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Post by stu on Sept 8, 2006 17:30:00 GMT 12
Apparantly killed during a race in WA.
RIP
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 8, 2006 17:36:57 GMT 12
It hasn't been confirmed yet - but it doesn't look good.
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 8, 2006 17:44:54 GMT 12
Confirmed now.
Car champ Peter Brock dead
September 08, 2006.
MOTOR racing legend Peter Brock has been killed in an accident while taking part in the Targa West rally in Western Australia, motor sport officials have confirmed.
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) said in a statement the accident occurred about 1.50pm (AEST).
Sixty-one-year-old Brock's co-driver, believed to Mick Hone, has been taken to hospital in a stable condition.
CAMS said it would conduct a full investigation into the incident.
In the meantime, CAMS and event officials were working with the relevant civil authorities.
"On behalf of the motor sport community, CAMS offers its sincere sympathy to Peter's family and many friends," the statement said.
The circumstances of the accident remain unclear.
The Targa West takes place over four days and is divided into two categories, competition and challenge, the latter catering for relatively standard specification road cars.
The rally began in Perth yesterday.
Brock, from Melbourne, was married with three children.
In a stellar career, he became Australia's best known motor sport personality and a dominant figure in the sport.
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Post by stu on Sept 8, 2006 17:45:21 GMT 12
Currently at work and the strories coming out of the newsroom would indicate that he fatally hit a tree. Just had to redo several news promos to say he was dead and have seen some pretty bad footage on the sat - wish this was one of the times they got things wrong.
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Post by Bruce on Sept 8, 2006 18:51:20 GMT 12
What a bad week for Aussie legends  Brocky was such a great guy. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 8, 2006 19:02:05 GMT 12
My God, he was such an awesome guy. This has really upset me.
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Post by planeimages on Sept 8, 2006 19:02:51 GMT 12
Oops, didn't see the earlier bulletins posted on this subject.
I had the peasure of knowing Peter fairly well. We raced at the same meetings in 1970 and attended a few post-race gatherings where we chatted over a drink or three. He was envious of my plans to go overseas to Canada and then on to England where I ultimately drove Formula Fords (against David Oxton from NZ) for a couple of seasons.
I rode with PB at Oran Park one day while I was running a racing drivers' school. He took me for a fling in his Sierra while he was conducting a Ford customer drive day on the north circuit.
Settling into the left seat I quipped "Don't frighten me, PB." He grinned and I knew I was for it.
He belted around the track on old slicks and had a big loose off the bridge which connects the two parts of the circuit. The car snapped back and he was in real strife. I facetiously yelled to him that he had failed the CAMS licence test at that moment. Then we hit the ground, nose first. Water sprayed everywhere and the car staggered to a halt. Peter kept muttering, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
I was just glad that it was him saying that to me rather than the other way around had I bent his car.
We saw each other a couple of years ago at the opening of the new pit complex at Oran Park where I had my fleet of Formula Fords on display. He complimented me on my achievements with the school. He was that kind of guy who would remember an aquanitance from many years ago.
He was one of probably three drivers in Australia who could drive anything to victory. The others are your Jim Richards and Peter's HDT team mate, Colin Bond.
Peter was so relaxed. He broke the Mt.Panorma Touring Car lap record on one of the final laps of one of his nine wins in the 1000km race. The devil had his elbow on the window sill while he did it. That's cool.
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Post by planeimages on Sept 8, 2006 19:11:48 GMT 12
Latest news tells us he was driving a silver Daytona Coupe. TV images are showing the car with a blue cover over it with Pete still inside. It looks like he has hit the tree in a left-hand turn and the tree has impacted the roof area. The car is on its wheels. His navigator was taken to hospital with injuries.
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Post by phil82 on Sept 8, 2006 19:12:30 GMT 12
I guess the reaction in NZ will be no less than in Australia.
The man was a legend
RIP Brocky
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Post by planeimages on Sept 8, 2006 19:44:38 GMT 12
TV images from a helio over the car show the right hand rear wheel at an abnormal angle.
Maybe as a result of the impact but food for thought and will certainly be examined by CAMS and the WA Police.
The car has gone in sideways and hit the tree with the driver's door.
Nav has been taken to hospital in a "stable" condition. I hope he will be OK.
Tributes are pouring in to the TV commentary. A state funeral is mooted. Victorians driving home with headlights on as a mark of respect.
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Sept 8, 2006 22:16:28 GMT 12
I guess the reaction in NZ will be no less than in Australia. The man was a legend RIP Brocky Well Said |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 10, 2006 8:59:28 GMT 12
A motorsport legend and hero. RIP
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Brocky was such a great guy.
