American Reacts to Peter Brock describes a lap of Bathurst (1986)

This video was heavily requested by alot of viewers! So here it is, and This american is excited, because I love old cars better, i love v8s, and Peter Brock certainly seems like a legend
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[@mista2621]

In 1979 Brock won by 6 laps, a feat never repeated, also set the fasted lap on the last lap , just to show off

[@jobe0505]

@Merduh Yurass hope lowndes can get to 9

[@jackmarstaeller7663]

@Merduh Yurass two of those victories were when he stole his team mates car (that was allowed back then) so I like to think he and Lowndes are even

[@timjohnun4297]

@@jackmarstaeller7663 Both those cars were owned by him and both times the number 2 car was further back in the field, so those victories were even more impressive I think. In 1987 the number 10 car that he drove to victory was made up out of spare parts and only even entered to fulfil a contractual obligation, they didn't even expect it to finish the race, let alone win it

[@mista2621]

@Merduh Yurass 3 wins , lol , hardly a good go at it . 13th most wins 9 Australia Peter Brock 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987 7 New Zealand Jim Richards 1978, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2002 Australia Craig Lowndes 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018 6 Australia Larry Perkins 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997 Australia Mark Skaife 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010 5 New Zealand Steven Richards 1998, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2018 4 Australia Bob Jane 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Australia Harry Firth 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967 Canada Allan Moffat 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977 New Zealand Greg Murphy 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004 Australia Jamie Whincup 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 Australia Garth Tander 2000, 2009, 2011, 2020 3 Australia Dick Johnson 1981, 1989, 1994 2 Australia John Goss 1974, 1985 Australia Allan Grice 1986, 1990 Australia John Bowe 1989, 1994 Australia Russell Ingall 1995, 1997 Australia Tony Longhurst 1988, 2001 Australia Rick Kelly 2003, 2004 Australia Will Davison 2009, 2016

[@rexeverything4578]

@Merduh Yurass Nobody was comparing him though

[@zabaleta66]

He's a legend here in New Zealand too.....he raced a lot here as well! A true blue Aussie though, nice guy and real gentleman.

[@gwildor]

PB is an Australian legend. His passing stopped the entire nation :( Rest his concrete bones. Such a sweet man ✌️

[@adriaandeleeuw8339]

My son was at the next corner when it happened!

[@jasonfleming6447]

It was a bad week cause Australia lost two icons. Steve Irwin died as well.

[@richardkenna149]

When Steve Irwin died, i said to my mates, "wow , that's like Peter Brock on the scale of Aussies who you think will live forever". A week later....

[@alwaysthewtite1]

I remember being young and watching Bathurst with my family and Brocciie in the A9X days. Imagine all the knowledge he’d be passing on if he was still here 😢

[@dazwall5092]

As an Aussie, I say thank you for the respect given to an Aussie legend.

[@wizard5540]

Well said 👌I name my son after brockie

[@shauno7]

Brock is an absolute legend of Bathurst, winning it a record 9 times. The winning trophy for Bathurst is now named in his honour.

[@redbomberr4594]

I remember watching this race. That was Brock just having a chat with the commentators whilst flying over the hill. It wasn't practice, that just what Brock was like; the man was calm and methodical while he was fast and sideways. Unbelievable driver...miss you buddy 👊

[@paulbacalhau4626]

There has been a doco made in memory of this legend, It's called. Peter Brock- Over the top. It shows his history as a driver and the man he was

[@TheMattzx9]

Brock wasn't just a great driver. He was a great guy and a roll model for young kids. Spoke with him in the pits when I was 12. Took the time to sign my t shirt and speak with me. Something that not all of the other drivers would do. He was a genuine nice bloke.

[@milkshakemuncher]

The amount of time and respect he had for fans is unmatched in the racing world. I met Brocky a few times, line ups were long, he stayed until everyone had signed items and or shook his hand, 2 or 3 hours, didn't matter. Always had a quick yarn on the way through. Such a sad day when he passed away

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Yes, In Car Race Cam was invented in Australia, by engineers and techs at HSV7, a cousin of mine was on that TV team, and he advised me, when I stuck a camera in the wing of a Sprintcar, being first to live link that back to a mobile control, back in '95. Now you need to look at some Dick Johnson videos of Bathurst 😁

[@timjohnun4297]

Yeah, Dick Johnson was great on in-car, had some of the best one-liners ever

[@jemxs]

We also invented the lipstick cameras in the track for the F1's.

