Peter Geoffrey Brock AM (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006) otherwise known as Peter Perfect, The King of the Mountain or simply as Brocky was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot.[1] He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times and the Australian Touring Car Championship three times. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars. Peter Brock can refer to Peter Brock (1945–2006), Australian racing car driver Pete Brock (b. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Hurstbridge is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gidgegannup ([1]) is a township 35 km Northeast of Perth in Western Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person... Motor racing and Motorsports redirect here. ... Insignia of a Companion of the Order of Australia. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Holdens rule This article is about the Australian car manufacturer. ... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ... “Ford” redirects here. ... Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is a well-known Swedish automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ... This article is about the auto company. ... Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ... The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a 1,000-kilometre touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category. ... V8 Supercars in action V8 Supercar is the main motor racing series in Australia. ... Peter Geoffrey Brock (born February 26, 1945) is an Australian automobile racing driver. ...

Early years

Brock was born in the Victorian country town of Hurstbridge (now an outer suburb of Melbourne) and continued to live there throughout his life.^[1] He attended Eltham High School in Eltham Victoria ^[2] His first car was an Austin 7^[1] that he bought for £5 (A$10).^[3] His driving skill improved greatly at this point of his life because the car didn't have brakes (or a body, which was removed with his father's axe).^[3] He ended up trying to stop the car by sliding and anticipating the line. “VIC” redirects here. ... Hurstbridge is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Eltham High School, is a secondary school in Victoria, Australia. ... The Austin 7 was a vintage car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom. ... The Australian pound was Australias currency from 1910 to 1966. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ...

Racing career

During his early career Brock raced some "wild and woolly" creations including the famous blue 6-cylinder Holden-powered Austin A30. One of his early successes was to become the 1970 Australian Rallycross champion. Brock rose to public attention in touring car racing. The A30 was a compact car produced by Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. ... This article refers to the European autosport of Rallycross. ... Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ...

Bathurst

In 1969 he raced in the Bathurst 500—as it was then known—Australia's most prestigious endurance road race and won it for the first time in 1972. Brock would win the event a total of nine times between 1972 and 1987, a feat that has not been equalled. His 1979 win was remarkable in that he claimed the flag by six laps, a record that (due to changes in race regulations introduced in the 1990s) will never be broken, and broke the circuit lap record on his final lap. In 32 starts at Bathurst he claimed pole position a record six times. His record at this race earned him the titles King of the Mountain and the Bradman of Bathurst—after cricketer Don Bradman—although Brock himself cared little for the latter title. The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a 1,000-kilometre touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ...

Sandown

Along with his record at the Bathurst race, Brock also claimed victory in the Sandown 500 race nine times, including a string of seven consecutive wins. He won a total of 37 races during his career in the Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar championship, a record only eventually equalled by Mark Skaife in 2006 and beaten in 2007.^[4] Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately 25 km south east of the city centre. ... V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category. ... Date of Birth: 3 April 1967 Birth Place: Gosford, New South Wales Resides: Melbourne, Victoria Nickname: Skaifey Height: 180cm Weight: 75kg Interests: Watersports, Skiing. ...

Standing in community

As the lead driver for the Holden Dealer Team in a succession of both 6- and 8-cylinder Holden Toranas and, later, V8 Commodores the smooth-talking clean-cut Brock became a household name that transcended motor racing as he emerged to be one of the best-known modern Australia and New Zealand racing drivers, spoken of with the same reverence as Sir Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Jim Richards. Peter Geoffrey Brock (born February 26, 1945) is an Australian automobile racing driver. ... The Holden Torana was a car produced by General Motors Holden (GMH), the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle. ... The Holden Commodore is an automobile produced by the Holden division of General Motors (GM) in Australia. ... Sir John Arthur Jack Brabham, OBE (born April 2, 1926) is an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. ... Alan Jones MBE (born November 2, 1946) is an Australian former Formula One racer. ... Jim Richards (born September 2, 1947) is a New Zealand and Australian racing driver. ...

Brock and the Holden Dealer Team worked in partnership, with full factory approval and assistance, to produce a number of high-performance modifications to the Commodores under existing CAMS Group C regulations from 1980 to 1988. Some of these were HDT "homologation specials"—one step away from race cars. It was around this time that Brock began his run of six Bathurst 1000 wins in seven years, including his six-lap victory in the 1979 event. Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologos (ομόλογος) for agree, which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority. ...

In 1986, Brock was crowned King of Moomba by the Melbourne based festival committee.^[5] For the fictional creature Moomba from the final fantasy series, see http://en. ...

