1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:23,924 --> 00:00:25,591 Man 1: Cars to watch Brock, on your right. 4 00:00:25,593 --> 00:00:28,260 Morris alongside, Moffat on the far left. 5 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:29,795 Man 2: As more than a hundred drivers suffering 6 00:00:29,797 --> 00:00:31,363 from pre-race tension listen carefully 7 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:33,032 to last minute regs and instructions. 8 00:00:33,034 --> 00:00:34,767 Man 3: How much does the race mean to you? 9 00:00:34,769 --> 00:00:36,435 Man 4: Oh, it's the event for the year and you get 10 00:00:36,437 --> 00:00:38,437 tremendous disappointment if you lose it. 11 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:41,206 Man on PA: Lady and gentlemen, start your engines. 12 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,009 [engine revving] 13 00:00:44,011 --> 00:00:44,977 Commentator: There's Brock, preparing to 14 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:46,011 race like the devil. 15 00:00:46,013 --> 00:00:47,780 This is it, the great race. 16 00:00:47,782 --> 00:00:49,181 Man on PA: But now, the one minute siren has gone 17 00:00:49,183 --> 00:00:50,849 and all is ready for a start 18 00:00:50,851 --> 00:00:52,918 with two Falcons and a Holden on pole position. 19 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,386 Commentator: The man who wants to win here 20 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:56,655 probably more than anyone else, Peter Brock. 21 00:00:56,657 --> 00:00:58,457 Commentator: Thirty second warning's about to go up. 22 00:00:58,459 --> 00:01:00,793 Man on PA: Sixty-two of Australia's finest drivers. 23 00:01:00,795 --> 00:01:02,828 Commentator: It's a mad scramble. 24 00:01:02,830 --> 00:01:05,230 Commentator: Literally the balloon's gone up. 25 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:06,932 Commentator: Start of the James Hardie 1000. 26 00:01:06,934 --> 00:01:08,400 Engines are throbbing. 27 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:10,469 You can feel the crowd vibrating with emotion. 28 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,273 Man on PA: All set. Get ready. 29 00:01:14,275 --> 00:01:16,875 Peter: He'd sit in that car, holding the steering wheel 30 00:01:16,877 --> 00:01:19,978 for hours, for days, 31 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:20,946 looking straight ahead. 32 00:01:27,721 --> 00:01:30,923 He was sitting in that car focusing on what he's gonna do 33 00:01:30,925 --> 00:01:32,191 and how he's gonna do it. 34 00:01:34,628 --> 00:01:36,395 Bev: This change would come over him 35 00:01:36,397 --> 00:01:39,765 and his eyes would go black and nothing else counted. 36 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:41,133 Man 5: He was part of that car. 37 00:01:41,135 --> 00:01:44,069 [instrumental music] 38 00:01:47,641 --> 00:01:50,275 Peter: The actual exercise of getting behind the wheel 39 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:52,010 of a car and make it do something 40 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:53,779 it fundamentally doesn't want to do, 41 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:56,582 that's a fantastic thing for any person to do. 42 00:01:56,584 --> 00:01:57,916 Man 6: Behind the wheel, 43 00:01:57,918 --> 00:02:00,819 he seemed to be almost bulletproof. 44 00:02:00,821 --> 00:02:03,922 Man 7: He had an amazing ability to feel the car, 45 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:05,591 to read the car, to understand the car. 46 00:02:05,593 --> 00:02:07,926 The noise, the sounds, the feel. 47 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:09,828 Man 8: There was a lot more to Brock 48 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:12,998 than the smiling hero figure you saw on the victory dais. 49 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,669 You could see the hunger in his eyes. The intensity. 50 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:19,771 The naked ambition to be number one. 51 00:02:19,773 --> 00:02:21,773 Man 9: He trusted everybody, 52 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:23,675 and there were people who weren't worthy of his trust. 53 00:02:23,677 --> 00:02:27,279 Orchestrated move by Holden to crash this business. 54 00:02:27,281 --> 00:02:30,582 James: He did an amazing job of inspiring lots of people. 55 00:02:30,584 --> 00:02:33,852 Commentator: For all the Brock fans waiting for Peter Perfect 56 00:02:33,854 --> 00:02:35,387 to come across the line. 57 00:02:35,389 --> 00:02:36,855 Commentator: You asked for the man. 58 00:02:36,857 --> 00:02:39,158 You asked for him. It's Peter Brock! 59 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,426 Phil: He could turn it on. Women swooned. 60 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:44,229 Men just wanted to be like him. 61 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:47,833 Bev: Peter needed to be respected, needed to be loved. 62 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:49,735 Man 10: The rise and fall and rise and fall 63 00:02:49,737 --> 00:02:51,837 and rise and fall of Peter Brock. 64 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,439 Man 11: He could do no wrong. 65 00:02:54,441 --> 00:02:56,642 He was the messiah of motorsport. 66 00:02:56,644 --> 00:02:59,611 [music continues] 67 00:03:01,882 --> 00:03:04,850 [engine revving] 68 00:03:16,063 --> 00:03:17,729 Alexandra: It didn't occur to me 69 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:20,132 that he could ever have an accident. 70 00:03:20,134 --> 00:03:23,435 He had this force in cars where he could 71 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:28,473 push it until its absolute limit and then bring it back. 72 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:31,043 So he would never spin out. He would never... 73 00:03:31,045 --> 00:03:35,747 Like, he just... He felt cars. He understood them. 74 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:38,584 Bev: He didn't rub paint. He didn't have accidents. 75 00:03:38,586 --> 00:03:41,920 He just intuitively, instinctively knew 76 00:03:41,922 --> 00:03:44,856 where he needed to be and I had complete 77 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:45,857 and absolute faith in him. 78 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:51,997 He had a real strong sense of self-belief 79 00:03:51,999 --> 00:03:56,268 and he actually didn't really see obstacles. 80 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:58,403 John: The public owned Peter Brock in a way 81 00:03:58,405 --> 00:03:59,938 they never really owned 82 00:03:59,940 --> 00:04:03,342 any other racing driver that I've seen. 83 00:04:03,344 --> 00:04:05,077 And it wasn't just charm. 84 00:04:05,079 --> 00:04:09,915 It was just a kind of a special intensity about him 85 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:12,985 and that sense of looking at you and engaging with you 86 00:04:12,987 --> 00:04:15,854 and you're the only person in the room at that moment. 87 00:04:17,958 --> 00:04:20,259 Lewis: Fame has a price to pay 88 00:04:20,261 --> 00:04:23,729 and the price you pay will depend on 89 00:04:23,731 --> 00:04:28,233 how you view it and how you use that gift. 90 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:31,203 [instrumental music] 91 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:42,314 My very earliest? Wow... 92 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:44,783 Big brother. 93 00:04:44,785 --> 00:04:47,986 A bit scary, a bit intimidating. 94 00:04:47,988 --> 00:04:51,623 Peter was a very good competitor 95 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,392 and athlete at primary school. 96 00:04:53,394 --> 00:04:55,060 So I would've been just a little kid 97 00:04:55,062 --> 00:04:57,963 and watching him win the sprint races and things. 98 00:04:57,965 --> 00:04:59,831 And Peter won by a mile 99 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:02,601 and then made a speech with a little microphone. 100 00:05:04,438 --> 00:05:06,204 It did set the bar pretty high 101 00:05:06,206 --> 00:05:08,940 if you were looking to do something. 102 00:05:08,942 --> 00:05:10,642 The sense was that you needed to do 103 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:11,910 just a little bit better. 104 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:14,680 Phil: It was interesting times, 105 00:05:14,682 --> 00:05:18,583 but it was difficult. 106 00:05:18,585 --> 00:05:20,319 If you didn't do what he wanted 107 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:22,087 he was pretty quick in telling you. 108 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:26,591 His temper had a short week. 109 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:30,095 He-- he did push me to do things, and I'm glad he did. 110 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:34,333 He was my idol, there's no doubt about that. 111 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:43,809 Peter: I'm about 14 or 15 years old. 112 00:05:43,811 --> 00:05:46,878 That car I'm in was once an Austin 7 113 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,014 and I remember getting that car 114 00:05:49,016 --> 00:05:51,983 from a local guy for five pounds 115 00:05:51,985 --> 00:05:54,152 and in my haste to remove the bodywork 116 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:57,122 to strip it down to become a paddock bomb, like that was 117 00:05:57,124 --> 00:05:58,924 I actually used mum's axe 118 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:01,226 to sort of strip away the rusty metal. 119 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:06,164 We used to do things like put an open exhaust on 120 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:07,833 and we'd fiddle around with the cam shaft and stuff 121 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:09,801 but as kids, we didn't know what we were doing. 122 00:06:15,476 --> 00:06:18,643 One thing you knew when you had a car that was so fragile 123 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:20,479 and so delicate as a car like that, 124 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:23,415 you learnt something called mechanical sympathy. 125 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:26,017 In other words, if you broke it you fixed it. 126 00:06:26,019 --> 00:06:28,453 And if you had no money, you better not break it. 127 00:06:28,455 --> 00:06:29,921 Lewis: It's got no brakes. 128 00:06:29,923 --> 00:06:31,523 Phil: He'd be going flat out. 129 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:33,458 You didn't go slow just because you had brothers 130 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:34,793 who weren't strapped in. 131 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:37,929 He used to talk to me sometimes. 132 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:39,931 He'd go "Phil, you know, look, 133 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:42,134 you've just gotta trick the car to do this." 134 00:06:42,136 --> 00:06:43,735 And you go, "Trick it?" and he'd go, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." 135 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,137 "Oh, come on, Pin. You know what I'm talking about. 136 00:06:45,139 --> 00:06:46,471 You gotta trick it." I'd go, 137 00:06:46,473 --> 00:06:49,474 "But you might trick it, but the car tricks me." 138 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:52,077 He somehow could become one with the machine. 139 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:53,979 You know, I loved dirt racing as well 140 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:57,983 and whether that's just a-- a sixth sense of feeling the car 141 00:06:57,985 --> 00:07:00,585 underneath you but allowing the car to move. 142 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:01,920 Go with it, not fight it. 143 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:06,358 I think that Peter never quite understood 144 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,927 how natural that talent was. 145 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:10,362 Tricking a car to do something. 146 00:07:10,364 --> 00:07:13,265 I mean, realistically you go, 147 00:07:13,267 --> 00:07:15,167 "Are you serious?" 148 00:07:15,169 --> 00:07:17,803 He was focused and when he was focused, that was it. 149 00:07:17,805 --> 00:07:20,272 That was the goal and if you weren't on board 150 00:07:20,274 --> 00:07:23,041 then you weren't on board, you weren't there. 