[@michaeljudd4319]

Wasn’t that the HSV7 sponsored car that won it in 1976 that carried the first in-car camera? From what I remember it was basically a standard OB camera that they bolted in the passenger’s side seat well. Fitzpatrick brought the thing home on 6 cylinders.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@michaeljudd4319 Not the 'standard' camera, which were huge then and are huge now. It was called a 'mini' camera, about the size of a shoebox with somewhat lesser picture quality and small lens, plus a bigger box for the radio link to the helicopter that relayed back to the OB Truck. You could out-perform it with the analog cameras mounted on FPV race drones these days, let alone the digitial systems DJI now sells, without needing to relay.

[@dougharrison7844]

The engine is the Australian Holden V8, in this VK version in 86 it was a 304 cube, slightly destroked from it's traditional 308 cube to fit under the five litre regulations for international Group A. Being under five liters allowed 500kg less weight under the regs.

[@ethanearl]

Hey Doug it allowed a weight drop from 1400kg to 1325kg, so 75kg not 500kg. The 304 also got a double row timing chain and uprated rocker gear. There was also a new conrod very quietly homolated just before the 1986 bathurst race, apparently the HDT supplied them to the privateer teams but Perkins was denied access to the new rods until Larry jumped up and down so much about this that 2 sets arrived mysteriously at his workshop “without invoice”. Strangely enough the Grice/Bailey chickadee roadways team had these rods already installed before LP even knew of their existence!

[@lesflynn4455]

500kg??!! Wow. They would be utterly mad not to reduce the cubes. I'm over 50, but never knew about that weight stipulation. I was a quite a fan of Peter Perfect in the 80s. Guess I still am.

[@brendanfromnz]

An absolute legend of the sport, so dearly missed and we loved him every bit as much here in New Zealand as they did in his homeland. Whenever he jumped across the ditch for a race event or some other engagement as he often did, he was treated like an honorary Kiwi, he was respected and adored that much. A truly great Australian and will never be forgotten. An interesting aside you might not be aware of (and apologies if anybody has already mentioned this in the 600+ comments) his race number 05 was in reference to the 0.05% alcohol limit for drink driving, of which he was a strong campaigner against and every one of his cars since sometime in the 70's carried that number.

[@viscash3606]

Peter Brock was known as "The King of the Mountain". Did you notice he often rests his arm on the door sill and drives just as hard. The VK was his favorite model of Holden (GM). The engine was a 308 ci naturally asperated engine de-stroked to 304ci and was originally designed (in the 60s) off the best bits of Chev, Olds and Buick engines.

[@viscash3606]

@@paspax In 1985, a destroked version of the 308, known as the 4.9L or 304, was introduced to allow the VK to compete with a lower minimum weight (1325kg, a saving of 75kg) under the 4501-5000cc regulations of Group A touring car racing.

[@darranparlett2517]

you should try to find Peter Brock driving his holden torana

[@78piper]

When he won by 5 laps setting g the fastest lap on the last.

[@stuarthunter2923]

Which one, the A9X?

[@victorsinclair3707]

Yes! The XU1! Good call

[@Aaron_Hanson]

He won by 6 laps and set the track lap record on the final lap 🇦🇺❤️05

[@danwils2470]

As a 11 year old mad holden fan l remember watching Peter Brock win his first at Bathurst 1972

[@jenniferharrison8915]

He was such a huge star/legend!! 👏 A really special humble Aussie! 👍

[@stuarthancock571]

This was back in the day when the race cars were taken straight from the production line, stripped down and modified into a race car. The shell of this Commodore is identical to the normal family sedan. Going by the footage it looks as though the original dashboard was still there, albeit modified. Every year since, the cars evolved away from the factory model a little bit every year up until 2013 when they became like NASCAR with a tubular frame with stuck on panels just to look like a sedan. They might use a plastic grill or tail light from the manufacturer but that's about it. Everything else is built from the ground up. The current (and last) Commodore being raced is based on a front wheel drive V6 sedan, yet the race car is RWD with a V8. So that explains where they're at now..

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

I miss those days when they raced real cars. Go back a bit further than this and they used to change tyres with a jack and a wheel brace. None of these quick change brakes, if you ran out of brakes back then you just backed off a bit until they came back or they went to the floor and you had to stop (one way or another).

[@johnd8892]

Took a while for Bathurst 500 race cars to be allowed to put a roll cage into the car. Was it 69 or 70?

[@micksmith-vt5yi]

Race on Sunday buy on monday was the saying lol. See the car race on Sunday and you could walk in and buy it monday

[@MrWerd910]

This was a VK Group A Blue Meany for the race track. Remember they had to build 500 to sell to the public to be able to race.

