Title: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Chris24 on August 16, 2008, 01:01:46 am
Prodrive today issued the following Press Release to the mainstream motoring media:
"McRae tribute to set new world record
A world record 1000 Imprezas are expected to descend on Prodrive on August 31, as the Subaru community gathers to pay a fitting tribute to the late Colin McRae.
Led by McRae’s 1995 World Rally Championship-winning Impreza 555, a convoy of Subarus will leave Colin’s home town of Lanark at 10 am on Saturday 30 August. The initially small group of Subarus will head down the A74, M6, M42 and the M40 before arriving at Prodrive in Banbury later the same day.
On Sunday August 31, organisers of the McRae Gathering expect more than 1000 Subarus from all over the UK to gather at Prodrive. The British motorsport company is the home of the Subaru World Rally Team, where Colin spent the most successful years of his rallying career; first winning the British Rally Championship in a Subaru Legacy in 1991 and 1992, before graduating to the works team Impreza and famously becoming Britain’s first world rally champion in 1995.
Colin also helped Subaru win the manufacturers’ championship in 1996 and 1997 and his 1996 Group A Impreza 555, will lead the convoy up the M40 for the final leg of its journey from Banbury to Prodrive’s proving ground in Warwickshire.
Having just set a world record for a gathering of Subarus, the aim is then to set a world record for a parade of Subarus, as all the cars circulate around the 2 mile test track. As a final mark of respect, the Subarus will park up on the mile-long straight to spell out the name Colin McRae in letters more than 100 feet tall and visible to anyone flying into nearby Birmingham International airport.
Prodrive chairman, David Richards, was instrumental in putting the young Colin McRae into a Subaru and nurturing his talent. He said: “Colin was not only an exceptional driver, but also a remarkable person and a great friend to everyone at Prodrive. Single-handedly he brought the sport of rallying into everyone’s living room, whether it was through his sideways exploits in the forest or through the many video games which bore his name. I can not think of a more fitting tribute to Colin than a gathering of so many Subarus, a car for which he did so much to make as popular as it is today.”
The McRae Gathering is only open to Subarus and to take part, all cars must bear the special ‘McRae Gathering’ plate. There is an entry charge of £10 for each car and all proceeds will go to the McRaes’ nominated charities. For more information and to join the convoy please visit www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk."
We cannot express how grateful we are to Prodrive for supporting us in the way they have. Already the McRae Gathering website is seeing increased traffic from across the globe as a result. Website articles and forum topics have been recorded in South Africa, Australia, USA, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Poland - amongst others and yesterday we received contact from a Rally Magazine in Argentina wanting to cover this event. Interest is expected to continue to grow as word spreads.
SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM
When the Subaru World Rally Team were approached about offering items to auction for this event, we expected a few bits and pieces - maybe some SWRT jackets or fleeces. Never in a million years did we expect what they have offered us...
Apart from
"an actual set of Petter Solberg's 2008 (blue and yellow rather than the newer style) rally overalls (cleaned, fortunately) which we'll get Petter to autograph at the Festival of Speed. These are not replica - and they are rarely made available to the public for purchase."
THE CONVOY AND WEEKEND
Please note that a McRae Gathering Sticker will be required to participate in ANY part of the weekend's events, not just to gain entry to Prodrive. If you want to just be part of the convoy then leave or join the convoy part way then you MUST carry an official sticker on the front of your car and you must register your details with us. This is a condition of Police approval for the event
Wee update people..
Thursday, 05 June 2008
It’s been a helluva week for the McRae Gathering team, but have we got news for you! Two of our Members travelled down from Scotland at some ungodly hour on Tuesday morning for a meeting with Prodrive, the local police and the local council to finalise things. I’m not going to go into all the details, but suffice to say it was a VERY successful meeting. We have the police and the local council very much on-side and the support that Prodrive are offering is simply incredible.
Straight after that and having had very little sleep and a somewhat adventurous journey back north of the border, our intrepid heroes had a meeting with Jimmy McRae and Campbell Roy regarding their involvement in this event, both from a McRae family point of view and the involvement of McRae Motorsport.
