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Colin McRae dies in helicopter crash

Colin's 2006 crowd-pleaser

Motorsports is an inherently dangerous activity, but it's always sad when a racer loses their life participating in that sport. It's somewhat ironic, however, when a racer meets their fate off the racetrack. Former World Rally Champion, and highly successful racer Colin McRae apparently crashed his helicopter not far from his home. Making it even more tragic is that his 5-year old son Johnny and 2 other passengers were also aboard and were also killed. No doubt a good portion of the motorsports community is saddened and affected by this loss, and my thoughts go out to McRae's family.

Colin's most memorable recent high-profile appearance was in the X-Games rally event. In the 2006 event he wowed the stadium crowd with an amazing flip and roll 2nd place finish that made news all over the world and pumped up viewer interest in the sport of rallying like no one else could. RIP, Colin.

See Colin's full run at the 2006 X-Games on YouTube