My hero - Colin McRae

Hi, Steemers! 

I started to drive a car at the age of 12. My father parked an old Renault 4 at the big meadow and show me how to drive. After that he left me alone in the car and told me to drive through the meadow and - just not to go to the river that was beside that meadow. 

And that's how I started to learn to drive. 

At the age of 15 I started to steal the car from my father and go to regular traffic (without driving license, of course).  Back to rallies. 

I always admired rally drivers who went flat out through gravel roads. 

First rally I attended was INA Delta Rally 1990 and I saw only start of it. 

I started to follow World Rally Championship in late eighties. In that time Screensport existed (now Eurosport) and they reviewed WRC events day by day. 

And then miracle happened: I saw Colin McRae and his flat out driving. That moment I knew that I have my hero and I wanted to try rallying. 

I waited in front of Screensport every WRC event to see my hero Colin. 

I remember when he became World Rally Champion in 1995 in legendary Subaru Impreza WRC. 

I also remember September of 2007. I was lying in my living room watching CNN when I saw shocking news: Colin McRae, his son and two of his friends (one child) was killed in a helicopter accident.  

It was sad news for me because my hero was dead.  

And yes, I started my first rally in 2001 because of too much watching Colin McRae's flat out driving!

   last Colin's full season was in 2003 with Citroen

Credit (for photos and videos) to Getty Images and  WRC Facebook official  

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P.S. I almost started to cry while writing this.