151 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:27,279 James: I think he was always gonna be that boy 152 00:07:27,281 --> 00:07:30,315 from Hurstbridge who raced cars as fast as he possibly could 153 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:32,584 and did exactly what he wanted whenever he wanted. 154 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:35,454 That's, that was his life and that what's he did. 155 00:07:35,456 --> 00:07:37,255 Nothing really ever changed. 156 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:41,860 Phil: Peter was born in 1945. 157 00:07:41,862 --> 00:07:44,162 I mean, Australia still had petrol rationing. 158 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:47,365 Still had food and clothing rationing, until 1950. 159 00:07:47,367 --> 00:07:51,970 So he grew up in an era of austerity where you-- you made 160 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:55,373 the best of what you could with what you had 161 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:56,908 and you made your own entertainment. 162 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,814 John: In the 1950s, when Brock was growing up 163 00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:05,183 Holden, Australia's own car, 164 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:07,786 put families on wheels. 165 00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:10,155 Phil: Optimism with a chrome grille, that's what the old 166 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:12,257 F.J. Holden was all about. 167 00:08:12,259 --> 00:08:14,125 And there was a great sense of 168 00:08:14,127 --> 00:08:17,162 national pride in the whole deal, too. 169 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:21,666 It was a very strong signal of affluence. 170 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:24,269 Every Australian post-war family wanted a Holden. 171 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:29,941 Ford came here after it saw 172 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,377 the success Holden was having 173 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,145 and it was a monopoly. 174 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:37,015 So Ford thought, "We'll have a bit of that." 175 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:38,650 Garry: When you talk Ford and Holden, 176 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:42,320 you were talking to 85 percent of the Australian 177 00:08:42,322 --> 00:08:44,022 driving population. 178 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:47,058 You followed one or you followed the other. 179 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:50,028 It's tribal. It was a Ford versus Holden thing 180 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:52,063 and it polarized Australia from that point. 181 00:08:57,404 --> 00:09:00,438 Lewis: School was just something he had to do 182 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,441 and as soon as he could get out of it, he got out of it. 183 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:05,844 He had early model Holdens when he became 18. 184 00:09:05,846 --> 00:09:07,245 He rolled a couple of them. 185 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:11,049 John: The car was your ticket to ride. 186 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:12,817 The car was your coming of age. 187 00:09:14,988 --> 00:09:17,255 Isn't it amazing that you could get a license to drive 188 00:09:17,257 --> 00:09:20,058 at the same time as you could drink alcohol? 189 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:22,160 And the two often went together. 190 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:24,362 It was a sign that you were-- you were grown up. 191 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:26,264 You'd have your own car. 192 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:29,134 Jane: With it came an expectation of 193 00:09:29,136 --> 00:09:31,369 the sort of person you would be, 194 00:09:31,371 --> 00:09:34,139 the sort of people you would surround yourself with 195 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:38,143 and there were expectations that you would be naughty. 196 00:09:38,145 --> 00:09:42,280 A-- a worship of the bad boy, the naughty boy. 197 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:45,317 Lewis: He was conscripted in 1965. 198 00:09:45,319 --> 00:09:47,519 That was the first year of compulsory conscription 199 00:09:47,521 --> 00:09:49,354 for a two-year period. 200 00:09:49,356 --> 00:09:52,123 He wasn't happy about it because he was very much 201 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:53,792 opposed to the Vietnam War. 202 00:09:55,462 --> 00:09:58,630 He got stationed at Kapooka in New South Wales 203 00:09:58,632 --> 00:10:01,533 and it also meant that he was a little bit closer to Bathurst. 204 00:10:01,535 --> 00:10:04,336 In 1966 he went with a couple of mates 205 00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:06,371 and was absolutely blown away. 206 00:10:06,373 --> 00:10:08,373 [engine revving] 207 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:09,541 [tire screeching] 208 00:10:09,543 --> 00:10:11,109 [instrumental music] 209 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:16,715 Peter: As I came away looking at this track saying, 210 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:18,116 "I'm inspired. 211 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:19,517 I've gotta get out there and race." 212 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:21,052 I've gotta get on the other side 213 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:22,854 of this guard railing and do something. 214 00:10:25,359 --> 00:10:27,392 And really, that's what got me 215 00:10:27,394 --> 00:10:30,261 to build my very first Special to get on the track 216 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:32,063 get my CAMS license, that sort of thing. 217 00:10:35,535 --> 00:10:38,470 Lewis: He purchased an HD Holden, 218 00:10:38,472 --> 00:10:40,839 a Triumph Herald, 219 00:10:40,841 --> 00:10:42,941 and an Austin 7. 220 00:10:42,943 --> 00:10:45,010 He shipped them down to Wattle Glen, 221 00:10:45,012 --> 00:10:46,745 which is where his parents were living 222 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:50,715 and turned those three things into the famous A30. 223 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:52,517 Bill: Down the main straight came this 224 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:54,452 hideously ugly blue, 225 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:56,121 it looked like it was hand painted, thing 226 00:10:56,123 --> 00:10:57,489 with a yellow stripe down the middle. 227 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:02,027 And it was, it was just flying. 228 00:11:02,029 --> 00:11:04,162 And it was bumping all over the place. 229 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:05,930 Phil: But I remember at one stage it was 230 00:11:05,932 --> 00:11:06,931 sitting on the front row of the grid. 231 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:08,767 Pete Geoghegan's Mustang, 232 00:11:08,769 --> 00:11:11,136 which one of the all-time fantastic cars in Australia 233 00:11:11,138 --> 00:11:13,805 and there's this silly little A30 beside 234 00:11:13,807 --> 00:11:15,373 which he'd just look at and go, 235 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,142 "What is this thing and why is it there?" 236 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:21,212 Man 12: It was as skittish as all hell 237 00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:24,582 with a short wheel base, lusty engine 238 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:25,984 but it was ahead of the field 239 00:11:25,986 --> 00:11:28,119 and I thought, "Who is this person?" 240 00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:29,721 So I took trouble walking out of the pits 241 00:11:29,723 --> 00:11:31,723 and there in the mud was this car 242 00:11:31,725 --> 00:11:34,325 and here was this skinny 243 00:11:34,327 --> 00:11:36,661 long black-haired idiot. 244 00:11:37,764 --> 00:11:39,664 And I introduced myself. 245 00:11:39,666 --> 00:11:41,733 And he impressed me immediately. 246 00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:44,335 He had charisma then. 247 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,137 Lewis: And he raced that for about two years 248 00:11:46,139 --> 00:11:50,075 and won 102 races from about 65 race meetings, 249 00:11:50,077 --> 00:11:51,776 which was an extraordinary number. 250 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:53,678 Garry: Brock, everyone else who subsequently 251 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:55,780 tried to drive that Austin 830 252 00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:57,449 when he sold it couldn't drive it. 253 00:11:57,451 --> 00:12:00,585 Brock could just get in anything and drive it. 254 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:10,729 Commentator: In Rome, it was the Colosseum. 255 00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:14,466 In Australia, it's Bathurst and a mountain circuit, 256 00:12:14,468 --> 00:12:18,203 site of this country's greatest road race. 257 00:12:18,205 --> 00:12:19,838 Ian: There was only one race worth winning 258 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,372 and that was Bathurst. 259 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:24,409 We had 60-odd cars in the race in those days 260 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,611 not 20 like we've got now. 261 00:12:26,613 --> 00:12:30,782 We had small cars, large cars, mum's shopping car. 262 00:12:30,784 --> 00:12:33,752 Cars off the showroom floor that you could go and buy. 263 00:12:33,754 --> 00:12:35,520 All sorts of cars. 264 00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:38,056 Commentator: Moffat powers up Mountain Straight already. 265 00:12:38,058 --> 00:12:39,424 Phil: They were for production cars. 266 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:41,059 They were for stuff that you could, 267 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:42,827 as they used to say in the ads 268 00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:44,395 "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday." 269 00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:46,331 Win on Sunday, you sell on Monday. 270 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:49,467 Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. 271 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,236 Tim: The motor companies believed it 272 00:12:51,238 --> 00:12:53,605 and so did the dealers, so that was good enough. 273 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:59,043 Obviously, if a car could do 500 miles at Bathurst 274 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:01,012 having the wheels driven off it 275 00:13:01,014 --> 00:13:02,881 it was going to cope fairly well with 276 00:13:02,883 --> 00:13:04,582 taking the kids to school. 277 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:06,651 Phil: It was color, it was spectacle. 278 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:10,155 It was all of the things that a lot of that younger demographic 279 00:13:10,157 --> 00:13:12,323 quite liked to see. 280 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:15,960 Man 13: It was just an incredible scene up there. 281 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:20,031 People would go there and set up these mobile townships. 282 00:13:20,033 --> 00:13:22,367 Man 14: Men and women used to plan this trip 283 00:13:22,369 --> 00:13:25,170 twelve months out and they would stay on the same corner 284 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:28,006 every year and they would camp in the same campsite. 285 00:13:28,008 --> 00:13:29,541 Phil: It was the glamour, the speed, 286 00:13:29,543 --> 00:13:30,675 the excitement, the danger. 287 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:32,277 It was the whole lifestyle. 288 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:34,212 Lewis: People coming from all over Australia 289 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:36,214 to watch this race. 290 00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:37,615 Phil: It was like a religion. 291 00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:40,785 Commentator: Leo Geoghegan and Doug Whiteford 292 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:42,620 brush with spectacular results. 293 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:45,123 Phil: There were crashes, there was dust, there was drama. 