American NASCAR Fan Reacts to Australian V8 Supercars! R.I.P Peter Brock 8/9/06

Cmon to Da Basement to discuss the V8 Supercar legend Peter Brock!
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[@stevejenner1864]

Peter brock in the wet Bathurst 1987 on slicks

[@Mirrorgirl492]

Loving the Prince T-Shirt. Brocky is an Aussie Icon. We lost Brocky the same week as Steve Irwin left us. It was a very hard week.

[@johnnybasement430]

Wow! I wasnt aware of that happening in the same week! That is sad And yeah, Im a huge Prince fan. He was a legendary musical genius.🎸

[@nedkelly9688]

@@johnnybasement430 Yea was 7 days a part big loss to Australia that week.sorry Steve Irwin 4th Sept and Peter was 8th Sept. Pete's mate still has the car he died in and will not sell it to anyone as does not want the parts getting sold stupidly.

[@arconeagain]

​@@johnnybasement430 Prince was great, guitar legend.

[@ryansheehan9462]

I remember both of those deaths well. I hadn’t put it together that they were in the same week. That’s rough.

[@nedkelly9688]

@@ryansheehan9462 Yea i remember hearing Steve then thinking damn we lost a Aussie icon, then few days later the King Brocky died and i thought this was a crap week.

[@wayback479]

That was a very sad day in Aussie sport 😢 RIP Brocky legend

[@johnnybasement430]

I can only relate it to when Dale Earnhardt Sr passed at the Daytona 500. Legends passing in what they love doing. Thanks Wayback👍😎

[@davejensen7922]

He used to be called Peter Perfect by Holden fans

[@davidl707]

Co-driver was introduced because Bathurst was extended to 1000km which makes race length about 6 hours. They switch drivers out to avoid fatigue at a pit stop. Each driver has to drive minimum of 1/3 race (54 laps), so normally lead driver will start, swap out for middle of race, then jump back in for the last couple of hours. THe video showed Brocky racing rally, a different format of racing to Supercars also, maybe another sport for you to check

[@johnnybasement430]

Thanks for the co-driver breakdown David! Very helpful. 👍😎

[@user-pp9ms7ss3o]

Peter Brock or known as 'broky' down under was a 100% Holden man and 9 times winner of the Bathurst 1000. There was a strong rivalry between Holden and Ford but I think I speak for most fans, didn't matter what side of the fence your on. Broky is a well respected legend of the sport. I'm 100% a Ford man but still have plenty of respect for Brocky.

[@berranari1]

There was a time when he was driving a Ford Sierra. He even had a Brock signature Ford Falcon. 🤔😁

[@nedkelly9688]

Was a sad day, had a mate that was selling his VK Brock Holden Commodore the week Brock died, guy who was buying it rang him and said, i will understand if you want to raise the price now that he has passed.. 1979 Bathurst last lap video is one of the best to watch. his most famous race and why A9X Holden Torana is one of most popular in Australia. Peter Brock king of the mountain. King of mount Panarama. Peter Brock not only raced cars he owned and built them with HDT Holden Dealer Team. Built HDT models of Holden Commodores and a few odd models also until the VL Commodore Polariser system Holden dropped him. Funny thing VL Commodore never would of had a Holden V8 if was not for Peter Brock putting one in it as Holden had no intention of doing it..

[@johnnybasement430]

Thanks for this detailed breakdown! I also like your name as I saw Mick Jagger in Ned Kelly multiple times👍😎

[@kevkoala]

I grew up watching Peter Brock race Bathurst, hence my love of Holden Toranas. And 1984 when he won Bathurst was the last of the Group C "Big Bangers." I miss those days. :(

[@johnnybasement430]

I hear ya! I certainly miss the good ol days in the sports I love and some players from then as well. Thanks for commentin KevKoala👍😎

[@tcullen3684]

Brocky was not only a great driver, in his early days, his movie star good looks made him extremely marketable, therefore he was popular with car racing fans & non fans alike.

[@johnnybasement430]

Great personalities in sports makes legends as much as their skill because I believe fans have as much to do with carrying their careers along. It also allows for fans to be more patient when they fall into a "slump" When some of the sports media ask "Why do fans say we won" or "we lost" when the fans "arent a part of the team." To me, if fans were not a part of the team, then why wld home field advantage matter?🤔 Thanks Cullen👍😎

[@toddjames7]

Peter Brock king of the mountain. Check out Peter Brock describes a lap of Bathurst. He is talking to the commentators while he's racing around Bathurst.

[@johnnybasement430]

Will check that out! Thanks Todd👍😎

[@arconeagain]

Someone suggested the wet Bathurst lap, another obvious one is when he sets the fastest lap of the race, and the lap record, on the last lap in the A9X (1979). Another classic would be him casually talking to the commentary team during the race via an onboard cam, his elbow sort of resting out the window. Keeping in mind this is one of the most technical, unforgiving circuits in the world. Peter grew up in a town just across the range from me. He had attended a nearby historic hillclimb event called Rob Roy. Blokes were literally throwing their car keys to him, and he took up a Torana XU1 and an SLR 5000... and fanged it of course.

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

The chassis mentioned for this car is the same chassis used for the first series of the new Camaro. Billion dollar development by Holden.

[@Notric]

There are many videos of Peter Brock racing on Bathurst and many other tracks in Australia, any would be worth a reaction, especially those where he talks to the racecam. He was always cool as a cucumber behind the wheel.

[@julienash9470]

There's two things with Peter Brock that made him stand out from the rest. He was the outright best and nursing a sick car to either win or get a podium and other is that he was so good in wet conditions.

