Farewell to Peter Perfect
Peter Brock was arguably the most famous and most loved racing car driver in Australia, and when the 'King of the Mountain' was killed in a tarmac rallying accident last week, at the age of 61, an entire nation - and the whole of motorsport - moved from a state of shock to profound sadness. Australian Mark Glendenning pays tribute to a special man and a motor racing legend
When Peter Brock retired from full-time racing in 1997, grown men openly wept. And last Friday, as news began to filter out from Perth that there had been an accident at the Targa West tarmac rally, the rest of Australia joined in.
Unless you have experienced Australian racing, you may struggle to appreciate the unique position that Brock occupied on the motorsport landscape. And you'll probably think I'm exaggerating when I say that in this part of the world, the news of Brock's death last week, at the age of 61, resonated more loudly than that of Ayrton Senna's 12 years ago.
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