Jimmy McRae

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Jimmy McRae
McRae on a stage rally in Scotland. April 1993
World Rally Championship record
Nationality	British Scottish
Active years	1976–1989
Teams	Vauxhall, Opel, MG Rover
World rallies	20
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2
Stage wins	0
Points	56
First world rally	1976 RAC Rally


Last world rally	1989 RAC Rally

Jimmy McRae (b. October 28, 1943, Lanark) is a Scottish rally driver. He is the father of World Rally Championship drivers Alister McRae, and the late 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae. Aside from his rallying career, McRae has maintained and run a very busy plumbing business in his home town.

McRae was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988. In the European Rally Championship for drivers, he was runner-up in 1982, while his highest placing in the World Rally Championship was fifteenth 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.