Peter Brock dead?

have a friend in the rally , corner was an 8 left into 5 right . 7' , 8's and 9's are 4th gear fast corners . road was wet and lots of loose gravel , recipe for disaster . targa WA is a quick targa , targa tas is mainly 2nd and 3rd gear corners . quick enough to crash but walk away jobs

 

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20375737-5005961,00.html

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Witness tells of Brock's fatal crash
September 08, 2006 04:30pm

AUSTRALIAN motor racing legend Peter Brock appeared to lose control of his vehicle on a tight hairpin bend before slamming into a tree, a witness to the fatal crash said this afternoon.

A spectator at the Targa West rally in Western Australia, identified only as Jock, told Philip Clark's program on Macquarie Radio that he was standing just metres from the site of the accident.

"The back end just slid out and that was it, it was all over," he said.

"The car didn't roll, the back end just slid out from behind him and slammed straight into a tree and it got him right in the driver's door."
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AndrewWA is competing as many of you probably know, he says that the remainder of today's stages are cancelled, and they're heading back for a briefing now but at this stage it seems like tomorrow will go ahead.
He also mentioned that an M3R rolled on the same stage.

 

This makes the impending retirement of Shuey pale into insignificance.

 

couple of feet either side and he would probably still be here

 

i asked my mate who is in the event " will they stop the event " ? he said " brocky wouldn't stop if i died "

 

how many times can you roll the dice and not have snake-eyes staring back at you?

 

reminds me when lynn stuck it in at buller and his son nearly died . the mood was very ordinary that night and that was the last day of the event. no fun to be had in WA now for the remainder of the event . everyone will be going 5/10ths from tomorrow . i reckon some will just go home

 

that was a very somber day. even those of us in the Porsche touring group were well aware of what was happening. there is still 2 full days of competition to go in WA too. there will be a few toasts to the man in Perth this evening.

 

Another reason, large trees shouldnt be near roads.

 

err yeh but the trees were there first

 

Whocares? Really, why does non-human things take president(correct use of word?) over human lives?


We didnt seem to mind taking over Australia from the abos why are trees more special then humans?

1 Human life > all trees.

 

yeah....and when was the last time a tree won bathurst or signed an autograph?

RIP Brockie

 

As the old saying goes...if you fly with crows, expect to be shot at.
In Brockie's case, he soared with eagles.

RIP Peter Brock

 

R.I.P Brocky.....
Very sad to lose an Aussie racing legend like him.
2 Aussie icons in the same week is a sad loss for Australia.

 

Shocking stuff so sad,got news from mate in rally,good mate Mick Hone was navigating for Brock,thank Heavens Mikes OK.Mick did targa Tassie,he said Peter was just amazing to sit next to.he still had it and Micks no fool having been around race bikes all his life.Thoughts to their families and close ones.

 

R.I.P Brockie , Australia has been a bit unlucky this week!

 

Very, very sad day (and week for that matter), big loss for a lot of people.

 

Very sad, but these are the risks we take in life. RIP, he always seemed like a pretty nice bloke (I met him a few times, my brother had the chance to ride for a few hot laps with him back in the days he was driving the 850 Volvo)

"Precedent"

And your views are moronic, so I really hope you were trying to be funny.

 

Very sad news, RIP Peter Brock.

I was listening to an interview on the radio just this morning before the first stage, couldn't believe it when a few hours later I was told he had been killed.

I hope fans get out in force on the weekend to watch the rest of the rally, I'll be out there on Sunday for the Chittering stages.

 

King of the mountain is now going thru the pearly gates in an A9-X. RIP

 

Shocking week, and very sad to lose two Aussie icons as said before. Met Peter once, and couldnt've met a nicer guy. Not at all arrogant and very happy to sign an autograph for me with my name on it..
Im very sad by this news

 

me too, although i wasn't looking for an autograph, i was just wondering why this dude had come up and started yakking at the guy with us http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135366844&postcount=1082

 

What a week!!

Another shock. Going to remember where I was when I got this news as well.

Rest in peace, Pete!

 

RIP Peter Perfect.

Mentor to a generation of racing drivers. Idol to a couple of generations of racing fans. A worthy champion and ambassador for his sport.

He'll be sorely missed.