294 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:46,524 Lewis: And back then, 295 00:13:46,526 --> 00:13:48,393 there were no concrete retaining walls. 296 00:13:48,395 --> 00:13:49,594 [crashing] 297 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:54,232 Greg: You're required to lean on the car 298 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:58,670 at 200 kilometers an hour with millimeter perfect precision 299 00:13:58,672 --> 00:14:01,539 and if you get it wrong, it goes wrong badly. 300 00:14:05,846 --> 00:14:11,115 It's brutally unforgiving, and it's fast. 301 00:14:11,117 --> 00:14:14,452 Brian: You went faster at Bathurst than anywhere else. 302 00:14:14,454 --> 00:14:18,089 Certainly nowhere as safe as circuits are today. 303 00:14:19,125 --> 00:14:20,391 But it was a thrill. 304 00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:27,432 Commentator: ...Geoghegan attempts a miracle 305 00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:29,534 and it appears Harry Firth believes in them too, 306 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:32,971 as he orders more speed. 307 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:36,140 Lewis: Harry Firth had won Bathurst in Fords. 308 00:14:36,142 --> 00:14:37,942 They had a falling out of some sort 309 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:40,078 and he was given the job by Holden 310 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,614 to start the Holden Dealer Team. 311 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:46,251 Harry: I was looking for people who I thought 312 00:14:46,253 --> 00:14:50,021 I could mold into my particular way of doing things. 313 00:14:50,023 --> 00:14:52,824 That long-haired bloke who drives that A30. 314 00:14:52,826 --> 00:14:54,859 Looks pretty smart to me. 315 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:59,163 He's built the car but he would require 316 00:14:59,165 --> 00:15:01,399 a fair bit of polish. 317 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:04,035 I rang him up and he thought I was having him on, 318 00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:07,071 you know, it was someone else, so I talked to him. 319 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:10,742 "Get rid of that thing and I'll build you a real car." 320 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:12,610 Well, that was a bit of a shock to his system. 321 00:15:14,814 --> 00:15:16,247 Narrator: It's a tightknit organization, 322 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,049 this Holden Dealers Team. 323 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:19,717 No more than a dozen members and they've won 324 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:21,319 every major touring car event 325 00:15:21,321 --> 00:15:23,254 on the Australian motorsports calendar. 326 00:15:25,225 --> 00:15:27,358 Peter: Couldn't believe it when I got the phone call 327 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,427 from Harry Firth. 328 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:32,330 "Come down, got a car for you." 329 00:15:32,332 --> 00:15:34,032 And I walked into the workshop 330 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:37,535 and here's these pristine Monaro GTS 350s 331 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:38,870 just sitting there. 332 00:15:38,872 --> 00:15:41,072 You know, they were hot off the press. 333 00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:42,840 Big on horsepower, 334 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:45,977 ran on razorblades and no brakes. 335 00:15:45,979 --> 00:15:47,745 Oh, those were the days. 336 00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:50,148 That's when they really sorted you out, I can tell you. 337 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:51,649 I-- I never believed though 338 00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:53,785 that I was actually going to drive this car 339 00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:55,954 until I watched the sign-writer 340 00:15:55,956 --> 00:16:00,158 mask it up and write B-R-O-C-K 341 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,225 on that mudguard. 342 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:03,728 It was just a magic moment. 343 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,364 Man 14: Harry picked Des West to partner Peter 344 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:09,734 so he could learn from an older guy. 345 00:16:09,736 --> 00:16:11,002 Phil: Harry showed him that 346 00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:13,638 there was more to motor racing than 347 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,074 you know, a strong heart and big balls. 348 00:16:16,076 --> 00:16:18,843 For the first time in his life, he buckled down 349 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:21,446 and thought, "I can learn something from this old bloke." 350 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,619 Commentator: The largest crowd in the history of the race 351 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:31,022 has come to see what promises to be the most thrilling 352 00:16:31,024 --> 00:16:33,124 motor race of its kind ever staged 353 00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:35,193 with main interest in the battle for line honors 354 00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:38,396 between the new and specially built Ford Falcon GTHOs 355 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:40,365 and the car that won convincingly last year 356 00:16:40,367 --> 00:16:42,433 the Holden Monaro GTS. 357 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:46,070 Ford won in '67, so today's race is something of a decider. 358 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:50,641 Man 15: To get the car through Bathurst for 500 miles 359 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:53,745 took an art and Harry knew how to do that. 360 00:16:53,747 --> 00:16:56,647 Harry: With Brock, I couldn't give him much time at all 361 00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:59,117 in the car but I kept telling him, 362 00:16:59,119 --> 00:17:00,651 "Peter, this is what you do." 363 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:10,528 Peter: I listened very carefully to everything 364 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,196 Harry told me to do. You know, he'd say, "Look..." 365 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:13,965 Harry: Telling him, "Peter, 366 00:17:13,967 --> 00:17:15,199 this is what you do at Bathurst." 367 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:16,601 "This is how you attack it." 368 00:17:16,603 --> 00:17:17,602 "This is how you do each corner." 369 00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:22,407 When you go over the top of the mountain at Bathurst 370 00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:24,742 you go over full tap. 371 00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:26,044 Peter: If he said don't use the brakes, 372 00:17:26,046 --> 00:17:27,879 I didn't use the brakes. 373 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:28,846 Harry: The brakes are only there to get you 374 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,748 set up for the corner. 375 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:32,450 Craig: And as your car lands, you want to be down right 376 00:17:32,452 --> 00:17:34,519 to get the run into Skyline. 377 00:17:34,521 --> 00:17:37,188 Go back to third, you let the car then use the engine brake 378 00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:40,224 over Skyline because again you don't wanna use the brakes 379 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:43,161 because you'll get the attitude of the car out of sync. 380 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,430 Harry: You use the corner to slow you down 381 00:17:45,432 --> 00:17:47,999 and get you on the right path. 382 00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:50,802 Just over the hill you can see two hills 383 00:17:50,804 --> 00:17:52,470 and a tree in the middle. 384 00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:55,773 Now, you aim for that and go full chat. 385 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,408 Peter: You had to do whatever you could. 386 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:59,177 Give the car a flick in the corner, 387 00:17:59,179 --> 00:18:00,978 let it flow through, do all those sorts of things 388 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,980 but do not use the brakes 389 00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:06,350 because the brakes had a limited life. 390 00:18:06,352 --> 00:18:08,186 The Dipper's really exciting 391 00:18:08,188 --> 00:18:10,354 because the car gets really light but you've got to be 392 00:18:10,356 --> 00:18:12,523 really precise because you want to exit out of The Dipper 393 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,058 because it's a short run down to the Forrest's Elbow, 394 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:15,993 which is up to third. 395 00:18:15,995 --> 00:18:18,196 Very tricky, Forrest Elbow, because you're braking around 396 00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:19,664 the corner which you have a tendency 397 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,399 to have a lockup on the front wheel. 398 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:24,836 I'm looking for that crack in the gap on the inside. 399 00:18:24,838 --> 00:18:27,205 Phil: He figured if you could learn to drive without brakes 400 00:18:27,207 --> 00:18:29,207 and go fast, it was going to be a pretty good technique. 401 00:18:29,209 --> 00:18:31,008 Peter: Conrod Straight's great. 402 00:18:31,010 --> 00:18:32,944 I think one of the biggest things I learnt 403 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:34,245 is to relax in the car. 404 00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:39,784 It was a technique that I learnt. 405 00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:41,586 It took a lot of discipline. 406 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:43,387 It was very easy to sort of say, 407 00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:45,256 "Let's jump on the brakes." 408 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:48,192 I can still feel that brake pedal pulsing under my feet 409 00:18:48,194 --> 00:18:49,861 and the car not stopping to this day. 410 00:18:52,765 --> 00:18:55,766 I'd finished third, did what Harry said 411 00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:57,435 and I think that's what clinched the drive with 412 00:18:57,437 --> 00:18:59,203 Holden Dealer Team on a fulltime basis. 413 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:07,145 Man on PA: The Monaro's main runner, the Holden Torana GTR, 414 00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:09,614 gets you won and the story's the same. 415 00:19:11,718 --> 00:19:14,152 Man 16: The development of the six-cylinder Torana 416 00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:17,054 was a departure from the traditional battle of 417 00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:19,991 two big V8s thumping around the mountain. 418 00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:22,627 It didn't have the power but it had the nimbleness 419 00:19:22,629 --> 00:19:25,997 and the fuel economy and was soft on brakes. 420 00:19:25,999 --> 00:19:28,599 It needed a driver like Peter to drive a car like that. 421 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,740 There was a very, very strong contingent there. 422 00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:39,043 Holden on one side, Ford on the other. 423 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:41,679 You can't ever prophesize who's going to win 424 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:45,216 but you can, have a look at who's not gonna lose 425 00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:47,952 and I don't think a Ford's gonna lose. 426 00:19:47,954 --> 00:19:49,654 Commentator: Moffat has more than a lap advantage 427 00:19:49,656 --> 00:19:52,323 so the XU1 faces an impossible task 428 00:19:52,325 --> 00:19:55,660 as the Fords continue their dominance. 429 00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:57,628 Man 17: There was only one persistently quick, 430 00:19:57,630 --> 00:19:59,597 and that was Allan Moffat. 