International racing

Unlike several other Australian drivers, Brock did not seek a full-time racing career outside Australia. He did attempt the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in privateer vehicles, firstly in 1976 in a BMW 3.0CSL, which failed; he then returned for the 1981 race teamed with Colin Bond and Jim Richards in the Porsche Cars Australia #74 Porsche 924 Carrera GTR but while the team practiced, they were only named as a reserve, not participating in the race itself; then in 1984 in the orange Bob Jane T-Marts sponsored Porsche 956 with co-driver Larry Perkins, running as high as 5th at one stage of the race, they retired after Perkins crashed on lap 145.^[6] Brock also won the 1979 Repco Round Australia trial, a long-distance endurance rally featuring some dirt road sections completely different to the circuit racing where he made his name. The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... BMW 3. ... The Porsche 924 was an automobile produced by Porsche AG of Germany from 1976 to 1988. ... Robert Bob Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. ... The Porsche 956 was a race car built by Porsche which designed it in 1982 for FIA Group C racing. ... Larry Perkins (born March 18, 1950) is a former racing driver and current V8 Supercar team owner from Australia. ... Repco was a Formula One engine manufacturer from 1966 through 1969. ...

Motoring safety campaign

Brock also worked with the Victorian authorities promoting the campaign against drunk driving. The most obvious sign of this association was the race car number 05 which related to the 0.05% blood alcohol limit in Victoria, which he utilized constantly from the mid-1970s. Most cars he raced in, regardless of the motor racing division, bore this number, including the one in which he died. “VIC” redirects here. ... Drunk driving (drink driving in the UK) or drinking and driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol (i. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Blood Alcohol Content. ...

Other activities

Brock, who lived hard in his early years, changed his lifestyle considerably after the failed 1984 Le Mans attempt left him physically and emotionally drained.^[7]

Brock began to consult health practitioner Eric Dowker. He gave up alcohol and cigarettes, and became a vegan.^[8] Brock began publicly supporting and, eventually, began to fit to all Holden Dealer Team specials a device called the "Energy Polarizer" containing crystals and magnets that, it was claimed, improved the performance and handling of vehicles through "aligning the molecules".

The overwhelming majority of the Australian motoring community regarded the device as pseudoscience.^[8] Brock also recommended tyre pressures of 22psi (150kPa) for his polariser-equipped vehicles, a level which many regarded as near-dangerously low. Holden, fearing the consequences of being associated with the device and a resulting breakdown in communications over Brock's plans for new models, cut ties with Brock and set up an alternative racing/modification operation, Holden Special Vehicles. During this period, Brock also became involved in the importation and even the modification of the Lada Samara, a cheap Soviet-built hatchback a world away from the high-performance V8-powered Commodores he was famous for.^[9] A typical 18th century phrenology chart. ... A pressure gauge reading in PSI (red scale) and kPa (black scale) The pound-force per square inch (symbol: lbf/in²) is a non-SI unit of pressure based on avoirdupois units. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Holden Special Vehicles (usually abbreviated to HSV) is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor car manufacturer Holden. ... Lada Samara The Lada Samara was a Soviet automobile produced from 1984 until 2004. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

After his work with Lada, Brock, during the period 1988-1990 sold around 200 personally modified EA-series Ford Falcons, Fairmont Ghias, Fairlanes and Mavericks through Austech Automotive Developments.^[10] Lada logo Lada is the trademark of AvtoVAZ, a Russian car manufacturer located in the city of Togliatti (Tol`yatti). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

While Brock was always typecast in a Holden, he did have 'brief flirtations' with other makes in touring car racing. After his 1987 Holden split, he campaigned a BMW M3 (1988), and a Ford Sierra (1989-90). He also campaigned a Ford Falcon in the Auscar series. The word typecasting (past participle typecast) can mean more than one thing: typecasting (programming) typecasting (acting) in acting This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The BMW M3 is a high performance version of the popular compact BMW 3-Series automobile, made by BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E92 3-series. ... The Ford Sierra was a large family car built by Ford Europe between 1982 and 1993, originally designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément, . Released on 21 September 1982, it replaced the Ford Cortina/Taunus, and was itself replaced by the Mondeo. ... This article is about the Australian car model. ... AUSCAR (Australian Stock Car Auto Racing) was the Australian counterpart of NASCAR External link AUSCAR Categories: Stub | Stock car racing | Australian sport ...

