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AzzurrA

By AzzurrA,
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I'd leave that one to the V8/Holden boys and girls.

I think it has nothing to do with the cylinders, or manufactuer of your vehicle!!!

An awesome person (who was also a major car enthusiast) has passed away and as fellow car enthusiasts ourselves, showing our respects through a 'memorial cruise' has nothing to do with what type of category our cars fall into.

We can all miss him equally-regardless!!

RIP-Brocky

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I think it has nothing to do with the cylinders, or manufactuer of your vehicle!!!

An awesome person (who was also a major car enthusiast) has passed away and as fellow car enthusiasts ourselves, showing our respects through a 'memorial cruise' has nothing to do with what type of category our cars fall into.

We can all miss him equally-regardless!!

RIP-Brocky

exactly :(

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If you were Peter Brock what would you think is a fitting tribute?

He was a genius and a great role model to many, many people, a small mark of respect from our community will not be disrespected by anyone, in fact it could be a chance to show others that we are just like them when it comes to hero worship and the respect due to a legend.

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im keen for it either way weather holden or nissan he was a great driver .. respect to him and his family, we could have a cruise for him and steve irwin both where top blokes

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Mud

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um, bit out of line there, don't you think Mud?

you don't have to be a V8/Holden person to have liked/looked up to Peter Brock

perhaps if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all?

just saying would be more fitting if they did it.

no disrespect meant at all.

that's all.

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12DFY

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just saying would be more fitting if they did it.

no disrespect meant at all.

that's all.

No disrespect taken, can see what you are getting at. He was after all predominately famous for bathurst in a Holden. But give credit where credit is due, he was an icon for motorsport, regardless of what he drove

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AzzurrA

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just saying would be more fitting if they did it.

no disrespect meant at all.

that's all.

Why?

He raced all sorts of cars...

he raced Volvos, BMW's, Ford Sierra's (4 cylinder turbos, which i happened to own one of in the past), Toranas (Which is a muscle-car i want to, and have always wanted to, build as a project, later in life)

so i don't see how saying we should 'leave it up to them' really fits?

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Peter Brock and Dick Johnson were heros to me when i was a child.

My first car was an LJ Torana, Just like Brock's, ive still got a poster with a young Peter walking away from his beautiful XU1 with long hair and all...

RIP Brock'y was a pleasure to meet the man and share a ride around QLD Raceway 3 years ago.

Enought from me...

Cruise, i would prefer to sit back and have a BBQ and a beer and watch Bathurst this year. I think this years bathurst will be a special day. Ill be waking up early for bacon and eggs and I be planted in front of the tv all day with a esky close by and ill be thinking of him. My childhood hero.

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For us oversea's noobs..does anybody mind just quickly explaining who and what he did for Aussie motorsport? Ive read about him a little bit and heard of his name but sadly nothing of his background :P

Was he on a par to Senna?? or Allan Jones? Was he ever a Nissan driver? Thank you :O

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