How Colin McRae’s Death Shook The World Of Rally

How Colin McRae’s Death Shook The World Of Rally - Past Gas #69

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Colin McRae’s motto was “if in doubt, flat out.” This week on Past Gas, we’ll talk about what came next for Colin McRae after winning the WRC, as he continued to race rally, helped launch the most popular rally video game ever, and helped build a legacy that would one day come to an abrupt and tragic end. As a testament to his life, James, Joe, and Nolan will answer the question, once and for all--is Colin McRae the best rally driver of all time? All those answers and more, on today’s episode of Past Gas.
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Пікірлер: 225

@martiniboy1811 3 жыл бұрын

"If you're going to buy a blue Subaru, you gotta put gold rims on it." -Nolan Me with blue WRX with gold rims: YEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

@franciswax 3 жыл бұрын

"THE ONLY PLACE CHAMPION COMES BEFORE PAIN IS IN THE DICTIONARY." NO FEAR.

@franciswax 3 жыл бұрын

FYI - i did just check my dictionary... champion does come before pain in it.

@fortpaddler1742 3 жыл бұрын

Could you do a series on the history of Top Gear. I have listened to you guys since the start and it is the one subject I would want to hear about. If you can please make this happen.

@HighItsBubba 3 жыл бұрын

This would be awesome

@liamschannel6294 3 жыл бұрын

That would be alot of research to be done going all the wayyy back to 1977 and finding out all of the old presenters some of which only even appeared for a few episodes before disappearing again🤣.. would be an interesting watch tho definitely!!

@boxerdog5979 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see episodes on tuners from the 80s and 90s like Callaway, Roush, Hennessy, Lingenfelter

@JoRgEChavez-to2xd 3 жыл бұрын

Callaway especially. Most people want overpriced supercars but I want the sledgehammer.

@macattack57 3 жыл бұрын

First thing I did of after I bought my Blue Subaru? Gold Wheels. As it should be.

@Jimrlst 3 жыл бұрын

When is the Joe Webber DLC coming to Dirt 5?

@That71stingray 3 жыл бұрын

In 20 minutes

@nobrakes425 3 жыл бұрын

Never

@cantevendecide 3 жыл бұрын

Said it before and I’ll say it again. Whoever edits these videos. PLEASE include pictures of the vehicles or clips they are talking about when they are talking about them. What’s the point of watching the video version of the podcast if you’re not going to include visuals?

@graysonparker9266 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@albertbrooks6236 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve said it before

@stworth83 3 жыл бұрын

Ha love how you guys had no idea who Seb Loeb is! recommend you do a show on him, possibly one of the greatest drivers of all time!

@chiefgilray 3 жыл бұрын

Killed Rally, the sport had no real competition and was boring

@Gaunafabandcustom 3 жыл бұрын

Cool story about fredrik Asabo I met him at a matsuri in Okinawa and asked him what gave him the bug. He told me that "I was with my grandmother in her old Volvo and the road was very icy, she started to under steer in a corner. So instead of going in to the ditch she ripped the handbrake and slid around the corner. Since then I was hooked"

@norwegianmountainbiker236 3 жыл бұрын

He's the host for the Norwegian Top Gear, he told the same story there too

@MegaRobbieDobbie 3 жыл бұрын

As a Father of 2 young boys, it breaks my heart to hear his child died as well. RIP Colin McRae and son as well as your friends involved.

@joelmatthews2790 3 жыл бұрын

You guys should do a Podcast on Michael Schumacher next!!

@adamstilldrives 3 жыл бұрын

I have been asking for this but given the situation I feel donut are waiting for the inevitable or his recovery. I wish him a good recovery don't get me wrong. I have grew up watching Michael dominate f1 but I didn't get to fully understand how he rose to dominate the world for 7 times. My childhood mind was very shallow when it was thinking about f1 cars. Now as an adult I like to understand things better.

