Peter Brock

[termietermite]

Yeah, Matt, now that I'm finally going to make Sebring, Bathurst is the final great goal.  Maybe one day we could charter a CA 'plane? US via UK to Oz or vice-versa?

[neilsie]

gee... the photos of the accident are not nice







http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20375521-5005401,00.html

[Chris24]

The car certainly didn't get in that state from hitting the tree, that must be a shot from after he had been removed.

It was a similar accident to Michael Parks accident on Rally GB , with the drivers door taking the full impact. The car was pretty much whole on the Australian TV news report.

[mgmark]

Just got back to a computer terminal after a weekend racing in the forests of South Wales to see this......one of the sport's most genuine, nice guys and a legendary racer, who richly deserved the title of King of the Mountain from his long and successful association with Bathurst.   

MG Mark   

[hgb]

That's very sad news, RIP.

[oldtimer]

Anyone who had the pleasure of watching the Bathurst on TV in the 80's will remember his stirring and sucessful drives in the Holdens.

I am one of those who's memories of Peter Brock are based almost entirely on the Bathhurst images from the '80s you speak of.  Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to see him race in the flesh.

What remains fresh in my mind from those TV pictures are the in-car shots of PB in action.  Some of the cockpit camera angles were superbly set up to show his smoothness behind the wheel - it all looked so easy until the view switched to the exterior picture and finally you could see his out and out pace.

Fantastic pictures, fantastic memories.

RIP

[elanman]

I too saw him at Goodwood only a week or so ago and now this.  I'm not shocked, that's motor racing although once is still too often, but I am truly saddened by this.