We still have loads to sort out, but there are some MAJOR high points already arranged and confirmed which we’re absolutely delighted and very excited to be able to tell you about:
Saturday Morning – 30th August
Jimmy McRae will make the iconic Colin McRae World-beating Impreza L555 BAT and Colin's Subaru Legacy available at the start point at Lanark Market for us all to drool over!
Jimmy is also going to look into making the Impreza L555 BAT road-worthy and legal to lead the convoy from the start point onto the motorway. If that can happen it will be a unique and truly one-off experience in our lifetimes that is guaranteed to send a shudder down the spine of all in attendance. Cross your fingers and everything else that this can happen.
Sunday Morning – 31st August at the Prodrive Banbury facility
Prodrive will open their heritage centre at the Banbury facility and the Subaru World Rally Team workshops for you to explore and make their barbecue available from which we’ll be serving hot breakfast rolls whilst we wait for everyone to arrive for what is truly going to be a once in a lifetime event
Sunday Lunchtime – 31st August
At 12 noon, Colin’s car from the 1996 World Rally Championship – N1 WRC – will roll out of the gates from Banbury to lead the convoy to the Prodrive facility at Warwick.
The Essex Police Impreza Interceptor as featured in the Channel 5 TV Programme “Police Interceptors” will take part in the convoy along with Warwickshire Police’s unmarked Impreza (be on your best behaviour guys!) We’re really excited about these guys taking part as it shows the support and buy-in we have for this event and we’re delighted they’re going to be part of it.
Sunday Afternoon – 31st August
There are still some final bits to sort out, but as things stand right now this is going to be an afternoon NOT to be missed!
On arrival of the convoy at Warwick:
Prodrive will lay on demos/passenger laps on the adverse handling track, demos/passenger laps on the wet grip and also on the off-road tracks
There will be the opportunity to book on Prodrive's Rally Day, with discounted rates available and 10% will go towards the charities
There will be a Show and Shine event for those who want to take part. Prodrive employees will be the judges with an exclusive Prodrive prize for the winner.
Warwick Police's road safety stand and their unmarked Impreza will be displayed
Plans are afoot to spell out C. McRae or Colin McRae in Imprezas on the runway at Warwick. Dave Richards of Prodrive who has bought into this event totally has said he will make his helicopter available for aerial photos. This would be awesome, but is going to take some organising! We’d love to do it and are looking into it. More on that soon but if anybody fancies taking the organising of that on then please email me - andy AT mcrae-gathering.co.uk. We're swamped with work so could be done with someone to take ownership of this.
The TV Company that are doing the “Police Interceptor” series on Channel 5 are interested in the TV rights to this event. That shows how big this is going to be. It’s going to be totally unique and an awesome day for any Subaru or Colin McRae fan. If you’ve not yet got your stickers for the Subaru event of the year then get them soon!
Other News
In other exclusive news, we have the official polo shirts for this all done, dusted and approved. We held off on publicising this as we were not going to go public until we were totally happy and had approval from the various people involved. We're now delighted to announce they will feature the McRae Gathering logo, the official Prodrive logo and the official Colin McRae Sport logo.
Prodrive branded clothing is almost impossible to get hold of and the official Colin McRae clothing is only available through official McRae Sport channels. For both of them to grant us permission to use their logos is a real honour and way beyond what we expected. It shows how highly Colin was and still is thought of by those who knew him and how much those people are supporting this event. These will be "once in a lifetime" shirts - NEVER again will anyone be able to purchase anything carrying the McRae Gathering, Prodrive and Colin McRae Sport logos. It's only down to the support of the people who loved and respected Colin that we've got permission to produce these. We expect to have them on the online shop early next week and expect demand to be high!
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Prodrive, Jimmy McRae and the McRae family, Campbell Roy, Thames Valley Police, Warwickshire Police and the local authorities for agreeing to and supporting this event. We will not let any of you down.
Finally...