431 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,232 How he muscled that Falcon around 432 00:20:01,234 --> 00:20:03,935 like he did was unbelievable. 433 00:20:03,937 --> 00:20:06,804 Moffat was enemy number one, there's no doubt about it. 434 00:20:06,806 --> 00:20:09,073 Man 18: Ford very much Allan Moffat, one man. 435 00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:11,142 They had drivers, of course, but Moffat 436 00:20:11,144 --> 00:20:14,145 was, was really calling all the shots. 437 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:18,382 Phil: You had the very mercurial Brock, the younger, 438 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,418 as being this lean, skinny kid 439 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:23,387 with a silly-looking goatee beard. 440 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:26,257 He wasn't the sort of matinee star that he later became. 441 00:20:26,259 --> 00:20:28,025 And you had the very cerebral, 442 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:31,262 bespectacled Canadian Allan Moffat 443 00:20:31,264 --> 00:20:34,832 who could be quite bristly and, and quite cool. 444 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:37,435 Basically plotting his way around the course 445 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:39,237 you know, with-- with the equivalent of a, 446 00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:41,772 of a slide rule and a calculator. 447 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,941 I never saw it as a rivalry. 448 00:20:43,943 --> 00:20:45,610 I saw it as-- as fellows 449 00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:48,279 that were capable of actually just doing it 450 00:20:48,281 --> 00:20:50,047 and not trying to be smarter 451 00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:53,417 and never going up to sideswipe Peter. 452 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:57,188 At that stage we were so fast against so many other people 453 00:20:57,190 --> 00:21:00,024 that nobody else saw what the hell we were doing. 454 00:21:00,026 --> 00:21:01,025 Didn't bother me. 455 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:02,793 [laughing] 456 00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:04,629 Commentator: Into Pit Straight and Moffat sets about 457 00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:06,230 dictating the pattern of the race. 458 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:10,835 His concentration inflexible, 459 00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:13,304 Moffat is in no danger of becoming complacent. 460 00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:22,213 Hardie-Ferodo, General Manager 461 00:21:22,215 --> 00:21:23,914 presents the Victor's laurel wreath 462 00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:26,617 and outright winner's plaque to a triumphant Moffat. 463 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:29,320 Allan: Having competed from that very first race, 464 00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:32,423 I really saw it as my my life's work, almost. 465 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,759 I wanted to win it at all efforts 466 00:21:34,761 --> 00:21:36,694 and as many times as possible. 467 00:21:41,134 --> 00:21:43,768 Man 19: We didn't win, but from that time on he said, 468 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:45,536 "I can beat him. I can stay with him." 469 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,146 Man on PA: No need to remind you that the road 470 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:56,814 will be very much like a pork chop 471 00:21:56,816 --> 00:22:00,518 so we will try to exercise a little caution. 472 00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:05,222 Commentator: We now take you direct to Bathurst 473 00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:10,628 for the official telecast of the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500. 474 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:13,431 Man 20: You've got thirty, forty cars on the grid 475 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,333 all revving their insides out 476 00:22:15,335 --> 00:22:18,602 and off they go in a pall of blue smoke and it's on. 477 00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:25,976 John: Moffat would get into a car 478 00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,945 and he would not be fast straight away. 479 00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:31,515 He had to build up his speed gradually, gradually, gradually 480 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:34,018 get his concentration to that point of fever pitch 481 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:35,653 whereas Brock would just drive 482 00:22:35,655 --> 00:22:37,221 the wheels off everything all the time. 483 00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:43,060 In those days, you know, 500 miles, 484 00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:45,162 there was no relief driver. 485 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,831 You know, you didn't give him too much to drink 486 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,666 because he'd want to stop and go to the toilet. 487 00:22:48,668 --> 00:22:51,769 Didn't do that in those days. There was no drink containers. 488 00:22:51,771 --> 00:22:53,738 If he was lucky, he got half a mouthful of Coke 489 00:22:53,740 --> 00:22:55,306 at the pit stop, that was it. 490 00:22:57,443 --> 00:22:58,976 Peter: I was really charging 491 00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:00,478 hard around the top of the mountain. 492 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:01,979 Man 21: And I've got him down the bottom, 493 00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:03,781 he's coming around Mountain Straight now. 494 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:07,218 Man 22: And Allan was a very dedicated, hard driver. 495 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:08,786 Allan: I just wanted to make sure that 496 00:23:08,788 --> 00:23:10,354 as long as I was close enough 497 00:23:10,356 --> 00:23:14,658 I'll go as fast as I can right up alongside him. 498 00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:17,194 Peter: I was attacking Moffat, and I'd catch Moffat up 499 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,964 over the mountain and he'd blow me away down Conrod Straight. 500 00:23:19,966 --> 00:23:22,233 I'd catch him up again going up over the mountain. 501 00:23:22,235 --> 00:23:25,035 Allan: And I was quite conscious of it because it was 502 00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:26,937 running through my rear-view mirror 503 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:29,039 every lap, that's how close he was. 504 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:30,608 Man on PA: They're pushing Moffat hard as he escapes 505 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:32,810 the big bend and down to the end. 506 00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:34,545 Man 23: The amount of times that they go, "Oh, Brocky's 507 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:36,347 there, he's going too fast." 508 00:23:36,349 --> 00:23:38,582 "He can't keep that sort of speed up," but he would. 509 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:40,050 Peter: And I was nipping at Allan Moffat. 510 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:41,519 I was trying to come up the inside 511 00:23:41,521 --> 00:23:44,588 and I was really pushing at him. 512 00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:46,924 Man 24: Brock, whilst he used superior speed, 513 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:50,428 was always playing a cat and mouse game. 514 00:23:50,430 --> 00:23:54,198 Peter and I were always very like this, do-do-do. 515 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,200 Peter: I came through the inside of him 516 00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:58,736 and he just got a little wide. 517 00:23:58,738 --> 00:24:00,971 I could see the whites of his eyes in the mirror 518 00:24:00,973 --> 00:24:02,640 and he was sort of like, "Uh-oh." 519 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:04,074 Man on PA: Moffat's spun. He's off a bend 520 00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:05,676 at Reid Park, near where Bond went. 521 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:07,344 Peter: As I sort of whistled by. 522 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:08,746 Man on PA: That puts Brock in the Holden Torana 523 00:24:08,748 --> 00:24:10,214 into first place. 524 00:24:10,216 --> 00:24:13,317 Peter: He finished up off the road, unharmed 525 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:14,919 and I was into the lead and away. 526 00:24:14,921 --> 00:24:16,821 Man on PA: The second-last time, 527 00:24:16,823 --> 00:24:19,190 Peter Brock at the wheel of a car that on this track, 528 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,192 this day, has recorded a classic victory. 529 00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:28,599 Man 25: His driving in that race was just incredible. 530 00:24:32,405 --> 00:24:35,372 Peter: I just dreamt of this thing. 531 00:24:35,374 --> 00:24:40,544 Phil: It was just a ballsy but also very considered drive. 532 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:42,246 Man 26: I can remember him getting out of the car 533 00:24:42,248 --> 00:24:45,149 and he was as fit as he was at the start of it. 534 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:48,586 Peter: Harry Firth allowed me to race the car on my own. 535 00:24:48,588 --> 00:24:50,621 Now, that's the last time that anyone's been allowed 536 00:24:50,623 --> 00:24:56,026 to race at Bathurst solo. 537 00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:58,195 Peter: At the end of the day, when I'd finished up 538 00:24:58,197 --> 00:25:00,130 getting a box of chocolates 539 00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:02,266 I had a totally different understanding about 540 00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:04,001 what I could do in life. 541 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,437 The peer group viewed me differently. 542 00:25:06,439 --> 00:25:09,807 The media did, and it just changed my life. 543 00:25:09,809 --> 00:25:13,644 And it was, "Hang on, I can now do these things." 544 00:25:13,646 --> 00:25:15,279 Man 27: People were beginning to think 545 00:25:15,281 --> 00:25:17,715 well, this kid from Eltham, this Peter Brock, 546 00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:20,584 he'd got real car control, real skill. 547 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:23,053 Man 28: And that really put him on the map. 548 00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:25,222 He'd earnt his stripes. He'd done his apprenticeship. 549 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:28,125 Phil: He'd announced he was here. 550 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:31,195 Man 29: He drove a skinny little Torana XU1 551 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:34,632 to victory in the wet, a real giant-killing victory 552 00:25:34,634 --> 00:25:37,535 and that was the real beginning of the Brock legend. 553 00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:50,614 [engine revving] 554 00:25:57,623 --> 00:26:00,157 Phil: Philip Morris entered the scene with a bag of money, 555 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:02,626 in search of a youth market. 556 00:26:02,628 --> 00:26:05,462 Motor racing was glamorous, it was edgy. 557 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:08,198 It attracted a young, hip, cool crowd 558 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,636 and it was bang on their demographic. 559 00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:15,372 Lewis: Holden started to see that this young guy 560 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:19,376 could contribute to sales and to the development 561 00:26:19,378 --> 00:26:21,412 of the Holden Motor Company. 562 00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:22,980 Man on TV: Bathurst winner Peter Brock 563 00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:26,050 tests the new Holden Monaro GTS four-door. 564 00:26:29,522 --> 00:26:33,057 Peter: Well, this sort of motor car is my type of car. 565 00:26:33,059 --> 00:26:35,659 Phil: Peter had too much time on his hands in those days. 566 00:26:35,661 --> 00:26:38,596 Girls were chasing him as much as he was chasing them. 567 00:26:38,598 --> 00:26:40,331 There was always plenty around. 