prodrive spokesman said. “We are just thankful he and Karen are okay.” Srsly, there are professionals that do this, stop flying yourself around. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/2 "2007-09-17T10:52:52Z")
WTF. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/3 "2007-09-17T10:59:17Z")
this is just funny ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/4 "2007-09-17T11:14:15Z")
[quote=“MOBOOST4U,post:3,topic:35528"”] this is just funny [/quote] :bloated::roll2::hang: ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/5 "2007-09-17T11:16:34Z")
wow wtf! no way this is a coincidence, this is CLEARLY a NASCAR plot to destroy rally racing before people start watching it and realize there is more to racing than left turns. ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/6 "2007-09-17T15:23:36Z")
[quote=“chino,post:5,topic:35528"”] wow wtf! no way this is a coincidence, this is CLEARLY a NASCAR plot to destroy rally racing before people start watching it and realize there is more to racing than left turns. [/quote] I do realize your post was in jest, but… Alan Kulwicki and another NASCAR driver whose name slips my mind at the moment (used to drive the Havoline-sponsored Ford Thunderbird) both died in helicopter/small plane crashes. ---
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/7 "2007-09-17T15:26:49Z")
[quote=“neurokinetik,post:6,topic:35528"”] I do realize your post was in jest, but… Alan Kulwicki and another NASCAR driver whose name slips my mind at the moment (used to drive the Havoline-sponsored Ford Thunderbird) both died in helicopter/small plane crashes. [/quote] I believe you’re referring to Davey Allison… ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/8 "2007-09-17T16:13:08Z")
[quote=“MPD47"”] Srsly, there are professionals that do this, stop flying yourself around. [/quote] for fuck’s sake indeed ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/9 "2007-09-17T17:59:39Z")
Christ, remind me never to fly in a helicopter… ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/10 "2007-09-18T04:55:32Z")
[quote=“neurokinetik,post:6,topic:35528"”] I do realize your post was in jest, but… Alan Kulwicki and another NASCAR driver whose name slips my mind at the moment (used to drive the Havoline-sponsored Ford Thunderbird) both died in helicopter/small plane crashes. [/quote] Sooo, you’re saying that it is not possible NASCAR is concerned that mainstream america will find out about Rally racing and their domination will come to an end?! :meh2: ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/11 "2007-09-18T05:15:07Z")
the thing is nobody gives a fuck about rally racing here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HYBOOST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hyboost/32/5088_2.png) [@HYBOOST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HYBOOST)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prodrives-david-richards-in-helicopter-crash/35528/12 "2007-09-18T20:04:09Z")
[quote=“BuickGN,post:11,topic:35528"”] the thing is nobody gives a fuck about rally racing here 🙂 [/quote] Well if they hired a well known foreign rally racer, brought him to the U.S. gave him a multi million dollar contract…uummm Nevermind,😉 It didn’t work for Soccer either…