@LiamNI 3 жыл бұрын

41:42 - Nolan, it's a Citroën Xsara, pronounced almost like Sara, but like a little breathy, like SaaRaah. Edit - ohhh, and it's Citroën, pronounced Sit-row-en (sorry to the French speakers, but it's Nolan.... 🤭) Source - Sales Executive for the biggest Citroën dealership in Ireland in the 2000s at the time of the Xsara road car and all-conquering rally car. We built a replica WRC Xsara from a 2.0i VTS, and it helped to promote Rally Ireland in its first year, along with Kris Meeke in the JWRC car doing some local rallys and showing WRC cars the way around..... Some awesome memories from that time....

@AxEnaHonda 3 жыл бұрын

That kit car though...

@that_ginger2838 3 жыл бұрын

The intro about how Colin McRae kicked the fenders and kept going, is the reason why I think rally racing is the best discipline, because the driver has to know how to fix or at least band-aid problems to get the car to the service station.

@Darkl3y 3 жыл бұрын

I love Colin McRae! I love Honda too though, when is the Soichiro Honda episode coming?

@brentlucke8713 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man that would be awesome, we got a glimpse of his life in so many up to speeds. I want the story behind the whisky distillery he had post-war.

@Kekoa1207 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for covering such an impactful driver in my life and, in my opinion, doing Colin justice. You should do the WRC as a whole since it isn't around anymore.

@3.9lsguy8 3 жыл бұрын

Check out that PS5 in the background behind James

@regismantiruote9139 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dc5_rob r/woosh

@ishaklemfadel5055 3 жыл бұрын

Not a ps5 bro lmao

@regismantiruote9139 3 жыл бұрын

@@ishaklemfadel5055 its a joke lmao

@dad8015 3 жыл бұрын

Do you guys not know what a joke is?

@AxEnaHonda 3 жыл бұрын

Well, it was not "mitsubishi livery", but Marlboro livery, in which instead of Marlboro, the driver's name was written. This happened because several countries banned ciggarette commercials, thus the livery with TOMMI written on it. The same happened with the 555 livery which appeared as ))), McLaren Mercedes/West ciggarette livery in Formula 1 and the most imaginative of them all, Jordan/Mugen Honda whose "benson and hedges" livery (with a couple of letter deletes) became "be on edge"

@vinnycent007 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Calgary, Alberta and remember my dad showing me that headline because I really like cars. I remember clipping it out and hung it on my wall for years. Gave me goosebumps when you guys mentioned it.

@jordangamesvlogs9892 Жыл бұрын

Ayy, another Calgarian! I’m too young to remember that clipping, sadly, as I’m 14

@infie1942 3 жыл бұрын

WE FINALLY GOT TO #69

@Astuaavullawe 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@xTorhnx212 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@pearlbuchanan1346 3 жыл бұрын

As a Scottish person it’s nice watching a podcast on a Scott

@pearlbuchanan1346 3 жыл бұрын

Straights are for fast cars, turns are for fast driver’s

@armbristersgarage 3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 speech

@ozoneozone1538 3 жыл бұрын

Suggestion - Graham Hill , Damon Hill Dad and the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport (Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and 24hr Le Mans).

@BoomSquadCarAudio 3 жыл бұрын

Episode 69 NICE!!!!

@thejuice_2273 3 жыл бұрын

James is literally hilarious. I’m done😂😂😂

@crazymotoman 3 жыл бұрын

James is this entire show , without him i believe it wouldn’t be half as good as it is ..

@LiamNI 3 жыл бұрын

35:00 ish - I think you're being a little unfair to Richard Burns in this little segment. I know this is about McRae, but Burns was a rally legend in his own right, with a life also tragically cut short through ill health (let's not kid ourselves, it was cancer) rather than a tragic accident. I think RB deserves his own video or two..... He even had at least one of the best special edition Imprezas ever named after him. Edit - typo

@mufcion 3 жыл бұрын

not to mention he also had a video game which is still one of the most realistic

@ScotSteam47 3 жыл бұрын

Burns was better than Mcrae. Cancer was tragic, Mcraes death was down to his own recklessness

@nickguilbert4259 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff you guys. Super Enjoyable. I had numerous No Fear posters on my bedroom wall. If you're not on the edge you are taking up too much space!