It’s been a hectic few weeks since things have started to ramp up with much more going on behind the scenes than most of you will ever know. To those who have ordered stickers and waited patiently for them, thanks! To those who have ordered stickers and moaned they haven’t arrived within a week – give us a break! This is a massive event that isn’t happening for another 85 days so you’re not going to die if you don’t have your sticker(s) yesterday! There is absolutely shedloads of organising going on, but at the same time we have to juggle the work with our full-time jobs. If you’ve ordered then you will get your sticker(s) in plenty time. Please don’t make our job harder by complaining or hassling us!
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"McRae tribute to set new world record
A world record 1000 Imprezas are expected to descend on Prodrive on August 31, as the Subaru community gathers to pay a fitting tribute to the late Colin McRae.
Led by McRae’s 1995 World Rally Championship-winning Impreza 555, a convoy of Subarus will leave Colin’s home town of Lanark at 10 am on Saturday 30 August. The initially small group of Subarus will head down the A74, M6, M42 and the M40 before arriving at Prodrive in Banbury later the same day.
On Sunday August 31, organisers of the McRae Gathering expect more than 1000 Subarus from all over the UK to gather at Prodrive. The British motorsport company is the home of the Subaru World Rally Team, where Colin spent the most successful years of his rallying career; first winning the British Rally Championship in a Subaru Legacy in 1991 and 1992, before graduating to the works team Impreza and famously becoming Britain’s first world rally champion in 1995.
Colin also helped Subaru win the manufacturers’ championship in 1996 and 1997 and his 1996 Group A Impreza 555, will lead the convoy up the M40 for the final leg of its journey from Banbury to Prodrive’s proving ground in Warwickshire.
Having just set a world record for a gathering of Subarus, the aim is then to set a world record for a parade of Subarus, as all the cars circulate around the 2 mile test track. As a final mark of respect, the Subarus will park up on the mile-long straight to spell out the name Colin McRae in letters more than 100 feet tall and visible to anyone flying into nearby Birmingham International airport.
Prodrive chairman, David Richards, was instrumental in putting the young Colin McRae into a Subaru and nurturing his talent. He said: “Colin was not only an exceptional driver, but also a remarkable person and a great friend to everyone at Prodrive. Single-handedly he brought the sport of rallying into everyone’s living room, whether it was through his sideways exploits in the forest or through the many video games which bore his name. I can not think of a more fitting tribute to Colin than a gathering of so many Subarus, a car for which he did so much to make as popular as it is today.”
The McRae Gathering is only open to Subarus and to take part, all cars must bear the special ‘McRae Gathering’ plate. There is an entry charge of £10 for each car and all proceeds will go to the McRaes’ nominated charities. For more information and to join the convoy please visit www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk."
We cannot express how grateful we are to Prodrive for supporting us in the way they have. Already the McRae Gathering website is seeing increased traffic from across the globe as a result. Website articles and forum topics have been recorded in South Africa, Australia, USA, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Poland - amongst others and yesterday we received contact from a Rally Magazine in Argentina wanting to cover this event. Interest is expected to continue to grow as word spreads.
SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM
When the Subaru World Rally Team were approached about offering items to auction for this event, we expected a few bits and pieces - maybe some SWRT jackets or fleeces. Never in a million years did we expect what they have offered us...
Apart from
"an actual set of Petter Solberg's 2008 (blue and yellow rather than the newer style) rally overalls (cleaned, fortunately) which we'll get Petter to autograph at the Festival of Speed. These are not replica - and they are rarely made available to the public for purchase."
THE CONVOY AND WEEKEND
Please note that a McRae Gathering Sticker will be required to participate in ANY part of the weekend's events, not just to gain entry to Prodrive. If you want to just be part of the convoy then leave or join the convoy part way then you MUST carry an official sticker on the front of your car and you must register your details with us. This is a condition of Police approval for the event
Wee update people..