[@noelwebb6843]

@@micksmith-vt5yi up until 1990 when the Ford Sierra's & Nissan Skylines which you couldn't buy were racing. However the VN SS Commodore, which you could buy hadn't sold enough to race

[@RobertSmith-pt7gl]

We lost both Steve Irwin and Peter Brock in the same week in 2006 there's a great sketch of Steve standing on the side of the road with a crocodile under he's arm and brockey has pulled over in 05 and says jump in mate I'll give ya a lift.

[@IWrocker]

That’s heartbreaking honestly… wish I would’ve discovered Peter Brock earlier, I even had a couple somber days when Steve Irwin passed, grew up watching him in the 90’s. And that sketch sounds like a great and clever reminder of 2 legends

[@111jacare]

There was a third great Australian that died that week. Either the day before or the same day as Steve Irwin. Who was he???

[@RobertSmith-pt7gl]

@@111jacare Richard Carlton may 6.

[@111jacare]

No, it was not Richard Carlton. He passed on due to a heart attack, covering the Beaconsfield mine collapse and rescue. This person died either the day before or the same day as Steve Irwin.

[@NoMatureContent]

Going up that road (its a public road) at around 30mph is scary. These guys are doing about 120-130mph.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

They do 120-130mph through the slow bits like the curves coming down the mountain. I have driven that section of road several times (doing the speed limit, not wanting to get booked) but the first time I came through there I couldn't believe how they ever did the speeds they did. My car was squealing the tyres at the speed limit. Granted I was staying on the correct side of the road and not using the whole road like they are doing, but they would be doing close to three times the speed I was going. Being it was a open public road I wasn't game to give it a blast through the racing line through there, although I was very tempted. There are apparently speed cameras on that road and I didn't know where they were hidden.

[@NoMatureContent]

@@DodgyBrothersEngineering Myself and a mate did some silly things through that area in an old LH Torana years ago. Even using more than our share of the road, doing more than 60-70kmh was fairly scary.

[@IWrocker]

Mind blowing to think about, any racer that can run that course, over and over and win races, hell even just complete the race without crashing… ought to fell alright because every time I see this track it looks challenging. One of the most unique tracks I’ve ever seen

[@NeilanPhotoGraphics]

@@IWrocker i live in the track area its funny having grown up here and done night runs my whole life around the track it doesn't feel like a hard track to me, if anything i have issues on flat tracks when i do track days

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

@@NoMatureContent I have been around it in 3 different vehicles a Ford KC Laser TX3, in a Nissan 180SX, and my Kawasaki ZX-10R. If the road was blocked coming up, I reckon I could do 100kph coming down through the Esses, but that is still no where near what the V8 Supercars do, they are still doing probably double that. The turn coming onto the main straight was probably the most surprising corner, I swear I picked up a wheel coming through there in the Laser.

[@phelanpawly2507]

Race cam is an Aussie invention and transformed Motorsport to something taken for granted now. The first prototypes were massive cameras bolted to the roll cage and relayed pictures to the helicopter above following the car. Peter Brock was an intruiging fellow with many issues but he was and still remains the greatest touring car driver this country has produced. Unfortunately he passed away competing in a Targa road rally in 2006. Race fan or not, everyone knew Peter Brock. The whole country stopped in shock. I count myself lucky to have met him many times and never would he leave an event until every last autograph was signed and every picture taken. Despite his personal flaws, he was and still is, the greatest we’ve ever had.

[@lyonsy1241]

Heel toe technique being used yes and a casual arm resting on the door

[@timp1390]

That's how you get Torana arm (one arm tanned because it hangs out the window all the time)

[@Mirrorgirl492]

@@timp1390 Ah, my teenage years cruising up and down the Pacific Hwy in our Torana SLX, good times.

[@WacKEDmaN]

look where his right atm is sitting!(resting it up on the window sill) dude was so cool and calm behind the wheel... and being able to commentate while driving was amazing...

[@ethantalbot1102]

7:24 you have no idea how tight and steep that twist is, I took my r34 back when I was on my L plates and you almost think the car won’t make it through! Crazy road indeed!

[@thewoomelanghotel8756]

Mate, he is not talking to the race boss or his pit crew, he is actually talking to the media race call team on live broadcast television at 150 to 180 mph in a professional competitive race ( I was there and know) and if you watch the whole thing very carefully you will note he cuts talk very occasionally to talk to his tech support team. Peter Brock or Peter Perfect is an Icon and deservedly so. LEGEND MATE!!!!!!!

[@timp1390]

Glad you checked him out. Bloke was an unbelievable driver.

