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Australian CarRacing Legend Peter Brock Dead at 61; P.B. has died after his car hit a tree
Topic Started: Sep 8 2006, 01:44 PM (174 Views)
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Australian motor sport legend Peter Brock has died after his car hit a tree during a rally in Western Australia today.

Brock was competing on the second day of the Targa West Rally when his Daytona Coupe hit a tree on a country road near the small community of Gidgegannup, about 40 kilometres east of Perth....

Brock's former Holden Racing team public relations manager Peter Weissel said he was absolutely devastated.

"The guy is just an icon, it is just a dreadful week for Australia when you think of Steve Irwin and now someone like Brock who you always thought was invincible," he said....

Known as 'Peter Perfect' and the 'King of the Mountain', Brock won the Bathurst 1000 nine times in the 1970s and 80s....

Brock retired from full-time racing in 1997 and established his own charity to help disadvantaged children, but returned to Bathurst to win the 24-hour race in 2003.

The editor of Wheels magazine, Jed Bulmer, described Brock as a consummate driving professional who won many accolades, but would be best remembered for his mastery of the race circuit at Bathurst.

"The great Australian touring car race and a race which is regarded as one of the most difficult touring car races in the world, and Peter was the nine-times winner there at what is known these days as the Bathurst 1000," he said.

"He had a long and very successful career there."


Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s17364

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:( A terrible thing to happen.
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It's been a terrible week. Steve Irwin, the Bali 9, and now this! :(
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Sep 8 2006, 03:02 PM
It's been a terrible week. Steve Irwin, the Bali 9, and now this! :(

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I couldn't believe it when I heard about Brockie. I mean, what are the odds of losing two Australian icons in the space of four days?

RIP Peter Perfect. :cry:
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