568 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:43,467 Harry: At one stage he had his steering wheel in one hand 569 00:26:43,469 --> 00:26:46,203 and his dick in the other. 570 00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:48,272 Phil: He also had a very keen eye. Even on the race track 571 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,807 he'd pull into the pits on occasions 572 00:26:49,809 --> 00:26:52,343 and tell the mechanics before he told them 573 00:26:52,345 --> 00:26:54,345 about the tire condition and the fuel load 574 00:26:54,347 --> 00:26:56,647 that there was a very pretty girl on the inside of turn four 575 00:26:56,649 --> 00:27:00,317 and could somebody please go and chat her up for him. 576 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:04,922 Harry: When it started to interfere with motor racing 577 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:08,325 I sat him down and had a few words about it. 578 00:27:08,327 --> 00:27:10,928 Phil: Well, Holden basically sent him to finishing school 579 00:27:10,930 --> 00:27:14,398 and Peter went and did elocution lessons, 580 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,202 manners and really learnt how to eyeball people 581 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:20,938 and to make them feel comfortable. 582 00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:24,441 He was raw material, a rough diamond. 583 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:27,611 But as the years progressed and he acquired more polish 584 00:27:27,613 --> 00:27:31,148 more and more of the facets of the diamond became brighter. 585 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:34,485 But there were also some, some obvious dark sides as well. 586 00:27:37,123 --> 00:27:40,024 Man on PA: Miss Australia 1973. 587 00:27:40,026 --> 00:27:42,660 Ladies and gentleman, Michelle Downes. 588 00:27:42,662 --> 00:27:44,628 Michelle: He won Bathurst at the same time 589 00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:45,729 that I won Miss Australia. 590 00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:52,469 I suppose I've... 591 00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:55,205 I've always been attracted to the naughty boys a little bit 592 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:58,142 and there was that naughtiness in Peter. 593 00:27:58,144 --> 00:28:00,444 I was 21, I'd just come out of 594 00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:03,614 being chaperoned all over the country. 595 00:28:03,616 --> 00:28:06,250 Peter at the time was 28. 596 00:28:06,252 --> 00:28:09,987 He was quite handsome, very charming. 597 00:28:09,989 --> 00:28:13,590 You know, we just, we just clicked. 598 00:28:13,592 --> 00:28:16,627 I don't know, it was, it was instant and I fell very, 599 00:28:16,629 --> 00:28:18,529 very much in love with him, absolutely. 600 00:28:20,733 --> 00:28:22,833 From the first night that we got together 601 00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:26,136 we just really didn't go apart from that. 602 00:28:28,441 --> 00:28:32,976 Lewis: At first sight it was, I guess, a match made in heaven. 603 00:28:32,978 --> 00:28:35,212 He was just very proud of her 604 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:38,248 and deeply in love and adored her, worshipped her. 605 00:28:41,587 --> 00:28:44,822 Peter and Michelle had a TV wedding 606 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:48,625 which was televised live, which is pretty incredible. 607 00:28:48,627 --> 00:28:52,996 Michelle: The publicity machine was very, very, very active. 608 00:28:52,998 --> 00:28:56,633 We sort of became the golden couple. 609 00:28:56,635 --> 00:28:59,403 Peter was still very much an unknown person 610 00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:01,638 unless you were a racing car fanatic 611 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,941 and then you would've known who he was. 612 00:29:03,943 --> 00:29:05,743 He enjoyed the attention 613 00:29:05,745 --> 00:29:10,047 and he enjoyed being a public person, very much. 614 00:29:10,049 --> 00:29:13,016 He started to taste what fame was like 615 00:29:13,018 --> 00:29:14,785 through my profile. 616 00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:20,591 Ian: Around that time, Peter got a, a manager 617 00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:23,160 who was being most difficult with General Motors 618 00:29:23,162 --> 00:29:27,364 a concern to Harry, and that was upsetting everyone. 619 00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:29,933 At race meetings he'd just jump in the car after the race 620 00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:32,236 leave all his clothes in the marquee. 621 00:29:32,238 --> 00:29:35,038 Expect us to pick up everything and take them back to work. 622 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,974 He was married to Miss Australia 623 00:29:36,976 --> 00:29:39,676 and I think he started to believe he was Mr. Australia. 624 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:42,246 Peter wanted attention. 625 00:29:42,248 --> 00:29:45,649 The more my profile lifted 626 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:47,584 the more resentful he became. 627 00:29:53,793 --> 00:29:57,327 When something was happening to him, like he was at a race 628 00:29:57,329 --> 00:30:00,864 I would be pushed away because he didn't want anyone 629 00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:02,599 being distracted from him. 630 00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:10,541 It was after we got married 631 00:30:10,543 --> 00:30:12,242 that the violence started. 632 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:18,248 I had to go and be on television 633 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:20,717 and be the happy, you know, weather girl 634 00:30:20,719 --> 00:30:22,920 and all the publicity and then I had to go home, 635 00:30:22,922 --> 00:30:25,589 not knowing what I was going to go home to that night 636 00:30:25,591 --> 00:30:27,758 what sort of mood he was going to be in. 637 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,627 If he'd won a race, everything was fine. 638 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:34,598 If he hadn't won a race, God help us. 639 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,466 Man 30: Harry couldn't slow Peter down. 640 00:30:36,468 --> 00:30:38,936 There was no radio communication in those 641 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:41,405 days and it was just waving arms 642 00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:44,174 and just ges-- gesticulations and things 643 00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:46,276 but Peter wouldn't slow down 644 00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:49,613 and the motor blew up 645 00:30:49,615 --> 00:30:51,315 six or eight laps from the finish. 646 00:30:53,052 --> 00:30:54,718 Man on PA: A sad sight for the Holden Dealer Team 647 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,253 as Car One heads for the back of the pits. 648 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:58,856 So Peter Brock is out of the race. 649 00:30:58,858 --> 00:31:01,959 Man 31: Harry believed that Peter didn't obey his orders 650 00:31:01,961 --> 00:31:03,927 and slowed down, if he had have slowed down, 651 00:31:03,929 --> 00:31:05,596 he wouldn't have detonated the piston. 652 00:31:05,598 --> 00:31:06,864 Well, I don't think it would've made any difference 653 00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:08,365 from where we were sitting. 654 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,400 All of a sudden, he was a car-wrecker. 655 00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:16,673 Phil: So he would frustrate Harry just by doing it the way 656 00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:19,877 he believed was right and Peter would do it in a way that 657 00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:23,247 Harry wouldn't sort of find out until later 658 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:27,217 which-- which I think would be a source of frustration. 659 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:29,620 Garry: Harry was a fantastic manager, but I don't think 660 00:31:29,622 --> 00:31:32,656 he had the skills to sort Peter out. 661 00:31:32,658 --> 00:31:35,225 And I think in the end the falling out was just because 662 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:36,727 Harry wanted to control things 663 00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:38,962 and he couldn't really control Brock. 664 00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:41,365 I don't think anyone could control Brock. 665 00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:43,500 I don't think Brock could control himself, frankly. 666 00:31:48,374 --> 00:31:50,207 Michelle: You couldn't do anything about it in those days 667 00:31:50,209 --> 00:31:52,876 because you know, a husband 668 00:31:52,878 --> 00:31:55,379 was allowed to beat his wife. 669 00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:57,247 There was no such thing as domestic violence. 670 00:31:57,249 --> 00:31:59,416 I used to call the police and they'd say 671 00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:01,518 "It's a domestic. We can't have anything to do with it." 672 00:32:04,323 --> 00:32:06,523 It was almost a shameful thing. 673 00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,258 You know, you didn't want people to know 674 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:09,426 it was happening to you. 675 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:13,997 Very painful. 676 00:32:13,999 --> 00:32:17,935 Very, very painful time of my life. 677 00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,340 David: Clearly, it was a difficult relationship 678 00:32:23,342 --> 00:32:25,208 and an unhappy marriage. 679 00:32:27,846 --> 00:32:29,379 And the fact that they were playing it out 680 00:32:29,381 --> 00:32:31,581 in the general public 681 00:32:31,583 --> 00:32:33,417 must've been incredibly difficult 682 00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:34,851 and incredibly painful. 683 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:38,422 He was the poster boy for Holden 684 00:32:38,424 --> 00:32:42,459 and suddenly there were newspaper reports appearing. 685 00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:45,862 Race teams don't like personal dramas 686 00:32:45,864 --> 00:32:49,433 and there was a lot of personal drama in-- in that situation. 687 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:53,937 Phil: Holden, being part of General Motors 688 00:32:53,939 --> 00:32:56,540 very buttoned-down culture. 689 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:59,009 Very, well, 690 00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:02,145 Midwest American values. 691 00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:05,215 Lewis: And image is everything for a big company like that. 692 00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:10,954 Bev: Perceptions were not always reality. 693 00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:14,624 Peter was a master, even back then, of putting up a front 694 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:18,862 of the mask of what people wanted to see he could present. 695 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:23,000 Tim: There were basically two Peter Brocks. 696 00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:26,536 One was, just a bloke who you'd meet round the place 697 00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:29,740 who was charming, intelligent. 698 00:33:29,742 --> 00:33:33,143 And then there was another one the personality full of rumor 699 00:33:33,145 --> 00:33:36,279 and innuendo and you were never quite sure 700 00:33:36,281 --> 00:33:38,315 how to get to the bottom of all of that. 701 00:33:38,317 --> 00:33:41,418 And I would've thought that the real Brock 702 00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:43,253 was probably a combination of both. 703 00:33:45,424 --> 00:33:47,124 Man 32: With the problems he's giving General Motors 704 00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:49,926 and Harry, I think it came to a head. 705 00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:58,535 From Holden's point of view 706 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:00,604 it was just too difficult a situation. 