[@daniellogan4411]

The arm on the window. Gets me every time. RIP BROCKY

[@flamingfrancis]

I remember when he was an unknown running around Oran Park (western Sydney) in his track legit Austin A30 with the Brock tuned 179CI Holden engine..he was known for his paddock bashers but he somehow got this one sanctioned for racing in the "Improved Touring" category. Improved it was, no other A30 like it on the planet. From the start Brocky knew how to make a statement.

[@bradclifton5248]

Peter Brock has the most Bathurst wins still, to my knowledge. 9 i think.

[@chrisczaj7947]

Yes he does would of been 10 but his door came off his car 😞

[@daveretzlaff8391]

10 times if you count his Bathurst 24hr win in 2002.

[@keithrx3c]

@@daveretzlaff8391 Beat me to it, I was about to say that too.

[@Lizards_Lounge]

Yea, the rx7

[@graemelamont1617]

My first ever car was that make / model (i.e. GM Holden Commodore VK, 1986 - but I ran an I6 202 Black Motor with the Bosch EFI, not the 253 / 308 OHV V8's that were standard for the day) that I kitted-up with the same HDT-stamped front air dam, rear spoiler, side skirts, and grille; based on my worship of Brockie and the Holden Racing Team of my day (when he was racing with Craig Lowndes). Peter Brock was a racing legend from back in the day of his GTR XUI Torana, and I'm glad you have love for Bathurst and the V8 Supercars as well.

[@simonconnell7455]

PS:mount panorama is a public road,daily drive and accessible to public on non race days, though it is speed limited to 60kp/h for obvious reasons.....but is still a magical bit of road to drive when you know the history and the driver's that have occupied that road.....love your vids,they always make me proud to be Australian ❤️

[@peterhallett1998]

This brought a tear to my eyes. Thanks for showing this. There will only be one king of the mountain. RIP Brocky.

[@stevepygram6706]

Brockie was "King of the Mountain'

[@davidschott5724]

Brockie's nickname was Peter Perfect. That's why it was such a huge shock in 2006 when he ran off the road at high speed during a rally and died. He really was one of the greats of Australian motor sport.

[@neverleftthe80s29]

There is NO bigger legend in motorsport than Peter Brock. Every single time you went up to him he had TIME for you, signed whatever you wanted. RIP Brocky. The very first in car camera was 1979. The engine is a Holden 5.0 litre 308 V8, all Aussie engine. Beautiful sounding. Peter won 9x Bathurst 1000 races. His first Bathurst race was 1969. His HDT road cars are also awesome, now just incredibly expensive on some models.

[@johnd8892]

The 1986 Bathurst 1000km race was for cars in three classes Class A For cars of up to 2000cc engine capacity, it saw a variety of cars entered. Most numerous were variations of Toyota Corollas, with individual entries of a turbocharged Fiat Uno, a Ford Escort and a Nissan Gazelle. Class B For cars of between 2001 and 3000cc engine capacity, it featured the turbos; Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Skyline and Volvo 240, but also included Alfa Romeo GTV6, BMW 323i, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Toyota Supra. Class C For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity. Apart from a strong presence of BMW 635 CSi, the swansong of the V12 Jaguar XJS, and the first appearance of a turbocharged Ford Sierra, it was the domain of the V8; Holden Commodore SS Group A, Ford Mustang and Rover Vitesse. Commodores ran 1 and 2 then the early Nissan Skyline then the Dick Johnson Mustang ( Fox body?) Peter Brock's Commodore only made it to fifth place that year.

[@DanP_original]

Just discovered your vids. Love your channel! Massive fan of Mt Panorama. True story - I rode down the track on my Mountain Bike one year. Had a little bit of rust on the rims....by the time I got to pit straight I completely wore down my rubber brake pads. Crazy...

[@privateinformation2960]

Brocky 'King of the Mountain' - VK Commodore was a v8 beast. Thats him in the middle of a race, bathurst 12 hour. cool as cucumbers. he was australias ayrton senna. Did meet him twice, once just before this was filmed (i have a signed poster of that commodore somewhere) and then a couple of years before he passed away. Absolute legend. This is from the days of 'win on sunday, sell on monday' The downhill straight is 'Conrod' Straight. Nowadays they get up to 300+kmh down the bottom then there is a right hand kink into a hard brake into a tight chicane.