@nickguilbert4259 3 жыл бұрын

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 great game. Played it so much

@andrewgething8175 3 жыл бұрын

Good episodes, always liked Colin when I was growing up, and I had the codemasters game, you asked for suggestions, I have a couple: 1). Jim Clark F1 world champion in the 1960's, (was trying to see if you have already done one couldn't find it) he is from Scotland, farmers son, and quite guy, who won the F1 championship. . 2). The second one is Guy Martin, a true "character", and former Isle of Man TT racer, he has crashed a few times and has some metal pins in him, and he held a few speed records in several classes, from bikes, tractors ect, he is a truck mechanic by trade, and owns a Rolls Royce Merlin engine from a WW2 Spitfire, he has his own KZfaq (Guy Martin Proper) channel, and has tried his hand at everything, from helping make a steam powered traction engine, to a samurai sword, which he manages to impress the master sword maker in Japan. He has been on TV a bit in the UK, with his own show, not sure if he has made it to the USA. Keep it up guys, great show its helping me keep entertainted through the UK covid lock down.👍

@bughuulss 3 жыл бұрын

Day 74 of asking for the team to design a Dirty Dirk's Blinker Drink T-shirt from the Wheelhouse: Car Terms Every Car Nerd Needs To Know

@Tacojoint 3 жыл бұрын

Good man doing gods work

@oriolgonzalez9328 3 жыл бұрын

55:35 I'm not crying, YOU'RE CRYING!

@trevm5134 3 жыл бұрын

Such a good episode, I listen to all of them on Spotify while I work and I look forward to more from you guys.

@BoomSquadCarAudio 3 жыл бұрын

Love listening to the pod cast keep em going!!!! Lots to learn in the podcast archive

@t-money10 3 жыл бұрын

555 RIP!!! To the legend. I got to see his chances in la with the flip and it was so crazy... Glad I got to see it in person

@suomiauto 3 жыл бұрын

It would be nice to see an episode of a Finnish rally/F1 driver. In a lot of episodes you seem to always mention a Finnish racing driver so it would be nice to hear a full podcast of one, thanks.

@liamreilly1890 3 жыл бұрын

being Scottish and waiting for an upto speed for so long on Colin I was so glad you guys took the time to do it proper justice. I would be lying if I said I wasnt emotional when flower if Scotland played on the bagpipes. would love to see you guys do either Sir Jackie Stewart or Jim Clark next 👌🏽 Best Scottish accent goes to joe 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@alptekinday5062 3 жыл бұрын

the reason for the mitsubishi to have "tommi" written on the front is probably the ban on smoking advertisements. similar thing happened in f1 too, when it got banned the teams just wrote the name of the respective driver on where the name of the cigarette brand used to be, to go around the rule. mitsubishi had a deal with marlboro at the time, so instead of writing "marlboro", they wrote "tommi", since the livery and the font makes you think of the brand even though it doesn't say the name of the brand.

@joemiller6278 3 жыл бұрын

If valvoline has been around for 150 years, how about a Past Gas on them? That'd be cool.

@Post_Maquel 3 жыл бұрын

Legends never die. That's what separates him from the other rally driver I think (just like Senna as Nolan mentioned). He never quits. He never knew when to quit. It's awesome

@tallonmetroids271 3 жыл бұрын

The line from around 11 minutes in was an R. Lee Ermy line from Full Metal Jacket as well.

@stillfree06 3 жыл бұрын

You guys should look into BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) Its an amazing racing series with tons of awesome racing. And great history.

@stephen2-0-0k3 2 жыл бұрын

Great cover guys I had multiple opportunities meeting the great Colin McRae a true gentleman and legend back here in Lanark Scotland. Keep the podcasts coming 👌👌👌 Made time to sign a autograph, not many great would do that.

