Richard Burns

Description: Sports: Motorsport / Sport Topic: Motorsport Drivers / England's first World Rally Championship winner.

Newest Review: ... into the man that was normally very well composed. Following on from Colin McRae, Richard Burns produced his own video game "Richard Burns Rally". This was very different to the Colin McRae arcade type game and Richards game was very technical, difficult to drive, had very narrow roads and above all was far more realistic. Upon his death, only one version had ever hit the shelves ... more

... with no follow up. The Richard Burns Memorial Rally has just completed it's second run and brings significant amounts of money to various charities. A man whose career was virtually ignored by the media who achieved amazing success. A shame he was taken...more

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Richard Burns. A British Champion. (505 words)
by - written on 07/09/09 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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Having recently competed in the Richard Burns Memorial Rally at RAF Marham last month, I noticed that there was no review on Richard Burns on DooYoo even though the category already existed. This wasn't too much of a surprise. Richard Burns was World Rally Champion in 2001 and was British. Even though the British never seem to win much in any sport, when Richard won the championship with Robert Reid as co-driver, there was very little coverage in the news. Although he did take a drive for a few years with Mitsubishi, these are fairly forgettable. The drive with Subaru was what secured him as one of the drivers to watch out for. Coming second in 1999 ... Read the complete review

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