By 1991 he and Holden, having patched up their relationship, were back together. A further flirtation of Brock's was in 1994 when he raced a Volvo 850 in the one-off Bathurst 12-Hour. He also competed for Volvo in the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1996. The Volvo 850 was a midsize luxury car, that would also be considered a midsize executive car, produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars from 1992 to 1997 (1993-1997 in the U.S. market. ...

Retirement activities

Brock continued to race in privately-supported teams for some years afterwards, but returned to the factory Holden Racing Team in 1994. Brock retired from full-time driving in 1997.

After his nominal 'retirement' he made two returns to Bathurst (2002 and 2004) and competed in the Nations Cup for highly-modified and exotic cars in 2004. In 2002, he returned to top-level touring car racing as a team patron with Rod Nash Racing in V8 Supercar Commodore in that years Bathurst 1000 and the team was renamed 'Team Brock' as a branding exercise. The 'Team Brock' branding exercise was revived for 2003 this time with Paul Weel Racing but this time Brock's role was as a mentor rather than a driver. Frustrated with the lack of control he held over a team bearing his name, Brock and the team parted company at the end of the season. The Australian Nations Cup Championship was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport from 2000 to 2004. ... Autobarn Racing is a V8 Supercar racing team. ... V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category. ... The Holden Commodore is an automobile produced by the Holden division of General Motors (GM) in Australia. ... The 2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars. ... The 2003 V8 Supercar season was the 8th running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. ... Supercheap Auto Racing is a V8 Supercar racing team. ...

He occasionally competed in various enthusiast-level motorsport events such as the Targa Tasmania. The team's vehicles are actually constructed by Holden Special Vehicles. His smooth on-camera persona and familiarity to older Australians continued to sell products, including Mobil Oils and Bridgestone tyres, as the controversy of the Energy Polarizer had been largely forgotten. Targa Tasmania is a tarmac-based rally racing event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually since 1991. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... Bridgestone Corporation ) (TYO: 5108 ) is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi ) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. ...

He achieved a tenth Bathurst win, in a manner of sorts, later in 2003, at the Bathurst 24 Hour, when he won, with Greg Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly in a Garry Rogers Motorsport prepared HRT 427C, a highly modified version of the Holden Monaro production car. The 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour was the second 24 hour race run at Bathurst. ... Greg Murphy (23 August 1972) is a New Zealand racing driver. ... Jason Brighty Bright is a racing driver from Australia. ... Todd Kelly (born on October 9, 1979 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is a V8 Supercar racing driver, currently living in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Garry Rogers Motorsport is a V8 Supercar racing team. ... The Monaro is a muscle car produced by Holden, the Australian branch of General Motors. ...

Career results

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Media work

Peter Brock on the cover of the DVD 35 years on the mountain

Due to his extraordinary success on the racing track Brock became the Australian racing driver with the highest-profile as he undertook several media commitments. When not racing he often appeared on New Zealand television screens as a presenter; hosting motoring shows such as TV3's Police Stop (1996-1998) and TVNZ's Love that Car (2000). Image File history File links Peterbrock35. ... Image File history File links Peterbrock35. ... Police Stop! were a series of police video programmes made originally for video from 1993 onwards and were later broadcast on Sky One. ...

He was also due to star in a racing film King of the Mountain alongside Shannon Noll in early 2007.^[11] Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter. ...

Brock has been the subject of two DVD documentaries—The Legend (1997 - updated 2004) [2] and 35 Years on the Mountain (2005) [3] . Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Personal life

Brock married Heather Russell in 1967. The marriage ended in divorce two years later.^[12]

Several years later Brock met 1973 Miss Australia pageant winner and Channel Seven weather presenter Michelle Downes. They married in April 1974 but this marriage was to be even shorter than his first, ending after only one year.^[12][13] In 2006, Downes claimed Brock repeatedly beat her, and forced her to have an abortion.^[14] Miss Australia is the title for the winner of the Miss Australia Quest/Awards, which ran from 1954 until 2000, when the last Miss Australia was called. ... HSV-7, commonly known as Seven Melbourne, is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Brock next entered into a relationship with Bev McIntosh, the wife of one of his motor racing team.^[12] After his two failed marriages Brock was hesitant to marry McIntosh.^[12]

Although the couple never married, Peter always called Bev his "wife", and she changed her surname to Brock by Deed Poll. They had two children together, Robert and Alexandra. Her oldest, James, is Bev's son from a previous marriage.

Bev wrote Peter's biography^[15] herself in 2004 after finding most potential authors had incorrect preconceived notions about him. She also expressed a desire to show his human side, to encourage others that they, too, can achieve their goals.^[16] "Even Allan Moffat said it's okay for him—it's us mortals that have the problem," she said.^[16] Allan George Moffat, OBE, (born November 10, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is an Australian racing driver known for his success in the Australian Touring Car Championship and his four wins at Bathurst. ...

