TRG # 002: Bathurst and Brock

Peter Brock, 1945 - 2006, aka the 'King of the Mountain', won the Great Race nine times between 1972 and '87. To this day, he still holds the record for total number of wins of Australia's most prestigious motor race and arguably one the world's top five most prestigious motor races. He also won again at the mountain, co-driving in the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour sportscar race. In 2006, Brock was killed after losing control of his Daytona coupe, while driving the Targa West tarmac rally. A legacy of his, the 'Peter Brock Foundation', continues to operate today, aiding disadvantaged Australian youth. 

RELATED: he will be most controversially remembered for the invention and promotion of a device called the 'Energy Polarizer', a device that has been installed in a number of Holden Dealer Team (HDT) special edition models which bore his name. The device (pictured here), mounted in the engine dock, utilised crystals to improve the cars performance by "alignment of molecules". The controversial component eventually caused a temporary rift between Brock and HDT.

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The Night Before Bathurst 2013

It was the night before Bathurst,
And all was quiet
In this day and age,
Rarely a riot
In McPhillamy Park; after dark
We wait for the dawn,
Of the coming war
Another chance,
To settle the score

The lions roar,
We've heard before
The blue oval core,
Knocking on the door
The rising sun,
Concern for some
A star is born,
Return to form

Who will win the cup?
For the sake of their name,
The pride and the fame
Another trophy for the claim
Championship stakes,
For the least mistakes

A special place,
For this great race