The siblings have a half-brother, James, Bev's eldest son. At the time of his death in , Brock was engaged to Julie Bamford. Mount Panorama-Wahluu is just one place Robert is thinking of spreading his portion of Brock's ashes. Robert said the family also enjoyed trips to their holiday house in Port Douglas where they would spend hours snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef or soaking up the sun on a catamaran. When he chooses a spot, he said, he would extend an invitation to his family and would keep fans in the loop.
After his dad died, Robert said he felt "lost for a long time in Melbourne", and that moving to central NSW "felt right" to "re-take control" of his life. Robert said that, while he enjoyed a degree of anonymity, when race time comes around, he's more than happy to answer questions about his father. Robert said his childhood was very different to what his friends had and recalled a day when he was taken out of school for special father-son experience.
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Read more here. Continued use of this site indicates that you accept this policy. This message will only be shown once. Career overview — years in numbers The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details further below on the page. Car Engine Tyres Volvo Volvo 2. Holden Torana was a victorious car in Brock's next three wins at Bathurst , and Five more victories he achieved with various versions of Holden Commodore. Between first and second win at Bathurst, Brock finished 2nd in and retired in because of engine failure while he was leading six laps ahead of the second-placed driver.
In victory Brock's partner was Brian Sampson, for whom it was the first and only win at Bathurst. When not winning, Brock was always near the top, so in , he finished 3rd and in he was 4th. Peter Brock famous 05 Holden Torana, victorious car in and Brook was back on the top podium spot in It was a beginning of a legendary partnership and rivalry. Next year they achieved one of the most remarkable victories at Bathurst, with six laps advantage over second placed Peter Janson and Larry Perkins in 19 Torana.
It remained the most dominant performance in the history of the race. In , The King finished 21st, but it was just a short pause before three more consecutive victories from to Brock's team-mate in all three races was Larry Perkins. The most interesting and slightly controversial was the victory in As usual, Peter Brock started with his car 05, but after its engine blew up in Lap 8, Brock and Perkins transferred themselves to teams' second car 25 of John Harvey and Phil Brock.
They won the race and Bathurst had four winners. In Holden Commodore replaced Torana. Brock continued to win. The Bathurst was the first event which was held exclusively for cars complying with the Australian version of International Group A touring car regulations.
For , the 'Superteam' was formed of former rivals Peter Brock and Allan Moffat , who had won 12 of the previous 16 races at Mount Panorama Circuit. They were second placed, but after losing almost three laps in the pits with an oil cooler problem, they finished in fifth place. Brock's 10 Holden Commodore, winning car of Bathurst The ninth and the last Bathurst victory was achieved in
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