James Steele McRae (born 28 October 1943) is a British former rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title a record five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988 which as of 2023 still stands. 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. McRae runs a plumbing business in his home town of Lanark. He and his wife Margaret had three sons, Colin, Alister and Stuart. Both Colin and Alister McRae were World Rally Championship drivers, with Colin winning the world championship in 1995. McRae's brother-in-law Hugh "Shug" Steele is also a former rally driver. More about Jimmy McRae
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Jimmy began his motorsport career riding in Scottish scrambles (motocross) and he was second placed in the 1969 Scottish ACU Scrambles Championship, riding an Edgar Bros, Edinburgh AJS Y4 250cc Stormer. He started his rallying at the age of 31 driving his own Mk1 Cortina fitted with Lotus running gear followed by an Escort Mk1 twin cam. The following year he approached SMT and drove a Group 1 Vauxhall Magnum for them culminating in a works drive the following year in a DTV Gp 1 Magnum. In 1978 he was promoted to the full DTV team and drove a Group 4 Vauxhall Chevette HS then HSR in the British Rally Championship alongside a single cam Chevette in the Castrol Autosport Series, narrowly missing out on the title to Malcolm Wilson.In total, we tracked 120 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy McRae (Opel ascona 400 Jimmy mcrae signed ) was sold in January 2021 for £130.00 while the cheapest item (JIMMY MCRAE SIGNED VAUXHALL NETWORK Q RALLY TEAM OFFICIAL PHOTOCARD *WALES RALLY) found a new owner for £3.99 in October 2018. The month with the most items sold (7) was May 2020 with an average selling price of £10.00 for an autographed item of Jimmy McRae. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2021 with £69.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.99 was October 2018. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy McRae is worth £14.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jimmy McRae were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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5.5 x 3.5 AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE SIGNED BY JIMMY McRAE - RALLY | £12.99 | ||
Jimmy McRae Genuine Signed A4 Mounted Photo Chevette Rally DTV | £10.00 | ||
Jimmy McRae Genuine Signed A4 Mounted Photo Chevette Rally SMT | £10.00 | ||
Jimmy McRae Genuine Signed A4 Mounted Photo Chevette Rally SMT | £10.00 | ||
Jimmy McRae Hand Signed 7x5 Photo Rally Autograph 4 | £14.99 | ||
Jimmy McRae Signed 7 x 5 Photograph | £5.00 | ||
Jimmy McRae Signed 8 x 6 Photograph | £6.00 | ||
Official 1992 LOMBARD RAC Rally pak WRC programme autographed signed Jimmy McRae | £24.50 | ||
Official 2010 WRC Wales rally GB programme signed autographed by Jimmy McRae | £45.00 | ||
The Real McRae: Signed By Father Jimmy Mcrae. | £5.50 |