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Fio1
09-08-06, 01:22 AM
Unbelievable! http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20375492-1702,00.html

:( :cry:

http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,20375522%255E23770,00.html
Kiwifan
09-08-06, 01:53 AM
Oh Jeez Aussies, I'm so so Sad. :cry: If ever there was a true gentleman of the Motorsport World. I'm a Ford fan, always have been and have taken plenty of stick when the Holden boys cleaned up but if there was one guy I REALLY admired it was Peter, no matter what car he was in.

He will be really missed by this Kiwifan.

Russell.
Robstar
09-08-06, 02:16 AM
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20375491-5001021,00.html
Kiwifan
09-08-06, 02:18 AM
I'm so sorry mate. :cry: The 05 will live on forever.

Russell.
RacinM3
09-08-06, 02:26 AM
RIP :(
Cam
09-08-06, 06:53 AM
RIP Peter Perfect!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Turn7
09-08-06, 08:25 AM
Godspeed.


edit: oops. Thanks Cam.
Cam
09-08-06, 08:44 AM
Just standing next to him made you feel as if you were going fast.

Godspeed.

http://www.spinalresearch.com.au/Images/Peter%20Brock.JPG

Wrong Peter Brock.

BTW the guy with the beard looks like "Tim" from Holy Grail... :saywhat:
nrc
09-08-06, 10:59 AM
Sad news. :( Rough week for our friends down under.
Accipiter
09-08-06, 11:52 AM
Very sad. :(

Is that a real Cobra Coupe?
RacinM3
09-08-06, 12:04 PM
Wow, this one is going to cause some confusion, as the car in which the Australian Peter Brock was killed was primarily designed by the American Peter Brock. :eek:

Here's the car:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/IMG_2274.jpg/800px-IMG_2274.jpg
nrc
09-08-06, 01:15 PM
Very sad. :(

Is that a real Cobra Coupe?

I think it's an updated, newly built version from Superperformance. Technically a "Brock Coupe" (for the designer, not the driver).
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=17&article_id=8017&page=1
Cam
09-08-06, 05:03 PM
Peter Perfect giving it all in an A9X Torana just like he won Bathurst by 6 laps in, against a 2004 V8 Supercar. youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKvIKVvP1Y) One amazing car. :cool:
Accipiter
09-08-06, 06:43 PM
I think it's an updated, newly built version from Superperformance. Technically a "Brock Coupe" (for the designer, not the driver).
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=17&article_id=8017&page=1


Thanks. I think there are only 7 of the originals, so it being a replica reduces the tragedy by about one hundredth of a percent.
Fio1
09-08-06, 10:46 PM
Thanks. I think there are only 7 of the originals, so it being a replica reduces the tragedy by about one hundredth of a percent.

It would be too ironic that the main Holden (GM) driver would die in the greatest Ford ever built....BTW, I just saw a real one last weekend at Miller Motorsport Park. They are stunning. It was the only car I took a picture of with my cel-phone.