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Foxy
08-09-2006, 03:43 PM
Taken from http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1736485.htm

Australian motor-sport legend Peter Brock is dead after his car hit a tree east of Perth today.

Brock was competing on the first day of the Targa West Rally when his vehicle hit a tree near the small community of Gidgegannup.

His co-driver has been taken to hospital but his condition is not known.

Brock was 61 years old. No other cars are believed to have been involved.

Known as 'Peter Perfect' and the 'King of the Mountain', Brock won the Bathurst 1000 nine times in the 1970s and 1980s and won the 1979 race by a record six laps.

He retired from full-time racing in 1997 but returned to Bathurst to win the 24-hour race in 2003.
ozkat
08-09-2006, 03:54 PM
I just saw it on a new flash, im so sad, he has been a hero of mine since the XU1 days. RIP Brocky
Gix11
08-09-2006, 04:03 PM
Yea, caught it earlier as well. Bugger hey? What a week.
suxukifreak
08-09-2006, 04:06 PM
R.I.P. Brocky

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/2008683950002.jpg
pt
08-09-2006, 04:12 PM
far brocky was my childhood hero. i'm shattered!
Large
08-09-2006, 04:23 PM
RIP Brocky


There's going to be some worried famous Aussies for a week or two
papa smurf
08-09-2006, 04:27 PM
RIP Peter Brock.
Another TRUE Aussie icon.
2 in the same week is really hard to take, they will both be very sadly missed.
But I have to admire both of 'cos they both lived right on the edge.
Rick
08-09-2006, 05:07 PM
Devostating news.But he went out doing what he loved best.
what a cunt of a week.
BOHEMION
08-09-2006, 05:37 PM
RIP Brocky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Both steve and Brock went out doing what they loved - Entertaining, professional, True Aussies! This big Land is alittle emptier without them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/BOHEMION/Brocky.jpg
fimpBIKES
08-09-2006, 05:38 PM
sorry to hear

RIP


i read his co-driver was Mick Hone
is that the same one that owns bike shops?
pesh
08-09-2006, 05:52 PM
pretty sure its the same mick hone .... What a shame .... R.I.P brocky
Large
08-09-2006, 05:53 PM
quote:Originally posted by fimpBIKES

sorry to hear

RIP


i read his co-driver was Mick Hone
is that the same one that owns bike shops?


I was wondering the same thing
Deano
08-09-2006, 05:55 PM
another legand lost. it really has been a shitty week.
Iceman
08-09-2006, 06:05 PM
2 great Austrailians in 5 days. Very sad news.
08-09-2006, 06:23 PM
Mick is in hospital in a serious condition
Rocket
08-09-2006, 06:49 PM
RIP Peter.
A sad day for motorsport.
You're a hero that will be missed, but always will be remembered.
suxukifreak
08-09-2006, 07:02 PM
On the news they said 8 bike riders over the years have died on the same corner!! :(
Rocket
08-09-2006, 07:10 PM
That area is well known for sunday riders.
suxukifreak
08-09-2006, 07:35 PM
http://www.smh.com.au/flash/brock/main.html
gibbo
08-09-2006, 09:27 PM
This is truly a sad thing, Both Steve Erwin & Brocky were seemingly great guys and will be missed:(
However, in great Aussie tradition,

What was the first thing Brocky heard when entering heaven?
"Crikey, you dead too?!!!!!!!!!!!
03gixxerpilot
08-09-2006, 11:15 PM
a sad day for all concerned and a great loss to the motorsport famly RIP Brooky
unsane
08-09-2006, 11:40 PM
Yeah it was the bike Mick Hone, chan. 7 has been showing a tidbit of talk with his son Justin who works at the shop. R.I.P
bluemk1
09-09-2006, 04:56 PM
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m175/Outsider_46n2/Polarizer.jpg
BOHEMION
09-09-2006, 08:17 PM
Up the Polarizer!
special-k
10-09-2006, 07:11 PM
^^^ Haha, the old brock polariser... lol

Sad, sad, times in Australia right now!! What's going on?!?! Two in a single week both going out doing what they loved best. RIP.




What do you get when you cross Steve Irwin with Peter Brock?
Holden Raysting Team.