Peter Brock killed in WA rally crash

thirty7

Not sure how many fo you are familiar with Brockie's motorsport exploits, but i was quite sad when i just heard about this.

From Aap:

Australian 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 at 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 will conduct a full investigation into the incident.

In the meantime, CAMS and event officials are 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.

Targa West is a tarmac special stage rally.

Brock was a dominant figure in Australian motor sport, winning the Bathurst 1000, Australia's most prominent domestic motorsport event, a total of nine times through the 1970s and 80s.

He won six Bathurst 1000 wins in seven years, including his victory in the 1979 event, which he won by a record six laps.

He retired from full-time driving in 1997.

Since 1997, he had made two return visits to Bathurst in 2002 and 2004 and returned to top-level touring car racing as a team owner of "Team Brock" in 2002 in the V8 Supercar category. A year later he sold his share in the team to Kees Weel.

In recent years, he occasionally competed in various motorsport events such as the Targa Tasmania.

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He was a true legend in our country, a real great man and he will be sorely missed.

I wish my sex life was like ECW, first you get a One Night Stand followed by 2 months of nostalgic orgasms and then 6 months of constant sucking.

Joe Cool

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For a minute there I thought you meant Washington with the WA title.

I was surprised I didn't hear of it until I read the article.

Sorry to hear of his passing and my condolences to the family.

breisleach74

thiry7 are you as headfucked as me by this one I mean it's peter perfect, killed in a fucking car crash, the guy was an idol, this is like the day possum died

thirty7

Yeah its still hard to comprahend. I mean he was signing autographs in the city in the morning, was he not?

Its been a horrible week and now the King sadly has to watch his mountain be conquered from upstairs

I wish my sex life was like ECW, first you get a One Night Stand followed by 2 months of nostalgic orgasms and then 6 months of constant sucking.

breisleach74

sadly so, bathurst is gonna weird as hell this year. I hope scafe wins in a 05 car just for legacys sake.

on a side note whos next?? little Johny???