He finished second in the league with a club record 144 RBI, behind only Seattle's Edgar Martínez's 145 RBI, and breaking Hal McRae's 1982 team mark of 133.

The second single from their album " Radio Heart " was released on 19 May ( and featured in the game Colin McRae's DiRT 2 ), 2008 from their album This Is Not The World followed by the release of the music video for the single on 16 April.

McRae's second album, Just Like Blood, was released in the UK in February 2003 produced by Ben Hillier, whose credits include Elbow, Martha Wainwright and Blur.

The championship takes place over three years ( 2002, 2003, 2004 ), with the difficulty increasing each year, as you race to try and become the Sparco Rally Champion in Colin McRae's Ford Focus RS WRC 02.

In 2006 he was a special guest on Tom McRae's Hotel Cafe Tour.

McRae's outstanding performance on the Subaru World Rally Team enabled the team to win the World Rally Championship Constructors ' title three times in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

McRae's intermittent success with Ford continued into 2001, where after failing to score in any of the first four rounds, including having momentarily led defending winner Tommi Makinen on the stages of the season opening Monte Carlo Rally prior to being forced into retirement, he then went on to score three consecutive victories in Argentina, Cyprus and Greece to tie with Mäkinen at the top of the points table.

McRae's previously active website, ColinMcRae. com, was later replaced with a memorial screen stating a few details about the crash, and then with a short statement released on behalf of McRae's father, Jimmy, and later a book of condolences.

Also, the song "( Sittin ' on ) the Dock of the Bay " by Otis Redding, a favourite song of McRae's, was played when the family entered the chapel ; and The Proclaimers ' song " I'm on My Way " was played when they left.

Images from McRae's career and personal life were displayed on large video screens outside the church.

Formula One driver David Coulthard, a good friend of McRae, who was due to represent Scotland along with him in the Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium on 16 December, described him as " an understated yet fantastically talented individual ", he also announced that he would race the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix with a helmet paint design similar to that of McRae's as a tribute.

The PlayStation 3 edition was released in the UK on 14 September, the day before McRae's death.

Cincy tied things up in the fifth on Hal McRae's sacrifice fly.

McRae's single outing in the Formula One World Championship was at the 1973 British Grand Prix on 14 July 1973, where he retired in the first lap.

It was the daughter of a woman retired federal intelligence analyst who discovered McRae's wrongdoing, when the daughter received an acknowledgement from Councillor Cullen on which the content of her pro-bylaw e-mail was changed to read the opposite.

Belk converted the 39 Proffitt's and McRae's stores to the Belk nameplate on March 8, 2006.

In July 2005, Saks completed the sale of its Southern Department Store Group consisting of Proffitt's and McRae's to Charlotte, NC based Belk, Inc .. On October 31, 2005, Saks announced that it was selling Boston Store and its other Northern Department Store Group stores ( Carson Pirie Scott, Bergner's, Younkers, and Herberger's ) to Bon-Ton Stores in a $ 1. 1 billion deal ; the transaction was completed on March 6, 2006.

Despite McRae's death in September 2007, Codemasters retained the use of his name on their rally games until the release of Dirt 3, where the moniker was dropped.

Colin McRae's Subaru Impreza was featured on the game's cover.

The car featured on the front cover of the game was McRae's Ford Focus WRC 2000 ( V3 FMC ).

It was released on 26 October 2007, just six weeks after McRae's death in a helicopter crash.

McRae's competitive spirit also led him to compete in racing series other than the WRC.

Bechirian helped to shape McRae's soft-spoken sound, which later gained McRae a deal with Dave Bates's db Records, ( db / BMG records ).

The McRae's operations would ultimately be consolidated into the Proffitt's division's Alcoa, Tennessee, based offices.

As a result, Saks closed the McRae's store.

The store had remained vacant since the 2005 closure of McRae's as a result of a lawsuit between the Pizitz family ( which had retained ownership of the store real estate after its sale in 1987 ) and Saks Incorporated ( which inherited the lease obligations of its defunct McRae's operation ).

The local Everett Wobblies started their street rally anyway, and as a result, McRae's deputized citizens rounded them up and hauled them off to jail.

David Richards, McRae's former boss at Subaru, who had by now taken over WRC's commercial rights holders ISC and worried that the loss of a character like McRae would damage his ability to market the sport, set about trying to help McRae find a drive for 2004.

" Alex Cullen accepted McRae's apology and said he would now put the issue behind him.

They would however, continue to operate under the McRae's name.

The year 2005 would signal the end of the Proffitt's and McRae's with the purchase of those stores by Belk.

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The decision resulted in a July 2005 sale of its combined 47 Proffitt's and McRae's stores to Belk for approximately $ 622 million.

A year later, he began to negotiate with another club member to use his Hillman Avenger for the Kames Stages, a single-staged rally venue not far from McRae's home.

McRae's contract with Ford came to an end following the 2002 season, and after reportedly asking for wages of five million pounds a year, Ford decided against renewing the contract, reluctant to commit such a high amount of their budget to a drivers salary.

Additionally, the former Pizitz / McRae's location simultaneously became available for occupancy.

Shaun McRae left the club to return to Australia at the end of the 2004 season ; he was replaced by former England coach John Kear, who had previously been McRae's deputy.

In 2006, McRae's department store was sold and rebranded to Belk.

Within the next two years, McRae's was acquired by and converted to Belk.

The company's main-line department store group was made up of its Southern Department Store Group: McRae's and Proffitt's, the Northern Department Store Group: Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Herberger's and Younkers, the company's Specialty Department Store Group Parisian, and the company's Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises which included Saks Fifth Avenue and Off 5th.

McRae's fourth album, King of Cards, was recorded in Suffolk and released in May 2007.

McRae's fifth studio album, The Alphabet of Hurricanes, was produced in his own recording studio, Gunpoint, in East London.

An address was given by Robbie Head, a former rally driver and commentator who was a close friend of McRae's, with the Rev Houston giving the benediction.

McRae's death was met by much grief from former colleagues, rivals and fans alike.

Within the same year, the Pizitz chain was acquired by McRae's of Jackson, Mississippi, and subsequently renamed.

Following the closure of the original Macy's location, the property was sold to Saks Incorporated, by then the parent of both McRae's and Parisian.

McRae's arrival was followed by the unveiling of new Head coach Peter Gentle ( formerly assistant-coach of Wests Tigers ), who took over from Richard Agar.