[@geoffreywheatley7711]

Peter Brock was also known as the king of the mountain because he won Bathurst nine times

[@danieledwards1081]

Peter Brock, absolute racing royalty and a great person to just have a chat with as well, had the pleasure of meeting and talking with him in the early 90s. The car, 1986 Holden VK Commodore, 5L Holden (not Chev) V8. They were a great car

[@Hapkido82AUS]

For non locals watching, car was based on road car, Holden 4.9Lt V8, modified road car heads and block, steel crank/rods, big solid cam, and highly modified Quadrajet carb, about 420hp. Gearbox is Getrag dog leg 5 speed. Heel-toe down shifts, and H pattern is reversed so 2nd-3rd/4th-5th are in a straight line

[@roddygogo7772]

Peter Brock built his own cars and engines and was up there in mechanical aptitude and car control with Niki Lauder. His mechanical sympathy was second to none and he knew exactly what was going on with everything from the steering wheel to the track temp and everything connected in between. A true legend of motor racing.

[@cletusmcshootyface4646]

if you like the sound of that car mate look for brocks 1991 race ...so good

[@burns0100]

This man, Peter Brock is a legend here in Australia. I mean as you can see from just this clip he's a man of many talents but he was the King of the Mountain.

[@theshed8802]

I remember watching Peter Williamson in his Celica, the first of the in car race cams. The needle on the tachometer used to live between the last didgit on the scale and M on RPM. Watching it bleed revs and come back onto the scale on the tachometer, and he DOWNSHIFTS!!! I was a race cam fan from then on. Dick Johnson, cracking jokes, and breaking axles whilst on camera. Brocky in the rain across the top of the mountain, one arm on the door sill, sideways across the top!!! Bathurst, Racecam, legends, all of them

[@stevep5819]

I was always a Ford man but like most, always had respect for Brockie. I remember him driving a Holden Rodeo in a rally through Orange to Hill End, a steep down hill to the river where we 4wd'ers used low range and he powered down it, gently but power on. Through the river and then he really showed his class. The track continued diagonally up hill across a cliff face, dirt track, only a few spots where cars can pass and NO SAFETY RAILS, He held it flat with just the briefest blips as he changed gears!

[@johnrogers3984]

G’day, Just subscribed after watching 2 of your Bathurst reaction vids👌 Here’s 1 of my favourite Peter Brock vids, qualifying for starting position (Top Ten Shootout) in a V8 VN Commodore Group A for Bathurst 1991. No records broken & a few errors, but an awesome clip showing PB’s utter driving talent. It’s titled ‘Peter Brock 1991 Bathurst 1000 Tooheys Top Ten’. Would be great to see your reaction to this. Cheers👍

[@jeffreybamford7365]

The best there ever was to drive an Aussie V8 supercar

[@spinnymathingy3149]

Don’t think they were Supercars back then, they were REAL cars 😊

[@jeffreybamford7365]

@@spinnymathingy3149 homologated street cars yes but no grocery getter back then they where six hundred horsepower..

[@tomnewham1269]

Dick Johnson would also talk to the commentators and he use to come up with all sorts of funny quotes while driving at Bathurst and at other tracks. You are right, this was done during the race and at racing pace. The engine that was in this car was a Holden carburetor 304 V8 made here in Australia.

[@jaymewakahemi5554]

The 2019 Bathurst Intro was the best intro ever!

[@cartorx1261]

They used to get interviewed while the were racing and it was fun listening to the drivers under pressure in a race or dog fight.

[@BlueEyesGaming]

Another great one to watch IMO is "When the Lowndes Legend was Born" a great fight and pass that noone expected from a rookies first ever Bathurst. And the perfect follow up to it.. "In 2006 Craig Lowndes Wins First Brock Trophy" Craig Lowndes was Brocks Protogee, Brocky was his mate and his life coach, and when he passed, i doubt anyone (With the exception of Brocks family) was hit by it harder than Craig.. That years bathurst had a new trophy. the "peter brock memorial" and in a perfect moment of universal poetic justice, lowndes won it, probably one of the most perfect and emotional moments for all true v8 fans. Craig is one of the legends of v8 super cars, and both video's are worth a watch

[@bodgiesteve8849]

First in-car camera was Perter Williamson with his Toyota Celica, at Bathurst, 1978 Some cool video of him around. RIP both peters

[@steyer-crmg]

I didn’t read all of the comments, but I’d like to say that this is a street circuit around a mountain, Mount Panorama.

[@kman6482]

I’ve walked this track. Gotta say the camera does this no justice. Walking down the mountain just after Mcphillamy park at the top is probably the steepest of any slope I’ve ever been on. A real credit to the drivers who race this section at such a fast pace.

[@MarkPentler]

It's not so much the cameras but the transmitter and receiver technology that is where the innovation needed to be. Covering an entire racetrack with the ability to get solid video is tough!

[@moz911]

Peter Brock my Idol was called King of the Mountain because he had won the Bathurst 1000Klm race 9 times. Bloody Legend. Do yourself a favour and watch it live, this year it will be on the 10 October.