Thursday, 05 June 2008
It’s been a helluva week for the McRae Gathering team, but have we got news for you! Two of our Members travelled down from Scotland at some ungodly hour on Tuesday morning for a meeting with Prodrive, the local police and the local council to finalise things. I’m not going to go into all the details, but suffice to say it was a VERY successful meeting. We have the police and the local council very much on-side and the support that Prodrive are offering is simply incredible.
Straight after that and having had very little sleep and a somewhat adventurous journey back north of the border, our intrepid heroes had a meeting with Jimmy McRae and Campbell Roy regarding their involvement in this event, both from a McRae family point of view and the involvement of McRae Motorsport.
We still have loads to sort out, but there are some MAJOR high points already arranged and confirmed which we’re absolutely delighted and very excited to be able to tell you about:
Saturday Morning – 30th August
Jimmy McRae will make the iconic Colin McRae World-beating Impreza L555 BAT and Colin's Subaru Legacy available at the start point at Lanark Market for us all to drool over!
Jimmy is also going to look into making the Impreza L555 BAT road-worthy and legal to lead the convoy from the start point onto the motorway. If that can happen it will be a unique and truly one-off experience in our lifetimes that is guaranteed to send a shudder down the spine of all in attendance. Cross your fingers and everything else that this can happen.
Sunday Morning – 31st August at the Prodrive Banbury facility
Prodrive will open their heritage centre at the Banbury facility and the Subaru World Rally Team workshops for you to explore and make their barbecue available from which we’ll be serving hot breakfast rolls whilst we wait for everyone to arrive for what is truly going to be a once in a lifetime event
Sunday Lunchtime – 31st August
At 12 noon, Colin’s car from the 1996 World Rally Championship – N1 WRC – will roll out of the gates from Banbury to lead the convoy to the Prodrive facility at Warwick.
The Essex Police Impreza Interceptor as featured in the Channel 5 TV Programme “Police Interceptors” will take part in the convoy along with Warwickshire Police’s unmarked Impreza (be on your best behaviour guys!) We’re really excited about these guys taking part as it shows the support and buy-in we have for this event and we’re delighted they’re going to be part of it.
Sunday Afternoon – 31st August
There are still some final bits to sort out, but as things stand right now this is going to be an afternoon NOT to be missed!
On arrival of the convoy at Warwick:
Prodrive will lay on demos/passenger laps on the adverse handling track, demos/passenger laps on the wet grip and also on the off-road tracks
There will be the opportunity to book on Prodrive's Rally Day, with discounted rates available and 10% will go towards the charities
There will be a Show and Shine event for those who want to take part. Prodrive employees will be the judges with an exclusive Prodrive prize for the winner.
Warwick Police's road safety stand and their unmarked Impreza will be displayed
Plans are afoot to spell out C. McRae or Colin McRae in Imprezas on the runway at Warwick. Dave Richards of Prodrive who has bought into this event totally has said he will make his helicopter available for aerial photos. This would be awesome, but is going to take some organising! We’d love to do it and are looking into it. More on that soon but if anybody fancies taking the organising of that on then please email me - andy AT mcrae-gathering.co.uk. We're swamped with work so could be done with someone to take ownership of this.
The TV Company that are doing the “Police Interceptor” series on Channel 5 are interested in the TV rights to this event. That shows how big this is going to be. It’s going to be totally unique and an awesome day for any Subaru or Colin McRae fan. If you’ve not yet got your stickers for the Subaru event of the year then get them soon!
Other News
In other exclusive news, we have the official polo shirts for this all done, dusted and approved. We held off on publicising this as we were not going to go public until we were totally happy and had approval from the various people involved. We're now delighted to announce they will feature the McRae Gathering logo, the official Prodrive logo and the official Colin McRae Sport logo.
Prodrive branded clothing is almost impossible to get hold of and the official Colin McRae clothing is only available through official McRae Sport channels. For both of them to grant us permission to use their logos is a real honour and way beyond what we expected. It shows how highly Colin was and still is thought of by those who knew him and how much those people are supporting this event. These will be "once in a lifetime" shirts - NEVER again will anyone be able to purchase anything carrying the McRae Gathering, Prodrive and Colin McRae Sport logos. It's only down to the support of the people who loved and respected Colin that we've got permission to produce these. We expect to have them on the online shop early next week and expect demand to be high!