@dudesidabe8243 3 ай бұрын

The x games run was the best driving I've ever seen. What a legend

@bobbyc4772 3 жыл бұрын

when will it be in spotify version. wanna listen while i go for a walk

@jayrusty2012 3 жыл бұрын

Was gonna ask the same question for itunes!

@Jimrlst 3 жыл бұрын

It's out now

@Speciesmps 3 жыл бұрын

I still remember seeing and talking to colin and his brother alistar at a rally day event a week or two before his death Rip legend

@shalomangelo3809 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a tommi makinen and a carlos sainz sr episode

@zed6221 3 жыл бұрын

69 episode of "Past Gas "nice .

@jordangamesvlogs9892 Жыл бұрын

8:07 As a Calgarian I can very much say that I never expected to hear my home cities name on past gas.

@CraigBrosRacing 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you fellas for the podcast...⚡⚡⚡

@Lance123dr 3 жыл бұрын

24:04 come to Russia some day guys, we have several winter drift series and welcoming drift community here. Kawabata and Charles Ng already loved that. Plus apart from flight costs its pretty cheap.

@PrinterWorks97 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyy. Another podcast. Fck yeah. Always the highlight of my day.

@skaggigocharg06 3 жыл бұрын

Colin being a show man. Check out Colins Crest in the Swedish Rally.

@chiefgilray 3 жыл бұрын

Love the 'flower of Scotland' at the end, our national anthem always brings passion to our sports events and celebrations, One day, Scotland WILL be independent and be a nation again! Saor Alba

@bofflet7063 3 жыл бұрын

How about a Past Gas on the origins of Drift and Formula D? Will listen to anything you guys put out though, hands down my favourite podcast in the game right now.

@2Thumbs0402 3 жыл бұрын

I'd been a rally fan from about the time I knew what a car was. I always remember when watching it on TV, even if you didn't see the race number or the names on the side window you'd know it was McRae driving as the driving style was much more elaborate than anyone else's and he always had the biggest cheers from the crowds as he went past sideways. When I found out he died, I grieved like I'd lost a family member, and I'm not ashamed to admit I still get teary when I see anything about him now.

@Nick-xm6og 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best one yet

@dinis6858 3 жыл бұрын

As a WRC-fan, I really hoped for more criticism regarding his death. The crash was his fault and his reckles personality took the life of 2 children and 1 man, besides his own life. For me, he is seen too much of an idol in the rally-scene. You shouldn't idolise someone who committed manslaughter without criticism.

@paulshort1027 3 жыл бұрын

Great podcast guys.

@carlhirsch9515 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get an Up to Speed on the Mitsubishi Gallant? It’s got some interesting history as the predecessor to the Evo and I think they even made a VR-4 version.

@kingston463 3 жыл бұрын

Make one about British Leyland! Big fan of the podcast, cheers!

@scoobydoodandy4296 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome guys, thanks for the video. Be sorry for the lives of the children never fulfilled who died alongside Colin. As for the man himself, celebrate the single minded determination to not just win but do so spectacularly leaving nothing back in the locker room. Celebrate the boy who nicked his hero's bike when he wasn't looking, then emulated his hero in Rally before surpassing his achievements. Celebrate the legend who refused to win by the numbers but always gave 110% heart (math never was his strong point!). God bless you Colin, flat out man of Steele. RIP Graeme and the children, Johnny and Ben, tragically taken so young. Thanks again for the videos!

@fernandoraimundo0339 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a podcast on the Argentinian IKA Torino and the 84 hour Nürburgring endurance race. Also a podcast on Fangio. Thanks

@69BigLou 3 жыл бұрын

100K subs lets go!

@ChadmasterDante 3 жыл бұрын

The "being with a brand for so long that you don't really owe them much anymore" is just like Ken Block. He's been with Ford for a decade, and done a lot with them, but I'm glad he's able to do things with other manufacturers now and isn't stuck with them

@carlosproglass 8 ай бұрын

Still listening to you guys in 2023

@DrToddBoddMD 3 жыл бұрын

Nolan sounds like Shrouded Hand when he does his “Scottish” accent lol

@piotrpaczuski4060 2 жыл бұрын

Even I shed the tear...