[@stalkerdavid9]

4.9 litre (304 cubic inch) V8 carburetted with a 5 speed Getrag gearbox. Discplacement was kept under 5 litres to take advantage of the Group A rules. This was '86 - the last year before the Chase was installed. I had the honour of attending Bathurst '85, '86, '87 and 2005.

[@johndee68]

I'm recalling that by 1986, I recall Brock had teamed up with Allan Moffett, who used to be Brock's rival racing in the Ford racing team. As a kid I had an opportunity to be in the car once with Brock at a GMH Christmas doo.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Google will tell you everything you need to know about these cars and the way they, and the Bathurst 1000 have changed over the years. You can tell why Peter Brock was such a legend and why Australians were addicted to the V8 Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons, which were equally as spectacular. Glad you are discovering all this, an added dimension to your enjoyment. :-)

[@markscott2360]

Notice the elbow laying on the window part of the door that was his trademark so relaxed.

[@stevebothe1416]

In 1979 Brocky won this race by 6 laps! It's a 6.2 km circuit and 1000 km race. So he won by more than 36 kms. This is why he is a legend...

[@ssz2005]

Brockie will always be the King of Aussie V8s and the Mountain . Ian they race motorcycles around this track now that’s crazy !!

[@davidprice7162]

Mum had a VK Commodore when turned 18 and got my licence. Even with just a 6 the car drove fantastic

[@markscott2360]

Bloody Champion bro,he won Bathurst 9 time's and a 12 hr in the 427 Monaro,absolute star.

[@danharvey3096]

Peter Brock is literally the Michael Schumacher of Australian Supercars and always will be.. RIP.. Kiwi here, although we have our own Supercar legends like Greg Murphy, none of them hold a torch to Peter Brock, at least in Australian Supercars. Obviously as far as Kiwis go Bruce McLaren is the greatest Kiwi Racecar driver. But in Australian Supercars, of all people, legend Australian Peter Brock is the biggest legend in the sport. And yes as a child I remember listening to his in car commentary, this actually instantly brought back memories haha!

[@Chriseboi]

Greatest racing legend in Australia a true gentleman R.I.P. Brockie

[@waynec3563]

The car was built to the international Group A touring car class. A certain number of the car had to be built to be eligible to race. Under the Group A class there were different wheel and tyre sizes and minimum weights depending on the capacity of the engine (turbocharged/supercharged engines had their capacity multipled by 1.4 back in those days). Holden had their V8 of 308 cubic inches since the mid 1960s. 308 cubic inches was 5.04L, which was just above one of the capacity limits. Holden changed it to 304 cubic inches (4.98L) to run a lower weight. It continued at that capacity until the late 1990s. 1986 was the second Bathurst race under the Group A regulations. 1985 was won by John Goss in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar XJS. 1986 was won by Allan Grice in his Commodore. Grice had done the first 100mph average lap of Mt Panorama in qualifying, IIRC. Grice/Bailey and Brock/Moffat raced in the European Touring Car Championship round at Monza (500km), where neither car Finished. Three VK Commodores raced in the Spa 24h round, with Brock's team fielding two cars - Brock/Moffat/Harvey finished 22nd, Lowe/Baigent/Bowkett finished 16th. Grice wa sjoined by a couple of European drivers in his car,which finished 23rd. The Bathurst 1000 would be a round in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 1987, so it was modified to bring it up to the required safety standards, which included installing The Chase chicane on Conrod Straight. The new VL Group A Commodore won the first WTCC race at Monza in Italy with Moffat and Harvey at the wheel. They actually finished 7th, behind 6 BMW M3s, which were all disqualified because of body irregularities. Brock won the Bathurst round of the 1987 WTCC after finishing third, with the first two Ford Sierras being disqualified. That was his 9th win. Here is some highlights of Brock driving in damp conditions on slicks in 1987 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYOrcnyJpbeifMk

[@BrettWilliams-n1c]

Great stuff again plus love who you compare nascar to us down here. Cheers bro

[@tazzygeoff621]

Bev.. the lady in the blue jumper, was is wife. Peter Brock was a National Treasure, his nick name was Peter Perfect. That track is a public road and you need to watch more video of him racing, rain didn't get in his way either. 300kmh and his elbow resting on the window was normal for him. They race for his dedicated trophy there every year at Bathurst's Mt Panorama Race Track. Sadly he crashed and died a few years ago doing an annual road race I think it was The Targa Tasmania .... for fun. 🇦🇺🦘🐨🇦🇺

[@adriaandeleeuw8339]

It was in Perth, he was driving a Daytona Cobra, my son was at the next corner.

