Last weekend was the 2020 Bathurst 1000. This years race was special because it was the final race for Holden’s factory team. The reason for the change is because the factory closed earlier in the year and the Holden brand has been retired. Thought Holden’s history at Bathurst it was well known that “when Holden cars won on the Sunday, Holden sold cars on the Monday.” To help keep up tradition Holden won their last Bathurst 1000.

Holden’s most successful racing car driver was Peter Brock. To this day his record of 9 wins at Mount Panorama Racing Circuit, Bathurst still stands. For this reason he was known as the King of The Mountain. Since his death in 2006, the winner of the Bathurst 1000 (The Great Race) has been awarded the Peter Bock Trophy.

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In celebration of this great Australian race car legend, Bob Kollns created Peter Brock World at Bob’s Shed, Quirindi. Peter Brock was a crowd favourite and nothing was to much trouble for his fans. Kollns states that he had met Brocky on a few occasions and has many signed pieces of memorabilia in his displays.

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Above are replicas of some of the cars Brocky raced over the years. I loved learning the stories behind the legend especially from his early career.

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Peter Brock died doing what he loved. He was driving in a car rally in Western Australia. A national tragedy, when the country was still mourning the loss of Steve Irwin, (The Crocodile Hunter) 4 days earlier.

I think the following classic cartoon says it all.