Brock split with Bev in May 2005 after 28 years together. Alexandra gave birth to their grandson Oliver on 28 June 2006, two months before Brock's death.^[17] is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

According to Bev, Brock was not an entirely faithful partner. She has described in a book her eventual tiring in the early 1990s of his relationships with "one too many secretaries".^[18]

After splitting with Bev, Peter began a relationship with Julie Bamford,^[19] whom he had met through his former partner Bev some 20 years previously.^[20] Subsequently Bamford's estranged husband Ron McCurdy, who had once been a close friend of Brock's, assaulted Brock during a chance meeting outside the Peter Brock Foundation's office.^[20][21]

Death

Peter Brock's Daytona Sportscar - the day before the accident.

At 11.50am (AWST) on 8 September 2006, while driving in the Targa West '06 rally, Brock was 3 kilometres from the finish of the second stage of the race at Gidgegannup, about 40km from Perth, Western Australia ^[22] when he skidded off a downhill left-hand bend on Clenton Road for over 50 metres in his 2001 Daytona Sportscar^[23] and hit a tree. 61-year-old Brock was killed instantly. His co-driver, Mick Hone, was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.^{[24] [25]} Video footage of the crash (provided by a fan and the in-car camera) are being reviewed by Western Australian police to help determine the cause of the accident. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 1805 KB)Peter Brocks Daytona Coupe, taken the day before he died. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 1805 KB)Peter Brocks Daytona Coupe, taken the day before he died. ... Peter Brocks Daytona Coupé - photo taken the day before the accident in which he was killed The Daytona Sportscar (sometimes referred to as the Daytona Coupe) is an Australian built reproduction of the famous Shelby Daytona coupé from 1964. ... AWST is an acronym for Australian Western Standard Time and is the time zone that is eight hours ahead of UTC. The time zone is also known in other contexts as Chinese Standard Time. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Targa West is a rally event held in the state of Western Australia. ... Gidgegannup ([1]) is a township 35 km Northeast of Perth in Western Australia. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Peter Brocks Daytona Coupé - photo taken the day before the accident in which he was killed The Daytona Sportscar (sometimes referred to as the Daytona Coupe) is an Australian built reproduction of the famous Shelby Daytona coupé from 1964. ...

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"[Brock] was loved. He was in the public eye, and everything had to be done with a flourish and with a bang. It's probably the way he would want to go out, (and) he would want to be remembered."^[26]

The editor of Wheels Magazine, Ged Bulmer, said that Brock would be remembered for his nine victories at Bathurst, for "He had a long and very successful career there, he was the 'King of the Mountain' as he came to be known." Wheels Magazine is an Australian automotive magazine. ... The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a 1,000-kilometre touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Brock was farewelled with a state funeral^[27] at Melbourne's St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, on 19 September 2006. There will also be a permanent memorial at Peter Brock's "home" raceway, Sandown Raceway, placed there on 22 September.^[28] This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... St Pauls Cathedral: the north face and the spire St Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne, is the cathedral church of the Anglican diocese of Melbourne, Victoria, and the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Most Reverend Peter Watson. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately 25 km south east of the city centre. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ironically, Brock's casket was driven from Melbourne Airport in a Ford hearse, although Brock himself had once said he would "prefer to throw up than back a Ford down a driveway". Funeral directors organising his farewell had arranged for a Holden Statesman hearse to bear him to his final, private cremation. [4]

In honour of his achievements and in recognition of his contribution to Australian motorsport, the Bathurst 1000 winner's trophy now carries his name. In 2006, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup became the first winners of the Peter Brock Trophy.

Awards

In addition to his racing championships, Brock's efforts to society have been recognised in various ways:

• Member of the Order of Australia (9 June 1980)—AM QB80. For service to the sport of motor racing. [5]
• Australian Sports Medal (24 October 2000) [6]
• Centenary Medal (1 January 2001) For outstanding service to the community through fundraising. [7]
• National Service Medal (14 February 2006) - For Military Service (?-1967)[8] [9]

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See also

• List of Australian Touring Car and V8 Supercar Champions
• List of auto racing tracks
• List of vegans
• Order of Australia

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External links

• Official website
• Peter Brock Foundation
• NEWS.com.au In Depth - Peter Brock Legacy
• 1k.06 - Bathurst 1000 including a 32page Brock Tribute
• Chequered Flag Motorsport's Tribute to Brocky