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holy crap, i checked on google and some other search engines when you posted the question, none had any information at all, now yahoo and every1 got info on him dying... not much though, id still be careful of a hoax, brocky edition cars are gona go through the roof

Friday September 8, 03:09 PM

Driver killed in WA crash may be Peter Brock

By 7News

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A leading racing driver has reportedly died in a racing accident in Western Australia.

There are unconfirmed reports that the dead man is nine-times Bathurst 1000 winner Peter Brock.

Sky News reported the accident took place in the Targa rally event in WA and involved one car, which crashed into a tree.

Brock was driving a 5.7 litre Chevrolet V8 Daytona sports car in the Targa race.

The 1150kg car was built as a modern interpretation of the 1965 Shelby Daytona, which dominated the World Sports Car Championship that year.

Brock's co-driver was to be Mick Hone, a Melbourne motorcycle dealer who was team manager for the Works Suzuki team in 2000.

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RIP brocky :O Regardless of whether you loved or hated him, he did a lot of good for motorsport.

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Holy crap, definitely some interest :(
holy crap, i checked on google and some other search engines when you posted the question, none had any information at all, now yahoo and every1 got info on him dying... not much though, id still be careful of a hoax, brocky edition cars are gona go through the roof

the prices for the cars may go up, but they will never replace the legend himself....

Motor racing champion Peter Brock has reportedly been killed in an accident in Western Australia.

A car competing in the Targa West rally crashed into a tree at Gidgegannup about 30 kilometres north-east of Perth about 12pm, a Western Australia police spokesman told smh.com.au.

The car was carrying two people and one had died in the crash, he said.

The major crash investigation unit was at the scene, he said. Ambulances were not called.

The spokesman could not confirm the driver was Mr Brock, although that is being broadcast on Sky News.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/peter-...7222310976.html

very sad news. I met him a couple of times. And most recently at the melbourne GP where he signed a poster for me. He even gave me some weird advice. Strange guy, but very friendly and a damn good driver.

RIP Peter "Perfect" Brock

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