[@johnnyblaxland4672]

Brock is a Legend and that track is crazy steep up and down ive been around it

[@johnvienta7622]

And a lot narrower than it looks on tv.

[@jasonnielsen2125]

That V8 is an Australian designed, 308ci 5.0L Holden, the greatest sounding V8 engine of all time. It’s carbureted at this time and was later fuel injected around 1988. The rules at the time, greatly reduced its potential power output. They raced this engine successfully in this class for 20 years. The in car cameras were introduced in 1978.

[@speedfreak1161]

304/308 Holden V8 Made in Australia 💪🇦🇺 Peter Brock was a legend , talking while he is racing like he is on a sunday drive lol

[@leonwilliams8523]

The vk is powered by the little known Aussie 5.0 litre v8 which its last win was in 1993 by Larry perkins another legendary driver

[@gamortie]

The VK body style is the second last of the small body Commodore, before they did the larger body redesign with the VN

[@Joe-qj7oh]

The engine is Aussie designed 4.9 litre cast iron pushrod V8, naturally aspirated, first came out as 5 litre in the early 70's, was Australia's most popular engine, from the time.

[@Niknteen1]

1979 was the first time Channel 7 put the camera in the car for racing, at Bathurst No, he was racing here. They used to run multiple classes at bathurst, so when he's talkign about smaller cars, think Celica smaller ford and holden/gm makes with some Honda's tossed into th emix, so. he was busy :) The engine was a 308 Australian made V8. It's carb fed. The cars ran one make series tyres Bridgstone back then I think. and yes, slick tyres, wets for rainy days. These cars used to lift off a bit coming over the tip of the rise on Conrod straight and also on mountain straight on the way over its crest , so lifting off the pedal can save a bit of damage... the Newer cars, have a new track and no longer do this.. This can ran somewhere over 410 bhp.. clipped 170 ish Mph down conrod. hope that helps some..I miss the days when the racing was like this.

[@davidnelson1471]

Brocky was a born natural driver. Could get into any car and immediately drive it flat out whether it be circuit racing or rallying in the dirt. He was one with the car. I think that car sold recently for around 1million Australian dollars. He started of making and racing open buggies on his parents farm when he was a kid. His first race car was an Austin A30 which he shoehorned a 6 cylinder under the hood. Because the engine took up so much room in the cabin area he mounted his driving seat where the back seat was. An A30 was about the size of a suzuki swift.

[@brucelamberton8819]

re: the Holden V8 engine sound - the Holden 5L engine used a different firing sequence to the Chevy (and Ford) V8, and gave it quite a distinctive sound. As for the engine spec, it had a capacity of 304ci to give about 4.98L, as under Group A regulations it has to be under 5L else it would have a weight penalty. Itv was an OHV design with big-valve heads, high compression pistons, roller rockers, twin-row timing chain, heavy duty conrods.and tubular exhaust headers. It was a carburetored engine, with street cars running a single 4-barrel Rochester while the race cars ran two big Weber twin-barrels.

[@mjustjeanette7026]

You'll also note the car number is 05 as opposed to 5. The reason for this that it was about this time we, Victoria, introduced the 0.05 blood alcohol limit enacted. Special permission was needed to allow the naming as the 05 Holden.

[@MySteamChannel]

PB was my hero...he is gone, as is Holden -never thought I would see either!

[@macisback9059]

This was a 308 V8 my man.. Brocky was a beast.. You gotta check out Brocky in his little Torana's versus the big Ford fairlane V8s.. They were legendary races, the Ford would fly past in the long straight but the Torana would fly past through the mountain.. Those Torana's were awesome & the racing was amazing.. I used to work at Holden when these cars were made.. Anyway, love ya vids.. RIP Brocky, gone but not forgotten..

[@DavidUnderhill]

5 litre v8 carby designed by aussie company repco based on the chev 308. The amazing thing about having In-car camera was we only had colour tv from 1975 so only 11 years later we have this type of tv broadcast.

[@the_real_bin_chicken]

you must have seen mine and the other guys comment about this in your Bathurst 1000 video haha! *I feels special* :-P

[@rageagainstthehygiene2357]

He isn't alone on the track - this is during the 1000km race. To put his calmness in perspective, at this point in the race, another driver had already died. Killed instantly in a crash at the part of the track he is on at 3:35 where he says "you get quite airborne".

[@porthos6118]

Peter Brock won the Bathurst 1000 9 times. I remember he set a record lap time, in one race, on the second last lap. 1000km race at Bathurst equals 161 laps at an average time of about 2min 10sec or there about. 1000km = 621.712m. He was also a guiding light for a few up and coming drivers like Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes. I also remember one of the drivers(Mark Skaife ?) once said "anything can happen in a 1000km race, you can't simulate it in the workshop.". Peter Brock, Dick Johnson, Alan Moffat, Larry Perkins look up any of them, you wont be disappointed.

