Brocky chasing those damned Sierras in group A. The Commodore was handicapped by the class rules but Brock gave it his all.
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Jan. 14, 2012 7:42 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
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Jan. 14, 2012 7:47 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
berkeley.
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:08 a.m. DrBoost SuperDork
That reminds me of my race footage. The only difference is his car is white, he's faster in the straights, he turns better, brakes better, has more talent than I even knew existed, knows what he's doing and didn't crap his pants during that run. I almost crapped myself watching it.
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:39 a.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
A few time he even had all 4 tires on the pavement. Fantastic.
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:50 a.m. aeronca65t Dork
Now that's racing! The late, great Peter Brock (not to be confused with our American Peter Brock of Cobra & BRE fame).
Brock's first Aussie racer:
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:51 a.m. Will Dork
Turn-in grip on that thing is unbelievable.
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:51 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
Damn I wish I had those skills ...
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:57 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
What did that thing have under the hood?
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Jan. 14, 2012 8:58 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
Comments say a 308, but i really don't know for myself.
Whatever it was, it sounded BEASTLY.
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:01 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Some history of the man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brock
He was a true Aussie legend and died doing what he loved the best.
Ironically he died while driving a replica of the the car designed by the American Peter Brock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN3z4jcp09I
In happier days, he won the 79 Bathurst by 6 laps.
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:09 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Brock also did a Shelby and released a series of tricked Commodores
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:20 a.m. RealMiniDriver SuperDork
Wow!
If only the commentator would STFU, so we could hear the beautiful music emminating from that beast.
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:31 a.m. peter Reader
I really love that the interviewer comes right up to him afterwards and opens with "you made a few mistakes".
Where's the footage of the interviewer's lap?
I'd kill to have 1/2 the skill of that Peter. We could start with that dumbass with the mike...
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:32 a.m. todd900ss New Reader
Unreal, the incar video is great!
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:40 a.m. Luke SuperDork
Awesome lap
aussiesmg wrote:
He was a true Aussie legend and died doing what he loved the best.
Ironically he died while driving a replica of the the car designed by the American Peter Brock.
The stage of Targa West that he crashed on was about half an hour away from my school, and I remember getting the news at lunchtime. Could hardly believe it.
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Jan. 14, 2012 9:57 a.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Wow.
Helluva drive. He had more talent in his pinkie finger than I have in my whole body.
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Jan. 14, 2012 10:22 a.m. Keith SuperDork
To be fair, he did make a couple of mistakes and that was a qualifying lap. When you're the fastest guy on the mountain, people expect perfection. And I'll bet he got out of the car thinking about those little errors instead of "wow, that sure felt good going in to the Chase".
Other than putting his name on chili and lawsuits, he really did pull a bit of a Shelby. I'd forgotten, but after he insisted on putting an "Energy Polarizer" (magnet) on the HDT vehicles and getting himself cut loose because of it, he modified Fords for a while. He even screwed around with Ladas, the parallel of the econobox Shelbys. I always think of him as 100% Holden.
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Jan. 14, 2012 10:30 a.m. Keith SuperDork
I'm trying to find more about that engine, but I'm mostly finding info on the homologation special it's built around. The street cars were either a 304 or a 355. Looks like twin throttle bodies are a given. It was a pretty serious special, too, with a bunch of aero tweaks.
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Jan. 14, 2012 10:36 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
Holden cut him loose because he put magnets on his cars? I feel like I'm missing something.
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Jan. 14, 2012 10:42 a.m. Keith SuperDork
Not magnets, "Energy Polarizers" - woo! He was getting a little new age goofy and it made them nervous. According to Wikipedia, he was also recommending very low tire pressures. He did eventually come back into the fold.
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Jan. 14, 2012 11:06 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
Ah, now I understand.
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Jan. 14, 2012 12:05 p.m. Strike_Zero Dork
berkeley
I wish I could've witness some of his drives on the mountain in person . .
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Jan. 14, 2012 12:45 p.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBdppylOFX4
Here's the falling out.
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Jan. 14, 2012 1:20 p.m. The_Jed Reader
Now that was a lap! Holy E36 M3!!!
