Jesussin' 'ell that sounded fantastic. My spleen was oscillating!
Not Mike Harwood, it was Ian Harwood. Still going till 2015 it seems.
Fond memories. That was my dad sat next to him as he ran course car on the McRae stages. Always have a soft spot for the way he drove. Everyone has him pinned as a flat out and balls to the wall sort of driver, however the deftness of touch to perpetually slide a mk2 escort through gravel stages and the reaction times to keep the metro 6r4 on the tarmac through Donegals narrow back roads are such different and equally impressive skills. He was adaptable and able to turn his hand to all forms of racing. When him and Rossi swapped equipment for the day, much like Hamilton did recently, Colin was within a couple tenths of Vale's lap time by the end of the day. When he tried his hand at rallycross and only lost to Pastrana in the x-Games not due to rolling the car on the last jump but because (In Colins words..) he pushed too deep into the braking zone and understeered on the last corner. The noise his 6R4 used to make when sat in it was raucous!!Hope that the Impreza ends up somewhere that it will be driven and enjoyed rather than just stored for value, I would venture to suggest thats what he would have preferred.