[@justadroid]

Beautiful VK Commodore , 5.0ltr 308ci displacement , carby fed. This is the Group A series, check out some pre 1984 Group C, "The Big Bangers" as they were known! 1984 was the last Group C Bathurst enduro with the DayGlo VK commodores! Dick Johnson's "Greens Tuff" XE Falcon 1983 Top 10 qualifying lap definitely worth watching too! Love Brocky, long live 05!

[@bigg3974]

Perspective: Bathurst was an an endurance car event for stock (commercially available) cars with (minor) modifications, was basically a testimonial to the production worth of a vehicle. That’s why he threw in the comment about fixing the one issue they had the year previously…….

[@wazheamadman6086]

Thanks for sharing this am an Aussie am pretty sure sure it’s a 5.0 Ltr v8 or a 308 ci and he’s in the race which is 1000 kms

[@zwarst]

The sound when those V8s lost a muffler whoa,, 1987 at the mountain,❤️👍

[@2011necro]

Peter brocks 05 Commodore ran a 305 cc 4.9 ltr v8 the best sounding v8s made even a bone stock 305 sounds amazing at high rpm not alot of hp/kw compared to todays v8s but a great joy to in when sending it peter brock is a god to alot of aussie men and Bathurst /mt panorama is our graceland i was able to do a slow legal speed limited lap one year was amazing to be able to drive on it the down side of the track is so steep the camera does not show the real steepness

[@denbyr4488]

Hey Ian, the woman he was waving to in the workshop (dressed in blue) is Bev Brock.

[@iampete8692]

Peter Brock's '05' was in reference to the .05 blood alcohol limit on Australian roads to help kerb the drink-driving problems of the 80s and 90s

[@odenttraipser5833]

I'm not going through all 1227 comments (as at today's date) so I don't know whether anybody has pointed it out yet, but at about 8:39 you'll see a typical Brockie driving position - one arm on the window and steering wheel, the other just generally enjoying life somewhere else. He was known for it even in the rain! We miss you Brockie. Oh, by the way, the elevation difference between pit lane and the top of the mountain is a bit over 800 feet. I have driven the track in my street car, a 6 cylinder version of the car Brock is driving, with my wife and holiday luggage, and we were down to 2nd gear going up the hill.

[@nugley]

Fun Fact: Conrod Straight is named for six cylinder Holden Toranas throwing the conrod of number five cylinder out through the side of the block at full revs and full speed. (And Brocky's a fuckin' hero.)

[@bobpurdon69]

First Racecam (in car live camera) at Bathurst was 1979. ...and Conrod Straight - somewhere around 300km/h from memory.

[@grahamriley91]

In 1979 Peter Brock in a A9X Torana started the race from pole position, lead for the entire race and ended up winning the race by 6 laps ahead, the race was called the Hardie-Ferodo 1000 back then, Brocky is an absolute legend.

[@bluecedar7914]

That hill climb was intimidating enough going up at 60kmph in my stock standard 202 black powered VK dunnydoor.

[@TheComaDay]

It’s a 5 litre or a 304 Holden v8 with injection and roller cam. It is basically a de-stroked 308 from the early days of Holden. It’s very similar to a chev small block but with a slightly different firing order and similar design

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Ian he was racing at race pace going off the lap time (2.20 seconds) while he was talking. A flat to floor qualifying lap on qualifying tyres and light fuel load would have been around 2:14 - 2:16 seconds back in those days. He mentioned passing a Toyota Corolla, back in those days they ran 3 different classes of cars. Brocky while he was waving to the camera was doing probably doing around 280 kph (174 mph) down Conrod straight. The Corollas were running about 220 - 230kph down Conrod so there was probably 50-60kph speed difference between the classes. He was passing those slower cars all around the track including those spots you said were narrow while not lifting. Yes he was using heel and toe shifting and double clutching all day long. Brocky was so relaxed that if you gave him a beer and a steak he could have probably cooked it on the BBQ for you while he drove.

[@jjjmotorbike8935]

The USA and Australia had two heroes of mine, Pete Brock and Australian Peter Brock, Pete Brock (BRE USA, i'm a massive Datsun fan) and Peter Brock of Australia, The irony here is the Australian version (Peter Brock) died in a car designed by the USA Pete Brock, a Cobra Daytona Coupe

[@TheMelbournelad]

Not surprised we pioneered in car and car motor sport cameras. This is the country that put a camera in the middle of a wooden stick that a hard cricket ball speeds at.