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Prodrive, Jimmy McRae and the McRae family, Campbell Roy, Thames Valley Police, Warwickshire Police and the local authorities for agreeing to and supporting this event. We will not let any of you down.
Finally...
It’s been a hectic few weeks since things have started to ramp up with much more going on behind the scenes than most of you will ever know. To those who have ordered stickers and waited patiently for them, thanks! To those who have ordered stickers and moaned they haven’t arrived within a week – give us a break! This is a massive event that isn’t happening for another 85 days so you’re not going to die if you don’t have your sticker(s) yesterday! There is absolutely shedloads of organising going on, but at the same time we have to juggle the work with our full-time jobs. If you’ve ordered then you will get your sticker(s) in plenty time. Please don’t make our job harder by complaining or hassling us!
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Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Chris24 on August 16, 2008, 01:03:38 am
I for one plan on setting up a chair with a few beers on my local bridge over the M6 to watch the convoy go past and hanging a scottish flag and a Subaru banner (If my local dealer will lend me one for the day) to salute those taking part.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Martini...LB on August 16, 2008, 01:36:15 am
Good for you Chris. Nice thought. Please raise one for me.
>Martini...
>Martini...
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: mike(liverpool boys) on August 18, 2008, 07:43:19 pm
I want to be in that convoy in my mates Impreza P1 ;D
Only problem being is that he will be in mexico then and he is a tad funny about handing the keys over ::)
Will post again if my plan comes together :P
Only problem being is that he will be in mexico then and he is a tad funny about handing the keys over ::)
Will post again if my plan comes together :P
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: jpchenet on August 19, 2008, 02:34:52 pm
Wish I could be in it but as most of you know, the STi didn't return from France in June! :'(
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: JDS on August 19, 2008, 02:42:33 pm
Wish I could be in it but as most of you know, the STi didn't return from France in June! :'(
Have you got a replacement for it yet Mark? Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: nickliv on August 19, 2008, 03:08:55 pm
Wish I could be in it but as most of you know, the STi didn't return from France in June! :'(
It's for the best really Mark, Sexually transmitted infections are always best left in France.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: jpchenet on August 19, 2008, 05:18:21 pm
Wish I could be in it but as most of you know, the STi didn't return from France in June! :'(
Have you got a replacement for it yet Mark? i've been forced to go all sensible for a while, so I've just got an Audi A8 (and it's not a diesel before anyone asks! ;-))
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Martini...LB on August 19, 2008, 06:18:41 pm
Wish I could be in it but as most of you know, the STi didn't return from France in June! :'(
Have you got a replacement for it yet Mark? i've been forced to go all sensible for a while, so I've just got an Audi A8 (and it's not a diesel before anyone asks! ;-))
Good choice... will you really want a Scuby after that?
>Martini...
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Steve Pyro on August 19, 2008, 08:23:18 pm
i've been forced to go all sensible for a while, so I've just got an Audi A8 (and it's not a diesel before anyone asks! ;-))
Mark, I'm not sure if you were aware, but Mrs B totaled her Trans Am on the Thursday of Le Mans week. After much sadness and wringing of hands she's now bought herself a ...................................... Monaro!
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: jpchenet on August 20, 2008, 10:21:27 am
Wish I could be in it but as most of you know, the STi didn't return from France in June! :'(
Have you got a replacement for it yet Mark? i've been forced to go all sensible for a while, so I've just got an Audi A8 (and it's not a diesel before anyone asks! ;-))
Good choice... will you really want a Scuby after that?
>Martini...