[@shauntaylor6175]

Love the Brisbane Lions jerseys mate, being from and living in Brisbane good to see those Jersey's on the otherside of the world in your house. RIP Brocky. Legend of a driver. Also built some awesum cars under HDT (Holden Dealer Team) name, basically took road cars we drive around every day and turned them into awesum muscle cars. Google HDT cars. 🤙

[@johnnybasement430]

Yes Go the Lions! Hoping for a full recovery to this season! Im lovin the V8 supercars now as well! Thanks for the c comments Shaun!👍😎

[@littlelil-y3p]

One that always amused be was Brocky casually chatting to the commentators while driving.. Also the time Glenn Seton slid the Skyline at bathurst.

[@JayWhy1964]

It is pleasing to see a reactor go to the trouble of actually researching a video. Some reactors don't really have any interest in what they see. They only ask questions for viewers to answer, and then can't be bothered answering viewers comments anyway. 👍👍

[@johnnybasement430]

When I have an interest in a sport, Im going all in. I pride myself in how much I know in the sports Ive been watching my entire life(Basketball,Baseball, Football and Hockey) So when I see how much pride fans have in their beloved sport (such as V8 supercars in this scenario.) I bring the same respect that I wld expect someone new to my sports wld bring and thats diving in and learning it! Lastly, I hear ya on most reactors not responding to comments. Im not sure what their reasons are, but I answer as many as I can. However, there are times when I dont respond and its basically because some might feel left out as if their comments werent as important as the ones that got a response. Its a fine line and I hope you understand. Thanks for watching and commenting JayWhy1964!👍😎

[@Notric]

Bathurst race has a Co Driver so that they take it in shifts - only one driver in the car at a time. There are mandatory driver changes and each driver must do a set minimum of laps.

[@johnnybasement430]

Thanks for explaining the co-driver as only one in the car at a time. At first I thought it was strange because its adding weight to the car, but now it makes sense. Thanks Notric👍😎

[@paddymccarthy6212]

I reckon you should check out Dick Johnson driving Brockie’s torana. He was , in the middle years, Brockie’s biggest rival. Cheers

[@sammy_dog]

Fun fact the car Peter Brock died in was based on a Shelby Daytona the Daytona was designed by an American with the name of Peter Brock

[@johnnybasement430]

How Ironic Sammy! Thanks for the support👍😎

[@tex308253]

As brocky said at the start it was only the Daytona shell,the rest was a ve Commodore ss ! R.i.p. king Brock !

[@Rassskle]

Alan Moffat won the last Bathurst that allowed a single driver......after 5 hours of non stop driving, the heat and perspiration had romoved most of the skin on both his hands and fingers. He was in a lot of pain grabbing the wheel and changing gears. F1 drivers are buggerd after 2 hours.....imagine racing hard at Bathurst for 5 + hours in a heavy family car without power steering.

[@andrewvolf2916]

My son was born the day Steve Irwin died. I remember the week well.

[@geoff6414]

Hi have a look at Peter Brock ON IT!! Top ten shoot out toohyes 1000 Bathurst.

[@berranari1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIa3lGWJaNlrqbMfeature=shared 1986 This is another good one. This was the year that Moffat was Brock's co-driver. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZvGgWmjq5V5bq8si=Q-LQ1B_FJRKpCGt7 This is the link to the race highlights 1986 Brock was my favourite driver. Before that it was Nikki Lauda. Also my mother used to have a Holden Monaro. So she had a cool car when I was little. Brock drove the Monaro and then the Torana. In 1986 it was the Holden Commodore. #05 I loved Dale Earnhart #3 also. They had a similar personality Peter Brock and Earnhart. Peter Brock had actually retired from the Supercar racing. He was doing the Targa Rally for the fun. But he was taking it seriously. Rally driving is very dangerous. The New Zealand champion rally driver, Graham "Possum" Bourne lost his life in a crash. All motor racing is dangerous, but it is better for driver safety now then in the past. Especially the open wheel racing in the 1960s & 1970s. 😮

[@johnnybasement430]

Berranari!!!! Thanks for the links and a fully detailed comment as expected!Hope youve been well brother.👍😎

[@berranari1]

@@johnnybasement430 anytime, my friend. I have been well. Thank you. I thought you would like to start with the 70s and 80s. But you are going to love it in the Supercar era too. The racing was even closer. 👍 And look out for Marcos Ambrose, Scott McLaughlin and Shane Van Gisbergen. 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇺🇸

[@berranari1]

​@@johnnybasement430kzbin.info/www/bejne/qanThqyObbmngLssi=lqImWvCuqCkSoAe8 2013 V8 Supercars

[@davidcruse6589]

A co driver isn't like rally They're not in vechiles with driver But what they do is driver changes maditory Just like 24 hr racing Where over period of the race they have to change driver's Rally racing they have co driver's who read out the course hazards Which way corner coming is and it sharpness and any obstacles Rally speed way on steroids is best way of explaining if you haven't seen before You also need to look at isle of man racing most deadliest motor race in the world All sports have their own unique skills and need to respect them for what they are as individual sports Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@johnnybasement430]

Thanks for breaking down the co-druvers responsibilities as well as the "Rally speedway on steroids" comment! 👍😎

[@davidcruse6589]

@@johnnybasement430 all good mate plenty motor sports out their as well as contact sports I'm lucky I grew up in a area where we had large variety and some of the best Because was less regulation and more private innovation in sport and music Especially music we had the old greats but in my era the bands where free to make their music Not cookie cutter by promoter's these days who have all the say and focus on certain demographic Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍 keep enjoying exploring what the world has to offer that's the beauty of modern life style / Web

[@arconeagain]

It's a pig of a car.

[@arconeagain]

I'll never forget where I was the day I learned Brocky had passed. That's how much he meant to so many. I was at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, drinking beer and playing pool. The report came over the news. This bloke, who I barely knew said, 'who gives a shit?' I felt like using the cue for something other than playing pool.