Real shame - I lived in Sydney during his last few seasons of the V8's and saw Brockie run Bathurst, etc. Quality bloke. RIP Brockie. Kev
yeah it'll be some crap like "peter brock deserved to die, because he burnt more than his fair share of petrol over his lifetime, and the environment (the tree) was seeking out its revenge" some people really need to get a life.
Speedcore - I think you need to know more about the location and the circumstances before you make any sweeping generalisations. The road is well known and signposted, people need to drive according to the circumstances. Track racing is fine and great fun, tarmac rallying is a quite different set of challenges as Scud or anyone else can probably tell you. Both provide thrills and adrenalin, but in different ways. Brock was enjoying him and doing what he loved. I'm sure he wouldn't want to die forgotten in a nursing home at age 95 being fed, washed and changed by a nurse...would you?
got a tex from Mick Hone said he was ok,apart from cracked hip ect as above Mate Ray spoke to him at length and he sounded ok,just saidcar slid PB corrected and hit loose gravel and then tree.Said he new straight away that Peter was dead.From what I understand Peter:s body took much of the impact,said he was in a mess.So sad, gee just a week ago he:s at Goodwood racing with his 1st HRT spanner Ian Tate.Mick said to ray that Peter was fresh from the UK flight,as he had 2 days sleep since arriving back home,said it was just one of those things that happen.
Hi Peter,keep in mind they cut bth out of wreck,took 45 mins for Mick and 3plus hours for Brockie.So the cutting machines have cut stuck into the wreck.
I'll say... http://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/coronial_findings/lawson,_ian_william_-_2005_tascd_257
Delaney spoke to him today said he was ok in his thoughts and was hopping to come home in a couple of days.
wonderful photo of Peter on front of Age paper(www.theage.com.au0 he looks like one of the prewar great land speed record chasers,Campbell,Cobb,Segrave and Eyston.The focus of the eyes if you ever saw him close Peters eyes were so focused and direct.
Well I headed out to Chittering (Sh!ttering?) to watch some targa action this morning, not a big crowd there. Unfortunately the White's Gallardo had crashed earlier so I didn't get to see it in action. Here is a shot of our man Andrew Stevens and one front-runner Tony Quinn in the 997TT. For the record, a "Jap-crap" car won..... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
mitsubishi lancer 1st , blackie in the 996 turbo 2nd , quinn 3rd . i am sharing some of the same crew with blackie and his brother in targa NZ . they are pretty quick and looks like a good prep for targa NZ . thought quinn would do better but i assume he is running stock suspension gear as Bilstein etc haven't done new shocks etc as they can't get their hands on a 997 turbo yet , so the late mail says . i expect he will be quicker for buller in november and maybe didn't want to stick it in first time out . those white boys must be racking up some big repair bills on that lambo , giving the spare parts boys at lambo a great year for profits EDIT : wasn't whites gallardo , it was kevin weeks , the one that caught fire in targa tassie
Hi Pal,the photo was on the front of Saturdays AGE paper,on the morning of the crash,the eyes are just Brock focused and o so sharp.
i'm sure it's a great shot but i'd like to think we are all like that during the event . saw some in-car of brockie and understand the comment . the nav seems relaxed which is a good sign of a good nav who trusts the driver
Micks a grat guy ex Aussie race bike star and ran a top bike race team for years .Plenty of the prep done my Ansett head engineer,then raced ex perkins group c commodore ,very safe ,serious race guy.Did a nav rally with him in his Cobra rep were we shared the drive 1600kms 4days.good driver and although a social drive fast rally(Melbourne Millie)took it serious and with a safe attitude.he spoke so highly of Brocks car control on Tassie targa and some hillclimb a couple months ago.
to think my nav chris murphy was i think ??? looked at to partner brockie at tassie this year . need to confirm but chris is OS . feel very sorry for mick
Micks been around a long time and seen a lot,but i think it will be with him for a long time,he's a rough diamond but a very genuine and sensitive guy.Good stable live and good family and people around him,Mick will be OK.
Mick got my Bimota SB6 working after lots of people had tried and failed to get it to run right. He fitted a really nice titanium exhaust to it as well. Seemed like a very nice guy and really knew his stuff as well. FWIW the next owner of the Bimota absolutely totalled it at the Island- huge endo at the hayshed and rolled it up into a little ball.