707 00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:03,673 Yes, it broke our hearts. 708 00:34:03,675 --> 00:34:05,976 The mechanics bloody near wept. 709 00:34:05,978 --> 00:34:09,646 We just couldn't believe that we were going to lose 710 00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:11,548 the best driver in Australia at the time. 711 00:34:16,822 --> 00:34:17,988 [instrumental music] 712 00:34:20,192 --> 00:34:22,025 Ian: So what does he do? 713 00:34:22,027 --> 00:34:23,827 He starts again. 714 00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:25,429 Have a go. 715 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:27,764 Well, hang on, privateers don't win Bathurst. 716 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:31,234 But here you are with one of the only two full, 717 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:34,337 you know, professional race teams in Australia 718 00:34:34,339 --> 00:34:36,640 and you're given the boot. 719 00:34:36,642 --> 00:34:38,075 Pete finds some people who, 720 00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:39,209 who are gonna have their own team 721 00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,977 and I'll race their car and, 722 00:34:40,979 --> 00:34:42,679 and, and we'll get some sponsorship 723 00:34:42,681 --> 00:34:44,081 and stuff and away we'll go. 724 00:34:45,984 --> 00:34:47,584 And he just looked ahead. 725 00:34:51,023 --> 00:34:53,457 Bev: I had a girlfriend who lived in Melbourne. 726 00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:56,359 I said I'd just met Peter Brock 727 00:34:56,361 --> 00:34:59,429 so she told me of the, you know, the media exposure 728 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:00,864 he was getting and-- and the stories 729 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:02,933 that were circulating and... 730 00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:04,634 that took me aback because I said, 731 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:08,071 "Well, that's certainly not the guy that I've met." 732 00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:10,874 I was seeing one side of a man I'd just met 733 00:35:10,876 --> 00:35:13,143 and then hearing that there was this other side. 734 00:35:13,145 --> 00:35:15,479 So I was apprehensive a bit. 735 00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,617 He was at the early stage of his career 736 00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:24,754 and winning hadn't become part of who he was. 737 00:35:24,756 --> 00:35:26,523 Our real friendship started 738 00:35:26,525 --> 00:35:31,228 when he was going through turmoil in his marriage. 739 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:34,364 Peter had, you know, gone out as a privateer. 740 00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:36,399 Had no money. 741 00:35:36,401 --> 00:35:39,035 When they came to Sydney, they would stay with us 742 00:35:39,037 --> 00:35:42,606 so they had accommodation, free meals. 743 00:35:42,608 --> 00:35:47,277 My husband was a mechanic and, we had a service station. 744 00:35:47,279 --> 00:35:49,146 They'd come and stay and we would help them out 745 00:35:49,148 --> 00:35:51,047 at the race team. 746 00:35:51,049 --> 00:35:53,750 Lewis: He drove cars that weren't all that good. 747 00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:56,419 He didn't have the support of the factory. 748 00:35:56,421 --> 00:35:58,522 He wasn't the works' driver anymore. 749 00:35:58,524 --> 00:36:00,023 He was a privateer. 750 00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:01,591 He had to lift this team up 751 00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:03,660 and make it competitive. 752 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,762 Bev: Very rarely were mechanics paid. 753 00:36:05,764 --> 00:36:07,931 It was very much a labor of love 754 00:36:07,933 --> 00:36:10,400 so people who were keen on the scene would come along 755 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:12,602 and give their all because they wanted to be part 756 00:36:12,604 --> 00:36:16,006 of something bigger than themselves. 757 00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:18,275 Peter: Be fair to say that when we got to Bathurst 758 00:36:18,277 --> 00:36:20,043 in 1975 759 00:36:20,045 --> 00:36:23,580 we really had to win to pay the rent. 760 00:36:23,582 --> 00:36:25,248 Man on PA: Away they go! 761 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:27,517 And Allan Moffat gets going more quickly in first gear. 762 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,252 I don't think he's working the car hard... 763 00:36:29,254 --> 00:36:30,787 Peter: Gown and Hindhaugh, 764 00:36:30,789 --> 00:36:31,988 a couple of engine reconditioning fellows 765 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:33,423 very much a privateer effort 766 00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:34,658 and we never had very much money 767 00:36:34,660 --> 00:36:39,062 to sink into this project. 768 00:36:39,064 --> 00:36:41,598 John: You had Rice, Bond, Harvey 769 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,600 Frank Gardner, Moffat. 770 00:36:43,602 --> 00:36:46,069 You had all the big names of the time. 771 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:48,438 Peter was at the back of this 38-car field 772 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,808 and he drove past all of them. 773 00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:54,744 Brian: They just said would I drive with them? 774 00:36:54,746 --> 00:36:55,679 Absolutely. 775 00:36:58,250 --> 00:37:01,952 We never had any discussions, never any arguments. 776 00:37:01,954 --> 00:37:05,989 Really not even any tactics, we didn't discuss. 777 00:37:05,991 --> 00:37:07,791 Man on PA: Around the bend and now Allan Moffat leads the race 778 00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:09,459 and Peter Brock pulls out and decides 779 00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:11,361 that he might like to lead for a change 780 00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:14,164 and he goes up on the outside of Colin. 781 00:37:14,166 --> 00:37:15,732 And look at the distance between these cars. 782 00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:17,000 It's a real race and Brock is the one 783 00:37:17,002 --> 00:37:18,602 who wants to get to the lead. 784 00:37:18,604 --> 00:37:21,137 He put it in the position to win the race. 785 00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:25,775 It was my job to make sure the car got there. 786 00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:27,744 Bev: One particular evening they were all there. 787 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:29,179 I was out in the kitchen, he came out 788 00:37:29,181 --> 00:37:30,614 and sat on the kitchen bench 789 00:37:30,616 --> 00:37:32,616 and opened up and he was quite, 790 00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:36,586 uh, depressed at the time. 791 00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:38,388 He didn't know where his life was going 792 00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:42,926 and I was a bit of a motivational sort of person 793 00:37:42,928 --> 00:37:47,264 and encouraged him to, to believe in himself. 794 00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:49,199 Man on PA: Brock in front now. 795 00:37:49,201 --> 00:37:52,535 Bev: The bit that totally shocked me 796 00:37:52,537 --> 00:37:56,339 was his vulnerability, his insecurity in a personal sense 797 00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:59,743 and I was very fortunate that I got to see that side of him 798 00:37:59,745 --> 00:38:03,913 because my perception of the man was very different. 799 00:38:03,915 --> 00:38:05,982 Man on PA: Last lap sign goes up for the last time round 800 00:38:05,984 --> 00:38:07,183 and the crowd acknowledge the man 801 00:38:07,185 --> 00:38:08,852 who's going to win this race. 802 00:38:08,854 --> 00:38:11,121 Only a kilometer to go now as Peter Brock... 803 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,259 Bev: You have to feel honored 804 00:38:16,261 --> 00:38:19,062 when somebody who is that capable 805 00:38:19,064 --> 00:38:21,665 is game to let down the barriers 806 00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:24,768 and be who he really is with somebody. 807 00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:27,671 You know that you're trusted 808 00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:31,808 and you-- you respect that. 809 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:34,644 I was going through a not dissimilar situation 810 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,379 in my marriage. 811 00:38:36,381 --> 00:38:38,048 We became good friends. 812 00:38:38,050 --> 00:38:40,617 So he found that he had somebody he could 813 00:38:40,619 --> 00:38:44,321 lean on and he could be honest with. 814 00:38:44,323 --> 00:38:46,523 Man on PA: Peter Brock goes for the last time 815 00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:48,491 down through the Esses. 816 00:38:50,362 --> 00:38:52,696 A moment of absolute triumph. 817 00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:58,234 Lewis: In his privateer car 818 00:38:58,236 --> 00:38:59,969 Peter Brock just lifted it up 819 00:38:59,971 --> 00:39:02,005 and carried it to the finish line. 820 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:05,008 Man on PA: That's it, the chequered flag for Peter Brock 821 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:09,546 in the 1975 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Bathurst. 822 00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:17,320 Lewis: He managed to win the grand slam. 823 00:39:17,322 --> 00:39:20,056 Phil: Which I'm sure helped Holden 824 00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:23,026 sell quite a few of those cars. 825 00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:25,662 James: Peter was very big on vindication 826 00:39:25,664 --> 00:39:28,832 very big on "I'll show you bastards" 827 00:39:28,834 --> 00:39:32,535 and that was the essence of being a great competitor. 828 00:39:32,537 --> 00:39:34,838 Phil: It reminded Holden Brock 829 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,640 was a very merchandisable sort of representative 830 00:39:37,642 --> 00:39:39,476 for the Holden product 831 00:39:39,478 --> 00:39:42,078 because it meant he'd won two Bathursts 832 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,114 and was sort of up on a par 833 00:39:44,116 --> 00:39:47,050 with-- with Moffat. 834 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:49,319 and a few of them down there were thinking, 835 00:39:49,321 --> 00:39:52,622 "Why isn't he still with the race team?" 836 00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:54,524 Peter: I was beginning to feel that Bathurst 837 00:39:54,526 --> 00:39:57,260 and I had a very, very special relationship. 838 00:40:12,144 --> 00:40:13,743 You might ask, what is the caper? 839 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:14,944 What's the similarity between 840 00:40:14,946 --> 00:40:16,179 driving a car on the race track 841 00:40:16,181 --> 00:40:17,947 and driving a car on the road? 842 00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:20,116 Michelle: I remember it like it was yesterday. 843 00:40:20,118 --> 00:40:22,619 He so desperately wanted to be famous. 844 00:40:22,621 --> 00:40:25,822 He really wanted to be loved and acknowledged 845 00:40:25,824 --> 00:40:29,859 and, and, and so how can we do that? 846 00:40:29,861 --> 00:40:32,429 And I said to Peter 847 00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:34,964 "You know, I reckon you should be 848 00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:37,267 a spokesperson for road safety 849 00:40:37,269 --> 00:40:40,236 because you're such a brilliant driver." 850 00:40:40,238 --> 00:40:44,140 Cars and driving. They're part of the Australian way of life. 851 00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:46,643 Michelle: I said, "Maybe you could even get .05" 852 00:40:46,645 --> 00:40:48,611 as a number." 853 00:40:48,613 --> 00:40:50,346 Tim: They were looking for somebody 854 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:54,451 to publicize his involvement in a road safety campaign 855 00:40:54,453 --> 00:40:57,854 promoting the ".05 drink drive." 