@gurglingcrowd7758 3 жыл бұрын

Already sold on the video after that manscaped commercial xD

@jamessizemore7103 3 жыл бұрын

I love that tenacious D plug😂

@nickmitchell6443 20 күн бұрын

Why does it say that Derek Ringer was his co driver in the Ford Focus when it was Nikie Grist, unless I've missed something 🤔

@smac919 3 жыл бұрын

The bad crash in the Ford Focus that Colin had, after crashing and flipping the car off the cliff, and landing upside down, Colin was stuck inside the car for 45min while the wreck crews tried to get him out.

@ParadiseConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

Podcast #69? Nice

@liamschannel6294 3 жыл бұрын

The end of that brought a tear to my eye ngl! I was 13 when he died and the day he died, i was actually down ravenscraig park in Kirkcaldy (Scotland) the day he died and me and my mum remembered seeing a helicopter flying past that day and later when we discovered he had had his accident the route his helicopter would have taken would have passed over the park we were at and to this day im convinced it was his helicopter we seen that day fly over us, (we don’t see many helicopters over here) which i think is really sad and ironic considering how i used to be obsessed with him as a kid, had all the ps1 games, had a model impreza and scalectrix WRC Focus and impreza and posters etc! Definitely the most exciting rally driver of our time! Maybe not always the most reliable for a win but definitely the best when you look at him as an overall guy, man was just into anything with an engine basically and had a fuckin unbelievable talent!

@MudhaffarAdhwa 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew my country had a WRC event

@greenflag6939 3 жыл бұрын

They should do an episode on the Z series

@SkateBNE 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this was amazing Donut!!!

@750li_Behemoth 3 жыл бұрын

FYI as a Scottish person. Lanark is pronounced lan-urk. Not la-nark. 😁

@MountainSlayers 3 жыл бұрын

We'll be starting the first community owned Rally team soon! Sub to support us!

@jchrizzy6995 3 жыл бұрын

Did James sound different in the Past Gas intro sting this time??

@bionicshtcnt3421 3 жыл бұрын

A series on the Australian V8 Supercars would be cool

@MeatballYaro2 3 жыл бұрын

Hey how about an episode about Tim Richmond?

@patrickhiphop3531 3 жыл бұрын

the fuck is that ad read at the start lmfao, genius on their end!

@brianspenst1374 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the day he died. All of us Gen X race fans were heartbroken.

@martinmiller3560 3 жыл бұрын

Y'all should do a piece on Earnhardt senior

@NaviYT 3 жыл бұрын

It lowkey kills me how much James says "like" lol

@AlasdairGreig 3 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge the original Colin Mcrae Rally on PC is still one of the only driving games that actually had a driving school as part of the game

@nathanlogsdon26 3 жыл бұрын

Dirt 4 does

@andyhernandez8229 3 жыл бұрын

Make a past gas episode on the baja 1000

@jchrizzy6995 3 жыл бұрын

That intro scene sounds like me playing Dirt

@madscientistlife Жыл бұрын

He and Ken Block were the best drivers of all time. I still like the line from James' D list where he says Colin drove like dementors were chasing him. Rest in peace Colin McRae. Colin McRae and Ken Block are running Group B Rally with Jesus in heaven now. Godspeed and God bless.

@stratis722 3 жыл бұрын

Episode 69 *_nice_*

@yawny9710 3 жыл бұрын

When I heard his 5 year old was with him in the helicopter... that hit hard.

@pilotpancake1397 3 жыл бұрын

Bro my name is Colin, spelled with a K, and it's trippy watching this video

@ThrasherDBS 3 жыл бұрын

Huh, the 69th Past Gas. Nice. ...and it's for one of the best rally drivers of all time. Double-nice.

@speedracer2please 2 жыл бұрын

I think Duke Nukem originally said the "poop down your neck" thing? Unless he was referring to something else, like most of his lines lol. But then he actually did that to the end boss.