McRae Gathering
30th and 31st of August 2008
In the past few months since the sad passing of Colin McRae, feverish work has taken place behind the scenes to create a tribute from the Subaru community with the view of celebrating the life of a true legend. Now that official permission has been obtained from the parties concerned, McRae Estate, Jimmy and Margaret McRae and Prodrive, and approval for our plan been obtained from the relevent authorities, this is the time to release the details of what is planned.
An event taking place on the weekend of Aug 30th and 31st comprising of a convoy of Impreza's from Lanark, Colin's home town and Prodrive in Banbury. An overnight stop comprised of either camping for the * or Travelodge/B & B's for the not so * and a mass Subaru meeting on the Sunday at Prodrive in Banbury.
The route of the convoy is as follows and has been designed to go through or be near as many regions as possible:
Lanark - M74 - M6 - M61 - M60 - M62 - M1 - M25 - M40 - Prodrive, Banbury
The maximum speed of the convoy will be 10mph less than the given speed limit for the road and NO excessive speed will be tolerated by ANYONE.
Everyone taking part in the convoy will have one of these stickers on there car to designate that they are indeed part of the convoy.