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Jimmy McRae
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Jimmy McRae is a successful Scottish rally driver. He is the father of World Rally Championship drivers Alister McRae, and the late 1995 World Champion Colin McRae. Aside from his rallying career, McRae has maintained and run a very busy plumbing business in his home town of Lanark, Scotland.
McRae was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title 5 times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988. In the European Rally Championship for drivers, he was runner-up in 1982 and his highest placing in the WRC was 15th in 1983.
Throughout his career, McRae drove for a number of different teams, reaching a pinnacle during his spell in the Rothmans Rally Team, driving an Opel Manta 400. During his time at Rothmans, his team mates were Ari Vatanen, Walter Röhrl and Henri Toivonen. He then progressed to the venerable MG Metro 6R4.
Though mostly retired from motorsport now, McRae still occasionally competes on Historic Rallies and some Scottish Rally Championship events with some occasional outings on the Wales rally GB. In 2006 he won the Roger Albert Clark Rally in a Stobart Motorsport sponsored Mark 2 Ford Escort. |
| Date of Birth |
28/10/1943 |
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Lanark |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
Rally
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| 1984 |
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| 1987 |
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| 1988 |
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