It's a fine car and no mistake, but it's a totally different type of car to the Scooby. In the ideal world I'll save up some pennies and get an older STi as my "fun" car in a year or so.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: jpchenet on August 20, 2008, 10:25:10 am
i've been forced to go all sensible for a while, so I've just got an Audi A8 (and it's not a diesel before anyone asks! ;-))
Mark, I'm not sure if you were aware, but Mrs B totaled her Trans Am on the Thursday of Le Mans week. After much sadness and wringing of hands she's now bought herself a ...................................... Monaro!
Yes I did read that as I was catching up on the threads Steve, but unfortunately my car allowance stipulates I have to have a four door car, and the new model 4 door VXR8's were more than I wanted to pay!
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Steve Pyro on August 20, 2008, 10:29:26 am
Wait a year or two. They'll be at half list price for a 2 year old car (as was the Monaro).
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Perdu on August 20, 2008, 05:38:39 pm
Steve
half list price if two years old...
Is it the red b*gger they used as trackday control last year at Marham? ;D
Jeez that was a swift mobile, dealer's runabout from some place in Eastangular.
I dont often drool at modern cars, but for the Monaro I will make a rare exception.
bill
half list price if two years old...
Is it the red b*gger they used as trackday control last year at Marham? ;D
Jeez that was a swift mobile, dealer's runabout from some place in Eastangular.
I dont often drool at modern cars, but for the Monaro I will make a rare exception.
bill
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: jpchenet on August 20, 2008, 07:07:03 pm
Wait a year or two. They'll be at half list price for a 2 year old car (as was the Monaro).
The one I looked at was 4 months old with 3000 miles on it and it was down to £26k already!! :o
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Steve Pyro on August 20, 2008, 08:17:53 pm
Steve
half list price if two years old...
Is it the red b*gger they used as trackday control last year at Marham? ;D
Jeez that was a swift mobile, dealer's runabout from some place in Eastangular.
I dont often drool at modern cars, but for the Monaro I will make a rare exception.
bill
half list price if two years old...
Is it the red b*gger they used as trackday control last year at Marham? ;D
Jeez that was a swift mobile, dealer's runabout from some place in Eastangular.
I dont often drool at modern cars, but for the Monaro I will make a rare exception.
bill
Here she is ;D
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Jay (Team Cannonball) on August 20, 2008, 09:12:14 pm
I've just joined the ranks of Impreza owners - picked myself up a 2005 WRX with the Prodrive pack added. Its brutal! ;D
I thought I would miss the Alfa and all the stress it caused me. Alfa what Alfa!
I would love to go to this gathering but I'm having to go to the outlaws. Poo.
I thought I would miss the Alfa and all the stress it caused me. Alfa what Alfa!
I would love to go to this gathering but I'm having to go to the outlaws. Poo.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Perdu on August 20, 2008, 09:15:31 pm
hmm
it IS the right red!
Did it have traces of "demonstrator" stickers everywhere? ;)
I really lurve that car
awesome!
And it is a proper car not a hi-falutin' rootin'-tootin' can't use it on Monday to go to work car...
nice.
AND
re: the McRae meetup, having been partially responsible for arranging 1000 Sprites and Midgets at Gaydon in May I hope this comes off for the organisers.
A fitting tribute to a great guy
respect chaps!
it IS the right red!
Did it have traces of "demonstrator" stickers everywhere? ;)
I really lurve that car
awesome!
And it is a proper car not a hi-falutin' rootin'-tootin' can't use it on Monday to go to work car...
nice.
AND
re: the McRae meetup, having been partially responsible for arranging 1000 Sprites and Midgets at Gaydon in May I hope this comes off for the organisers.
A fitting tribute to a great guy
respect chaps!
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Robbo SPS on August 22, 2008, 01:03:28 am
I wonder if other scoobies would be allowed..... ??
Legacy for instance ?
Legacy for instance ?
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Jules G on August 22, 2008, 11:26:59 am
Robo, all makes of Scoobies are allowed, one of my team Nigel has a Forrester (ex imp and legacy owner) he's hooking up with some other LMer's from the Essex Scooby owners Club and heading over to Banbury.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: amazing 1 on August 22, 2008, 03:53:28 pm
I for one plan on setting up a chair with a few beers on my local bridge over the M6 to watch the convoy go past and hanging a scottish flag and a Subaru banner (If my local dealer will lend me one for the day) to salute those taking part.