856 00:40:57,856 --> 00:40:59,355 You going to be hanging around for a couple more? 857 00:40:59,357 --> 00:41:00,590 We might as well have another one. 858 00:41:00,592 --> 00:41:02,225 - No, mate. - We're all having one. 859 00:41:02,227 --> 00:41:03,793 No, there's no way known you can actually negotiate the traffic, 860 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,462 the trams and what have you 861 00:41:05,464 --> 00:41:08,498 with a few too many inks in the head, really, so I'm going. 862 00:41:10,235 --> 00:41:14,637 By the time the .05 had actually come out onto the car 863 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,840 our marriage was over. 864 00:41:16,842 --> 00:41:19,375 And I watched this man just get on with this life 865 00:41:19,377 --> 00:41:22,445 like nothing had happened. 866 00:41:22,447 --> 00:41:26,182 David: The .05 campaign helped to put Peter back in 867 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:30,353 good faith with his public after all the dramas of '74. 868 00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:32,255 I think the magazine that I was writing for 869 00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:34,190 dubbed him "Super Brock." 870 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:36,025 Tim: And he looked the part 871 00:41:36,027 --> 00:41:38,628 and he could switch from one persona to the other 872 00:41:38,630 --> 00:41:43,433 depending on where he was and what he was on about. 873 00:41:43,435 --> 00:41:45,134 You know, it's very important to have the right attitude 874 00:41:45,136 --> 00:41:46,803 if you drive a car like this. 875 00:41:46,805 --> 00:41:48,204 You've got to blank everything out of your mind. 876 00:41:48,206 --> 00:41:49,973 No hassles, no dramas. 877 00:41:49,975 --> 00:41:53,943 Hop in a car like this and just drive it properly the whole way. 878 00:41:53,945 --> 00:41:56,412 Phil: It was a natural fit from a marketing point of view 879 00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:58,147 for a drink-drive campaign 880 00:41:58,149 --> 00:42:01,117 to recruit the best-known driver in the country. 881 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:02,619 He was super clean. 882 00:42:02,621 --> 00:42:05,622 I can only speculate that one and one made two 883 00:42:05,624 --> 00:42:07,190 or in this case .05 884 00:42:07,192 --> 00:42:10,260 for the people at George Patterson. 885 00:42:10,262 --> 00:42:13,162 Bev: His life was so alien to mine 886 00:42:13,164 --> 00:42:16,599 but there was this just a comfortable 887 00:42:16,601 --> 00:42:19,536 absolute trusting, amazing friendship, 888 00:42:19,538 --> 00:42:22,005 a bond that was very powerful. 889 00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:23,940 And I guess it wasn't until he told me 890 00:42:23,942 --> 00:42:26,609 how he really felt about me that I even allowed myself, 891 00:42:26,611 --> 00:42:27,744 you know, because I was married. 892 00:42:27,746 --> 00:42:28,778 I was brought up to believe that 893 00:42:28,780 --> 00:42:30,413 you make marriage work. 894 00:42:30,415 --> 00:42:33,516 I couldn't see somebody living a life like he was 895 00:42:33,518 --> 00:42:38,121 to take on a country girl, with a six-month-old child. 896 00:42:38,123 --> 00:42:39,822 He took me completely by surprise 897 00:42:39,824 --> 00:42:42,125 and was particularly persuasive. 898 00:42:48,633 --> 00:42:50,767 He said to me, he said, "This is going to be fantastic." 899 00:42:50,769 --> 00:42:53,036 And I said, "Why is that? I certainly hope so." And he said 900 00:42:53,038 --> 00:42:55,438 "Well, I'll take care of all the big things, Bevvo," 901 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,141 "and you can take care of the small things" 902 00:42:58,143 --> 00:42:59,475 God bless him. 903 00:42:59,477 --> 00:43:01,244 So I said to him, "What's the big things?" 904 00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:03,112 and he said, "Well, Bevvo." He said, "I'll do the driving, 905 00:43:03,114 --> 00:43:06,149 I'll earn the money and I'll take care of the media." 906 00:43:06,151 --> 00:43:07,717 And I said, "Just out of curiosity, 907 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:09,252 what are the small things?" He said, 908 00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:10,920 "Well, you can look after me, 909 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:12,655 run the property, raise the kids." 910 00:43:12,657 --> 00:43:14,324 "I don't like dealing with lawyers 911 00:43:14,326 --> 00:43:16,025 and I don't like, you know, bank managers." 912 00:43:16,027 --> 00:43:18,461 "You can take care of all those things." 913 00:43:18,463 --> 00:43:20,330 And it turned out that way. 914 00:43:20,332 --> 00:43:22,265 We were a good team. 915 00:43:28,974 --> 00:43:32,976 Lewis: Allan Moffat had tremendous backing from Ford 916 00:43:32,978 --> 00:43:35,878 with his Moffat Ford Dealers Team. 917 00:43:44,823 --> 00:43:48,191 Commentator: Down the straight they go, car one, car two. 918 00:43:48,193 --> 00:43:50,793 An absolute demonstration 919 00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:53,463 of the trust between Ford here 920 00:43:53,465 --> 00:43:55,431 and the Allan Moffat Dealer Team 921 00:43:55,433 --> 00:43:57,367 a scene we've never seen before. 922 00:43:57,369 --> 00:43:59,235 Phil: That was the one that got away. 923 00:43:59,237 --> 00:44:03,373 Peter spun, I think, a couple of times early on in the race. 924 00:44:03,375 --> 00:44:05,808 Commentator: And Moffat from the outside will sweep around 925 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:07,944 and take the chequered flag first 926 00:44:07,946 --> 00:44:09,946 for victory in the 1977... 927 00:44:09,948 --> 00:44:11,981 Lewis: Falcons were just too good. 928 00:44:11,983 --> 00:44:15,818 They won just about every race they did. 929 00:44:15,820 --> 00:44:18,187 Holden were getting belted every weekend 930 00:44:18,189 --> 00:44:20,023 because they were putting all this money in 931 00:44:20,025 --> 00:44:22,125 and Ford were making them look silly. 932 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:27,764 No car company can put up with that. 933 00:44:27,766 --> 00:44:30,667 Bathurst was a very important part of the marketing. 934 00:44:36,941 --> 00:44:39,175 Holden came calling. 935 00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:42,445 Commentator: It's pole position car, Peter Brock, 05-- 936 00:44:42,447 --> 00:44:46,582 Lewis: 1978 was the return of the prodigal son. 937 00:44:46,584 --> 00:44:48,951 After three years away, they could see that 938 00:44:48,953 --> 00:44:52,522 Peter's popularity was greater than ever. 939 00:44:52,524 --> 00:44:55,725 Well, he was the perfect man to front this revival 940 00:44:55,727 --> 00:44:59,062 of Holden's race fortunes. 941 00:44:59,064 --> 00:45:00,730 Man 33: It was a massive positive stroke 942 00:45:00,732 --> 00:45:02,832 for General Motors. He was back in the fold. 943 00:45:04,536 --> 00:45:06,202 Bev: Bathurst was the highlight of the year. 944 00:45:06,204 --> 00:45:08,638 It was what everything else built up to. 945 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,874 If you could beat the mountain, if you could win there 946 00:45:11,876 --> 00:45:14,377 everything else paled to insignificance. 947 00:45:14,379 --> 00:45:17,380 You look very relaxed and confident, Peter. 948 00:45:17,382 --> 00:45:19,048 Oh, it's the outward appearances, of course. 949 00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:22,051 This is Hardie-Ferodo 1000 and it's a big event. 950 00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:23,419 How much does the race mean to you? 951 00:45:23,421 --> 00:45:25,021 Oh, it's the event for the year. 952 00:45:25,023 --> 00:45:27,790 Lewis: Harry Firth was retiring 953 00:45:27,792 --> 00:45:30,727 or Holden was suggesting that he should retire. 954 00:45:30,729 --> 00:45:34,464 They set up a new team with John Sheppard at the helm. 955 00:45:34,466 --> 00:45:36,165 So it was very important for them 956 00:45:36,167 --> 00:45:38,367 to turn their fortunes around on the track 957 00:45:38,369 --> 00:45:41,304 in order to protect their fortunes in the showroom. 958 00:45:43,007 --> 00:45:45,341 Commentator: Standby Australia for the start 959 00:45:45,343 --> 00:45:49,278 of the 1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000. 960 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,447 Peter: I really had to prove myself 961 00:45:51,449 --> 00:45:53,649 but I had to earn my stripes, I can tell you. 962 00:46:05,396 --> 00:46:07,730 Man 34: When those red and white cars were there, man, 963 00:46:07,732 --> 00:46:09,665 you knew that was a serious race 964 00:46:09,667 --> 00:46:12,401 and they really were just iconic. 965 00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:23,212 James: Think it was just the era 966 00:46:23,214 --> 00:46:25,114 where I really started to engage. 967 00:46:25,116 --> 00:46:28,417 It's the Torana, it's the A9X Torana, like 968 00:46:28,419 --> 00:46:31,187 just basically one of the best cars ever made on the planet. 969 00:46:31,189 --> 00:46:33,422 It was the classic Marlboro livery. 970 00:46:33,424 --> 00:46:35,258 It's probably one of the best-looking race cars 971 00:46:35,260 --> 00:46:37,827 to ever have graced our race tracks. 972 00:46:40,999 --> 00:46:43,432 Lewis: Holden was just immediately back on top 973 00:46:43,434 --> 00:46:45,434 and Brock was the name. 974 00:46:47,806 --> 00:46:50,606 Man on PA: The winner of this year's Hardie-Ferodo, 975 00:46:50,608 --> 00:46:53,109 for the third time for Peter Brock. 976 00:47:01,753 --> 00:47:05,254 Bev: We had an agreement that in the build up to Bathurst 977 00:47:05,256 --> 00:47:08,424 and at Bathurst itself would ever any issue be raised 978 00:47:08,426 --> 00:47:09,792 that would bring him stress 979 00:47:09,794 --> 00:47:11,794 we would take care of between myself 980 00:47:11,796 --> 00:47:13,763 and the guys in the team 981 00:47:13,765 --> 00:47:16,332 all the stressful issues, so that he could just focus 982 00:47:16,334 --> 00:47:19,402 on doing what he needed to do. 983 00:47:19,404 --> 00:47:23,973 I had found out I was pregnant with our first child 984 00:47:23,975 --> 00:47:25,942 but because we had so much on the plate, 985 00:47:25,944 --> 00:47:27,777 I wasn't going to tell him because I didn't want to 986 00:47:27,779 --> 00:47:29,679 distract him, because the agreement was 987 00:47:29,681 --> 00:47:31,814 that we would never shift anything off the focus 988 00:47:31,816 --> 00:47:34,183 of what needed to be focused on. 989 00:47:34,185 --> 00:47:36,018 The emotional tension, 990 00:47:36,020 --> 00:47:38,855 the demands on your time physically 991 00:47:38,857 --> 00:47:44,126 it is an absolute frantic, controlled area of chaos, 992 00:47:44,128 --> 00:47:46,462 uh, with everything building up to the big day. 993 00:47:50,935 --> 00:47:53,870 [upbeat music] 994 00:48:06,117 --> 00:48:08,317 John: He started the race and led every single lap 995 00:48:08,319 --> 00:48:09,685 of the race. 996 00:48:19,597 --> 00:48:22,431 ¶ He was selling postcards from a paper stand ¶ 997 00:48:22,433 --> 00:48:24,867 ¶ The whiskey bottle in his withered hand ¶ 998 00:48:24,869 --> 00:48:28,871 ¶ Put his finger on a photo from an old magazine ¶ 999 00:48:28,873 --> 00:48:32,275 Bev: He dreamt his races in the weeks before they happened. 1000 00:48:32,277 --> 00:48:35,177 He drove his races in his sleep. 1001 00:48:35,179 --> 00:48:36,979 I would know where he was on the circuit 1002 00:48:36,981 --> 00:48:38,848 from where he was leaning, where he was braking. 1003 00:48:38,850 --> 00:48:40,816 ¶ Shut him up in solitary third degree ¶ 1004 00:48:40,818 --> 00:48:44,186 ¶ Take a long line ¶ 1005 00:48:44,188 --> 00:48:47,223 Commentator: Peter Brock is four laps ahead. 1006 00:48:47,225 --> 00:48:48,591 Graeme: Couple of laps from the end 1007 00:48:48,593 --> 00:48:50,026 John Sheppard is talking 1008 00:48:50,028 --> 00:48:51,761 to Peter on the radio saying 1009 00:48:51,763 --> 00:48:55,264 "Okay, Peter, you've got a very comfortable lead here." 1010 00:48:55,266 --> 00:48:57,600 "So just take it easy and just get the car" 1011 00:48:57,602 --> 00:48:59,535 "across the finish line." 1012 00:49:01,639 --> 00:49:03,406 Typical driving style. 1013 00:49:03,408 --> 00:49:05,675 Driving around waving to everybody in the crowd 1014 00:49:05,677 --> 00:49:07,410 and call on the radio and say, 1015 00:49:07,412 --> 00:49:10,179 "Hey, guys, there's a bird up here with her tits out." 1016 00:49:10,181 --> 00:49:12,581 ¶ Take a long line ¶ 1017 00:49:12,583 --> 00:49:14,650 ¶ Reel him in ¶ 1018 00:49:21,626 --> 00:49:23,726 Peter: Things do go wrong. Look at Allan Moffat. 