Team Brock ?

[Buckshot]

The old Brocky is starting a team rumour has surfaced again in this weeks Auto Action. I remember this rumour was floating around late 99 that he was starting up a team with Mobile money for Lowndes. Anyway, he's basically said he is doing it to get son James into a V8 Supercar.

Questions arise:
Is James Brock good enough for a V8 Supercar ?
How will the TOCA Touring Cars category go without one of it's main longest supporters ?
Isn't James Brocky's step son ? If so how long do you think the media will carry on using the "racing must be in the genes/blood" line until they realize ?

Cheers Buck.

[Ray Bell]

How old is James? Peter has been with Bev since about 1977 or so, so her son by her previous marriage would have to be at least 24.

If he is a step son, there will certainly be egg on faces for a long time to come!

[Buckshot]

I honestly thought I read in Auto Action back when that farce of a race with the Bathurst Tourers around Mt Panorama was on that he was Brock's step son.

[Ray Bell]

Does this mean he is younger than that?

I don't know, you see, but I do know when Peter and Bev got together there was a son from the previous marriage, and it was at about that time.

[Crash Test]

I believe he is a step son. Bev was a mad keen Peter Brock fan, and named her kid 'Brock'. So when she wed Pete, young Brock recieved a name change, and has been known as James ever since.

He raced in the enduros last year, and I'd imagine he has done his share of testing in the past. How he'd go in the top league, I don't know, time would tell, and it depends on what sort of car he is given. If Ron Harrop is a part of the team, I'm sure the car will be screwed together well. I'm sure Pete can do some whispering in ears for the almighty sponsorship dollar...

[Ray Bell]

Whispering in ears for dollars?

I think it would be a different scenario to that... more likely some money has come looking for him and wants him to start the team... But time alone will tell if it really is to happen, and we'll probably never know how it all really came about.

[Morris 1100]

If James takes after his father he would be a concreter not a race driver
BTW has anybody noticed the shiela doing the Big Kev adds?

[Ray Bell]

And if he took after his mother he'd race motorbikes... leathers... anyway, we have to watch and see how all this goes before we have any idea...

[marcus]

well I had no idea that james was peters stepson ...doesnt really matter does it ...as long as they consider each other family then they can call each other father/son if they want.


as for the team ..I hope it comes off...and given time i think james will do well..maybe he should stay in the future tourers for another year or two or perhaps try the konica series first before the big league..i wish him well...and we must add what about craig Dontas..he has done reasonablly well in GTP for a young guy ..but is he ready for V8's..that Im not so sure of..but whatever happens the team will one to watch ...how long after they start getting good results will it be before the Lowndes/brock partnership is rekindled if at all ?????




GO BROCKIES !!!!!!!!!

[Ray Bell]

Well, do we have a clear decision on James? How old is he? I think he is, but I wouldn't say so till I knew his age... though I also thought that Peter only had a daughter of his own, but I have never discussed these close family matters with him, at least not since 1966.

Lowndesy is highly unlikely to be a part of a Brock team without going back to Holden, and I reckon that Ford would resist that with lots of money. Peter, I think, can't change away from Holden again. His ties there are too strong and he doesn't actually race any more, so is not attractive enough for Ford to buy him out.

[Crash Test]

Yeah, I think Lowndes is firmly and happily tied down to Ford now. I'm sure the Brock team would be a Holden affair, Holden really does need another team, although if there is going to be a third TWR prepared one....

[Ray Bell]

Craig's dad is Frank Lowndes, who was in with Ford alongside Harry Firth, Graham Hoinville and the like... there's a long family history under the blue oval there...

[Diabando]

James is in his early 20's, and is Brock's step-son...and (please correct me if I am wrong)..I dont think Peter and Bev ever got married. Bev changed the childrens names, and her own, so everything was uniform, so to speak.

I think Peter and Bev have daughters.

Now - about the Brock team - I really hope it works out, and I doubt they would consider doing this, unless they felt everything and everybody involved was ready - so lets see eh?

Go Brocks!!!

[Crash Test]

Re- Frank Lowndes- he spends his days screwing together a HSV GTP car... and after being a cheif scruitineer for so long, I'm he'd know how to get the most speed from it

[racer69]

I didn't really take the story as Peter Brock running the team, more as him helping out to get it up and running. The article even said it might not even be in the form of a team, possibly just sponsering James' ride in another team.

[D.R.T.]

I would agree, Auto Action will write anything on the front cover of there magazine , just to keep a V8 on the cover. It will probably turn out that Jmaes Brock has asid V8's are good, I would like to drive one. And AA have geez that means P Brock is gunna start a team.
I can remember the line, "If you read in AA, it's not gunna happen"

[Crash Test]

DRT- have you read the story yet?

Racer69- You're right, the bottom line is that he wants to help James out, and at this stage he is unsure whether it will be in the capacity of making a team for him, or just helping him find the funding to race with an existing set up.

[mtpanorama]

Originally posted by Crash Test
I believe he is a step son. Bev was a mad keen Peter Brock fan, and named her kid 'Brock'. So when she wed Pete, young Brock recieved a name change, and has been known as James ever since.

Well that answers question 12 for me, thanks

[Crash Test]

*******!