iluvhrdcor
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 Posted - 2006/09/08 : 07:22:22
yes its true, Australia's Peter Brock has died this afternoon racing the WA Targa West Rally
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) said in a statement the accident occurred at about 1.50pm
Brock's car hit a tree and no other vehicles were involved.
The accident occurred near the small community of Gidgegannup, about 40 kilometres east of Perth.
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
his is another true australian hero... R.I.P.
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