Brock, Peter

Brock, Peter
▪ 2007
“Brocky”  Australian race-car driver (b. Feb. 26, 1945, Australia—d. Sept. 8, 2006, near Perth, W.Aus., Australia), dominated the Australian Touring Car circuit over a career of almost 40 years. Brock won the circuit championship three times (1974, 1978, and 1980), finished as the second-place runner-up five times (1973, 1979, 1981, 1984, and 1990), and earned the pole position a record 57 times. He also captured the Bathurst 1000, Australia's most prestigious 24-hour endurance race, a record nine times between 1972 and 1987 and in 2003 went on to win the 24 Hour Enduro. He also won the Sandown Enduro nine times in 12 years (1973–84). From 1997 he focused much of his time on motivational speaking and on running the charitable Peter Brock Foundation. Brock was killed when his car crashed into a tree during the Targa West rally.

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