The year was 2006, Colin had retired from full-time World Rally Championship shenanigans and the X Games had added a rally event to its roster of sports for the first time and lured the 1995 WRC champ to Los Angeles to compete.
Going up against the benchmark time set by Travis Pastrana in a similar Subaru Impreza, McRae roared into the stadium on his final lap looking set to claim gold. Going over the final jump, however, McRae rolled his car, dislodging the front spoiler, but landing on all four wheels. With barely a moment to think about it, he plucked first and set off again and crossed the line less than a second behind Pastrana’s time to claim silver and cement his legendary status.
