30 years on: When McRae became Britain’s first world rally champion

On 22 November 30 years ago at Chester racecourse, there was smoke billowing from the wheels of a navy-blue Subaru Impreza madly spinning. These celebratory donuts were performed by newly crowned 1995 world rally champion Colin McRae, accompanied by a Saltire held by co-driver Derek Ringer flailing out of the window.
It is an image that is impossible to forget for British rally fans, and …Keep reading