On Wednesday September 26,
2007, almost 200 mourners gathered to give the last farewell to former World Rally
Champion, Colin McRae, and his five-year old son, Johnny, who died in a
helicopter crash last September 15th, and whose bodies lie in the same coffin,
in a private service held at Daldowie Crematorium,
near
The service was attended by
family members and friends, such as the Formula 1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart and
the IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti.
The Scottish driver began
his rally career in 1986 and ran his first World Rally Championship in 1987 in
the Swedish Rally. He won his first WRC in 1993, driving a Subaru Legacy in the
Rally New Zealand. In his career he ran 146 world rallies, winning 25 of them
and finishing in the podium 42 times. He retired on 2006, although he was
expected to return to the sport.
McRae, of 39, died in Jerviswood,
Lanarkshire, half a mile from the family’s home, when the helicopter he was
piloting, crash and burst into flames. Besides his son Johnny, in the
helicopter also were his son six-year-old friend, Ben Porcelli, and a family
friend, Graeme Duncan, of 37 years old, who also died in the air crash.
McRae passing away has
shocked the auto racing world, as he was a legend and a hero for many people. He
was very beloved and respected in the