R.I.P. Peter Geoffrey Brock (1945-2006)

[PVDA]

Originally Posted by pwr fan

our motel is just up the road from st peter's cathedral.

Except it's at St Paul's

[Pro Racer]

i meant st pauls that was a typo.

[Wrighty05]

I'd too like to thank all the staff at MN, for a great publication released yesterday. Some great yarns, especially liked the one that Bondy told about Brocky holding it flat over Bitupave in the XU1.

[johnny yuma]

I've been reproached for everything save the weather
and in turn my own neck has sought a scimitar.

But soon,I was told,I'll lose my epaulets altogether
and dwindle into a little star
I'll twinkle among the wires,a sky's lieutenant,
and hide in clouds when thunder roars,
blind to the troops as they fold their pennant
and run,pursued by the pen,in droves.
With nothing around to care for,it's of no import
if you are blitzed,encircled,reduced to nil.

from "Taps" by Joseph Brodsky

Next time I'm camped at Reid Park in a night thunderstorm
Half stung around the fire I'll think about Brock in 1972 in
that XU1,the wet road,Moffat hungry....

[Roundy Mooney]

A true legend, his in car interviews still bring a smile to my face thinking about them now.

[adz_34]

Peter Brock was my hero ever since I was able to walk and talk all I ever wanted to do was race cars and be like "Brockie", words cannot describe the pain I have been feeling these last fey days.

R.I.P. my hero

and to everyone else as Brockie would say 'Live life'

[minimangler]

Farewell to a motorsports legend.
R.I.P. Peter Brock

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by CamF1

Found this on youtube (hope this isn't a repost):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOTSFrlVG4s

I wish it were 1991 again...

The driver fought the car thru the whole lap (or what we saw of it anyway....) I wish they had footage of the hot laps in the Sierras, they were scary

[Chatters]

That is I think my earliest memory of Bathurst, I can remember sitting on the couch in the caravan (remember I was 1 then) and seeing Brocky wrestling that car around.

[Pro Racer]

i was 1 then to that wasnt my first memory of bathurst though my first memorey was when brocky crashed his vp up the top just before skyline.

[peckstar]

ah yes just a few minutes before my mate (holden fan) who i was with said i just wish someone comes round that corner and crashes (that was where we were sitting). when he got his wish he said i meant any but brock.

be specific when you wish for things

[Pro Racer]

i was watching on tv and everyone was telling me how good he was i didnt understand much but i understood peter brock is the best racer and when he crashed i was doubting that but it didnt take long to convince me he was the best driver.

[wrangler]

Originally Posted by deeks6

I'm still getting over the shock. My father, on holidays in France, is devastated - he has known Brockie since his very first race. I met him when I was like 8 years old.
Jeeze - what do you say ... I can't recall more than 2 or 3 times when Brockie actually crashed ... he had as good car control as anybody, I reckon.

Anyway, I'll just share one story which really sums up Peter Brock in my humble opinion:

I had the pleasure of spending a Bathurst weekend with none other than Peter Janson's entourage in his double decker bus. All the trappings - booze, food, girls etc and it happened to be e great race for Janson as well - it was the year he followed Brockie around for the last few laps culminating in his glorious 360 degree spin at the finish which saw Brockie not being filmed taking the flag. Now any normal human being would get a bit annoyed at this, I'm sure.
Later on in the evening, after much frivolity, one of the girls (my sister in fact) suggested that we really should congratulate Brock and see what they were up to. The Captain stood up said very loudly "Everybody ... off to Brocks". The entire party (maybe 30 of us) marched over to the Holden tent to do just that. Upon reaching the entrance, we were told in no uncertain terms by the man guarding it to **** OFF. Brock spied Janson and Adrian and intervened - "Everybody in" he said. Now we were 73 sheets to the wind I can tell you but he was a trusting soul, PB. He didnt have to do that and could well have pretended not to notice but he was'nt that sort of guy.
Funny conclusion - Brock said to Janson that he knew what he was doing (getting his sponsors on TV) but that he was cruising to make sure the car was OK. The Captain said "Cruising? ****, I was driving my arse off to keep up".

So good bye Brockie (50% of the reason V8SC is popular by MAKING Ford v. Holden), you will be sorely missed by ALL race fans. You were one of the fastest, cleanest and best race drivers ever. I hope they scatter your ashes down conrod where they belong.

That's a good Brock story, I like them like that.
Most who have known PB (that was how he was known to his friends) for a very long time will know that there were many sides to the man.
He will be missed. But please don't ascribe the V8 Supercar Holden v Falcon rubbish to him, that was Mike Raymond's doing. BTW, what is your sister doing now?

[bestfit]

Nice to see Ant West wearing "05" on his helmet in the 250cc GP at PI today.

[Pro Racer]

and the surf board in the garage.but the helmet looked good.

the XU1 was well done with james driving it.

i liked the plaque as well.

[Chatters]

I saw three heads bobbing around in the car... Who else was in there?

[rdmdog]

Doing a bit of Spring cleaning this evening, I ran over a copy of the July 2006 issue of Racer Australia magazine, it has a story about the Daytona Coupe, with a picture on the front page and quote

"Brocky says... This car should be banned! It's too much fun"

Pretty profetic words.

(Hoping no-one reads this as me having a go at the car, its manufacturers or trying to cause an issue, but Im sure someone will!)

[roscoe]

Peter... you inspired my whole life and were everything I wanted to be... a racer... a sportsman... a gentleman. I can't believe you're gone. R.I.P.

[lear45xr]

I could not believe it when i saw about peter brocks death in autosport.
a true legend. shame the aussies have lost two legends in as many weeks steve irwin the other, the world will be a sadder place with out them both!!

[Woolley]

Don't worry, I can see where you're coming from with that one. It does send a shiver down the spine to read it.

[David Towe]

Did you hear the radio interview Brocky did with 6PR in Perth I think it was the day before the crash? In it he was glowing about the power and the safety features including the ABS, now that was chilling!!

[Chatters]

It is always so freaky when something like that happens, and the sad thing is it happens a lot. Do we know subconsiously that we are going to die before it happens?

[marcus]

well what can I say.

This post I am writing right now is the 10,000th post i have made on Ten Tenths (Its only taken me 7 years to do it LOL)

but what better way to mark my 10,000th post than in a thread about the life of Peter Brock.

today was a sad day and I have vented my full emotions elsewhere on this forum but not in public.

all I can say is I will Love you forever Pete and you are and always will be deeply missed and my heart is forever broken.

RIP Brocky you were and ARE my ultimate hero

[dsg]

Originally Posted by Chatters

It is always so freaky when something like that happens, and the sad thing is it happens a lot. Do we know subconsiously that we are going to die before it happens?

No.

[johnny yuma]

When you are given as many opportunities to make public utterances as PB was and you continue to compete in an essentially dangerous pastime,it's only going to be a matter of time before all the other forgotten non-prophetic off the cuff remarks back up in the system and suddenly what seems an amazing coincidence gets noticed.

we cared about PB in a special way-maybe we won't see his like in Motorsport again.