Chris please give a wave for me.
Randy
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: McRae Gathering on August 22, 2008, 10:09:17 pm
I for one plan on setting up a chair with a few beers on my local bridge over the M6 to watch the convoy go past and hanging a scottish flag and a Subaru banner (If my local dealer will lend me one for the day) to salute those taking part.
Hi there,
As one of the organisers of the McRae event, I just had to register to say Sir, you are a gentleman. Yes, we're Googling and amazed at the support we're seeing for our little (or not so little!) tribute event from right across the globe.
I'll be running a stickered-up black 07 WRX up towards the front of the convoy - if I see a guy in a chair with a beer and a Scotland flag I'll be sure to give you a wave :)
All the best
Andy
McRae Gathering Team
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: mike(liverpool boys) on August 29, 2008, 05:21:52 pm
I want to be in that convoy in my mates Impreza P1 ;D
Only problem being is that he will be in mexico then and he is a tad funny about handing the keys over ::)
Will post again if my plan comes together :P
Only problem being is that he will be in mexico then and he is a tad funny about handing the keys over ::)
Will post again if my plan comes together :P
The twat wont hand over the keys!!! :'(
I will be at the start of the event with a couple of mates in the STILL FOR SALE red fiesta ST.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Chris24 on August 30, 2008, 04:25:23 pm
Just been to Charnock Richard services, and wow what a sight to behold ! Something like 600 Subaru's all in one place. You couldn't swing a stick without hitting a Subaru.
The traffic officers were well happy once they all left ! LOL !
The traffic officers were well happy once they all left ! LOL !
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Jules G on September 02, 2008, 01:12:48 pm
The gathering has been filmed by the Fifth Gear Crew and will be on the box either next monday or the one after. All the Sccoby's formed the name Colin at Prodrives test facility near Warwick. Nigel from my lot was in a puke coloured forrester which was in the N for Colin. I will post some photos of the day when he sends them over to me in the next day or so. He's still grinning from the day as he had his photo taken with Vicki BH from the show :P
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Jules G on September 02, 2008, 01:38:59 pm
some photos have now been posted on the following link:
http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080901.009/30-mile-subaru-convoy-honors-mcrae-with-two-world-records
http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080901.009/30-mile-subaru-convoy-honors-mcrae-with-two-world-records
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Piglet on September 02, 2008, 03:49:08 pm
I for one plan on setting up a chair with a few beers on my local bridge over the M6 to watch the convoy go past and hanging a scottish flag and a Subaru banner (If my local dealer will lend me one for the day) to salute those taking part.
Hi there,
As one of the organisers of the McRae event, I just had to register to say Sir, you are a gentleman. Yes, we're Googling and amazed at the support we're seeing for our little (or not so little!) tribute event from right across the globe.
I'll be running a stickered-up black 07 WRX up towards the front of the convoy - if I see a guy in a chair with a beer and a Scotland flag I'll be sure to give you a wave :)
All the best
Andy
McRae Gathering Team
By the sounds of things you'd have had trouble working out which one Chris was as there were loads of people hanging over bridges!
It looks fantastic, I'll look out for the Fifth Gear footage. What a fantastic tribute to a fantastic man.
Title: Re: Colin McRae Subaru gathering 30th August - 900 car convoy !
Post by: Jules G on September 17, 2008, 05:54:09 pm
Well, Nigel has finally sent me his best photo of the day
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh114/JulesGee/NigelMcRaeDay.jpg)
The slot on fifth gear is now available on U tube, linky is:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7LATNz71h5k
Nigels Forrester is the metalic yellowish (puke coloured) in the N
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh114/JulesGee/NigelMcRaeDay.jpg)
The slot on fifth gear is now available on U tube, linky is:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7LATNz71h5k
Nigels Forrester is the metalic yellowish (puke coloured) in the N