1019 00:49:23,728 --> 00:49:25,394 He was worrying about whether I'd last 1020 00:49:25,396 --> 00:49:27,163 and yet he was the one to fall. 1021 00:49:27,165 --> 00:49:28,664 Phil: His car had broken down. 1022 00:49:28,666 --> 00:49:30,800 I knew he was on that, doing the TV commentary 1023 00:49:30,802 --> 00:49:32,335 and Moffat would be saying 1024 00:49:32,337 --> 00:49:34,003 "Peter will hear every little squeak" 1025 00:49:34,005 --> 00:49:35,805 "and rattle and he'll be going slow now" 1026 00:49:35,807 --> 00:49:37,873 "just to make sure he gets over the hill," you know. 1027 00:49:37,875 --> 00:49:40,409 I thought, "I'll show him." 1028 00:49:40,411 --> 00:49:45,247 Commentator: First man ever to lead the race from go to whoa. 1029 00:49:45,249 --> 00:49:47,216 Lewis: The crowd up there went berserk. 1030 00:49:47,218 --> 00:49:48,784 Down the pitch you could hear them screaming 1031 00:49:48,786 --> 00:49:49,819 up at McPhillamy Park. 1032 00:49:49,821 --> 00:49:51,053 Commentator: Here he comes. 1033 00:49:51,055 --> 00:49:55,358 Listen to the applause, the accolades 1034 00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:58,928 for a man among when it comes to race car drivers. 1035 00:49:58,930 --> 00:50:00,463 Still tidy. 1036 00:50:03,668 --> 00:50:06,535 Peter: So I really went for it and the last lap 1037 00:50:06,537 --> 00:50:08,804 uh, I actually set the lap record 1038 00:50:08,806 --> 00:50:10,740 purely just to show to people that, 1039 00:50:10,742 --> 00:50:12,408 "Hey, this car's running strong." 1040 00:50:12,410 --> 00:50:14,243 ¶ Take a long line ¶ 1041 00:50:14,245 --> 00:50:20,816 ¶ Take a long line ¶¶ 1042 00:50:20,818 --> 00:50:22,752 Commentator: The winner of this year's Hardie-Ferodo 1043 00:50:22,754 --> 00:50:25,855 and now he has four victories in Australia's greatest race. 1044 00:50:25,857 --> 00:50:27,656 Craig: He won the race by six laps 1045 00:50:27,658 --> 00:50:29,525 and still broke the lap record on the last lap. 1046 00:50:29,527 --> 00:50:32,828 Like, he was just in his own little world, in the zone. 1047 00:50:32,830 --> 00:50:35,965 He was a guy who loved to drive cars fast and he did it well. 1048 00:50:35,967 --> 00:50:38,000 That was, that was his happy place. 1049 00:50:38,002 --> 00:50:39,402 Graeme: People thought he was being reckless, 1050 00:50:39,404 --> 00:50:41,837 driving that last lap so fast. 1051 00:50:41,839 --> 00:50:43,873 James: To do it in such a convincing style, you know, 1052 00:50:43,875 --> 00:50:45,474 that's-- that's no mean feat. 1053 00:50:45,476 --> 00:50:48,010 I don't think you can really top that one. 1054 00:50:48,012 --> 00:50:49,812 Peter: It just worked beautifully 1055 00:50:49,814 --> 00:50:53,315 and it's one of those weekends which is a race driver's dream. 1056 00:50:55,586 --> 00:50:59,155 Bev: People say to me what was the best of his victories 1057 00:50:59,157 --> 00:51:03,125 and to me, they all meld in together because 1058 00:51:03,127 --> 00:51:06,062 nothing was ever overlooked 1059 00:51:06,064 --> 00:51:08,864 in pursuit of that ultimate chequered flag 1060 00:51:08,866 --> 00:51:10,633 at the end of the race. 1061 00:51:10,635 --> 00:51:13,602 [upbeat music] 1062 00:51:18,176 --> 00:51:20,976 Peter: When people ask me what is my most 1063 00:51:20,978 --> 00:51:25,347 indelibly imprinted memory of motor sport 1064 00:51:25,349 --> 00:51:27,116 it is, without any shadow of doubt 1065 00:51:27,118 --> 00:51:31,220 the '79 Repco Reliability Around Australia Trial. 1066 00:51:31,222 --> 00:51:34,390 It was the single-most difficult, challenging 1067 00:51:34,392 --> 00:51:37,460 motoring event you could imagine. 1068 00:51:37,462 --> 00:51:39,261 Bev: He was in there, boots and all. 1069 00:51:39,263 --> 00:51:41,330 Man 35: Peter Brock and the Commodore started that race 1070 00:51:41,332 --> 00:51:44,033 as underdogs. 1071 00:51:44,035 --> 00:51:45,968 Bev: In fact, it was him and George Sheppard 1072 00:51:45,970 --> 00:51:48,437 who got Holden to say we could launch 1073 00:51:48,439 --> 00:51:50,539 this new Commodore to the public market 1074 00:51:50,541 --> 00:51:52,475 this would be the perfect venue to do it. 1075 00:51:54,078 --> 00:51:56,245 Phil: These roads aren't meant for cars 1076 00:51:56,247 --> 00:51:57,980 but the Holden Commodore was engineered 1077 00:51:57,982 --> 00:51:59,849 to a level of toughness 1078 00:51:59,851 --> 00:52:02,384 that had never been seen on an Australian car before. 1079 00:52:10,027 --> 00:52:12,761 James: It was an epic event, without a doubt. 1080 00:52:12,763 --> 00:52:14,763 It's one of those disciplines that, you know is 1081 00:52:14,765 --> 00:52:17,399 particularly demanding on drivers 1082 00:52:17,401 --> 00:52:19,768 because you don't have, you know 1083 00:52:19,770 --> 00:52:21,737 tens or hundreds of laps to get it right. 1084 00:52:21,739 --> 00:52:23,405 You have to get it right the first time 1085 00:52:23,407 --> 00:52:26,675 and the only time you go over that piece of road. 1086 00:52:26,677 --> 00:52:28,611 Driving by the seat of your pants is something that 1087 00:52:28,613 --> 00:52:30,913 PB did exceptionally well. 1088 00:52:30,915 --> 00:52:33,716 And the cars were really very, very standard, 1089 00:52:33,718 --> 00:52:35,518 very simple cars and were you know, 1090 00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,520 pretty prone to breaking when they went over some 1091 00:52:37,522 --> 00:52:39,455 of the most punishing roads in the country. 1092 00:52:42,026 --> 00:52:45,594 Phil: What Peter Brock did with the Repco Round Australia Rally 1093 00:52:45,596 --> 00:52:47,596 must have done a lot to keep people 1094 00:52:47,598 --> 00:52:50,065 interested in buying this car 1095 00:52:50,067 --> 00:52:53,035 which was perceived to be at a size disadvantage 1096 00:52:53,037 --> 00:52:55,337 for the Ford Falcon. 1097 00:52:55,339 --> 00:52:59,608 Peter: I'm just so focused on doing it purely on adrenaline. 1098 00:52:59,610 --> 00:53:01,944 I had the sniff of victory around about Darwin 1099 00:53:01,946 --> 00:53:04,914 and I thought, "Oh, I can win this." 1100 00:53:04,916 --> 00:53:08,784 I'd had half a lap of Australia to sort of figure it out. 1101 00:53:08,786 --> 00:53:11,120 Commentator: Commodores have been challenged by Ford 1102 00:53:11,122 --> 00:53:13,355 who lie first, fourth and fifth, 1103 00:53:13,357 --> 00:53:15,491 separated by Bell and Brock. 1104 00:53:18,996 --> 00:53:20,930 Sunday, August 19th 1105 00:53:20,932 --> 00:53:24,033 and the three Commodores head the field with a police escort 1106 00:53:24,035 --> 00:53:26,435 for the trip to the Melbourne Showgrounds. 1107 00:53:26,437 --> 00:53:29,638 Peter: The cars finished one, two, three outright. 1108 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:32,675 Fourteen days, 21,000 kilometers. 1109 00:53:32,677 --> 00:53:37,346 I was, I was just a skeleton at the end of that. 1110 00:53:37,348 --> 00:53:39,582 Bev: He was already skinny when he left home 1111 00:53:39,584 --> 00:53:43,819 to get started. He was gaunt when he got back. 1112 00:53:43,821 --> 00:53:45,821 James: He was blessed as well. He had a lot of luck 1113 00:53:45,823 --> 00:53:49,024 so, you know, Lady Luck smiled on him 1114 00:53:49,026 --> 00:53:51,260 for a very long period of time. 1115 00:53:51,262 --> 00:53:54,029 He, he got away with a lotta stuff. 1116 00:53:54,031 --> 00:53:57,132 Phil: That's when the Peter Perfect era really began. 1117 00:53:57,134 --> 00:53:58,968 Interviewer: Peter, does this win mean more to you 1118 00:53:58,970 --> 00:54:01,203 than any other win in your motorsport career? 1119 00:54:01,205 --> 00:54:04,006 Probably similar to first time at Bathurst. 1120 00:54:04,008 --> 00:54:06,141 Bev: Because he went and beat the best rally drivers 1121 00:54:06,143 --> 00:54:08,644 in the world in a one, two, three victory 1122 00:54:08,646 --> 00:54:10,713 that nobody ever expected could happen. 1123 00:54:10,715 --> 00:54:14,383 He showed them that he wasn't just there for the media. 1124 00:54:14,385 --> 00:54:15,918 You know, I had to tell him also 1125 00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:17,720 that he was going to become a father. 1126 00:54:17,722 --> 00:54:21,023 There were so many layers to this and what an amazing year. 1127 00:54:27,965 --> 00:54:29,765 I had no 1128 00:54:29,767 --> 00:54:33,535 comprehension of what it would mean to step into a life 1129 00:54:33,537 --> 00:54:34,970 where you lived in the limelight, 1130 00:54:34,972 --> 00:54:36,972 where you had to deal with media 1131 00:54:36,974 --> 00:54:40,276 and all the stresses that involved in Peter's life. 1132 00:54:43,147 --> 00:54:45,914 James: I think she had a way of putting things that 1133 00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:47,816 maybe did bring him down to earth a little bit 1134 00:54:47,818 --> 00:54:49,051 and make him feel comfortable 1135 00:54:49,053 --> 00:54:50,819 with what was going on around him. 1136 00:54:50,821 --> 00:54:52,788 Alexandra: Mum was there in the pits doing timing. 1137 00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:55,924 Mum was there sewing new badges to dad's uniform. 1138 00:54:55,926 --> 00:54:59,528 She was making sure dad ate. She was feeding everyone else. 1139 00:54:59,530 --> 00:55:02,197 I, I don't know how they... 1140 00:55:02,199 --> 00:55:05,234 Most people get paid a lot of money to do what my mum did. 1141 00:55:05,236 --> 00:55:07,369 She didn't get anything. 1142 00:55:07,371 --> 00:55:10,172 Phil: There was no doubt that Bevvo, as he'd call her, 1143 00:55:10,174 --> 00:55:14,410 was the rock and basically called the shots. 1144 00:55:14,412 --> 00:55:16,345 If you weren't on side with Bevvo 1145 00:55:16,347 --> 00:55:20,049 well then you weren't getting any access to the main man. 1146 00:55:21,252 --> 00:55:23,319 I suddenly discovered 1147 00:55:23,321 --> 00:55:26,388 that men have ownership 1148 00:55:26,390 --> 00:55:28,157 of somebody like Peter. 1149 00:55:28,159 --> 00:55:29,825 And so there were a few of them 1150 00:55:29,827 --> 00:55:32,328 who weren't happy with me coming on the scene. 1151 00:55:41,739 --> 00:55:44,673 Lewis: Peter was at the peak of his powers. 1152 00:55:44,675 --> 00:55:48,177 He was the key to the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team. 1153 00:55:48,179 --> 00:55:50,512 Man 36: The Holden Dealers were clamoring out 1154 00:55:50,514 --> 00:55:52,648 for cars with a bit of the Brock magic 1155 00:55:52,650 --> 00:55:54,650 and maybe the Brock name on them. 1156 00:55:54,652 --> 00:55:56,385 Peter: We went to a number of dealers. 1157 00:55:56,387 --> 00:55:58,854 I put it to them about helping out, funding the team, 1158 00:55:58,856 --> 00:56:00,789 making it truly a dealer team. 1159 00:56:00,791 --> 00:56:03,792 Man 37: The dealers agreed to finance the team 1160 00:56:03,794 --> 00:56:07,463 on the basis that Peter start a special vehicles operation 1161 00:56:07,465 --> 00:56:09,965 and use his racing knowledge and experience 1162 00:56:09,967 --> 00:56:12,334 to develop some cars for the road 1163 00:56:12,336 --> 00:56:15,204 that would appeal to the punters. 1164 00:56:15,206 --> 00:56:18,340 Peter: I began HDT Special Vehicles. 1165 00:56:18,342 --> 00:56:21,543 Phil: We had the ability to design with what we want. 1166 00:56:21,545 --> 00:56:23,379 A lot of that was obviously Peter, 1167 00:56:23,381 --> 00:56:25,581 what he wanted in the cars 1168 00:56:25,583 --> 00:56:27,850 to make that standard road car 1169 00:56:27,852 --> 00:56:29,918 and just by altering some of the componentry 1170 00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,354 to make it into a faster, 1171 00:56:32,356 --> 00:56:34,923 better handling and more durable car 1172 00:56:34,925 --> 00:56:37,126 which is exactly what it finished as. 1173 00:56:37,128 --> 00:56:39,595 Man 38: It was based on the VC Commodore 1174 00:56:39,597 --> 00:56:41,930 using the five-liter engine. 1175 00:56:41,932 --> 00:56:43,799 Craig: So there was a different inlet manifold 1176 00:56:43,801 --> 00:56:45,734 bigger valve cylinder heads 1177 00:56:45,736 --> 00:56:48,270 and a few other things that were on these cars 1178 00:56:48,272 --> 00:56:50,406 that we couldn't race until these cars 1179 00:56:50,408 --> 00:56:52,141 were effectively sold or at least delivered 1180 00:56:52,143 --> 00:56:53,842 to the dealers. 1181 00:56:53,844 --> 00:56:55,444 So there was a relatively short space of time 1182 00:56:55,446 --> 00:56:57,579 that we needed to produce these 500 cars 1183 00:56:57,581 --> 00:56:59,248 get them out to the dealers 1184 00:56:59,250 --> 00:57:00,849 so that the cylinder heads could be used 1185 00:57:00,851 --> 00:57:02,751 at the next Bathurst. 1186 00:57:02,753 --> 00:57:04,920 We had no idea what to do, really 1187 00:57:04,922 --> 00:57:09,124 as far as to build a whole run of cars all with the same spec. 1188 00:57:09,126 --> 00:57:11,193 Peter: We were young and we're just into it 1189 00:57:11,195 --> 00:57:14,196 and no one had told us we didn't know how to do it. 1190 00:57:14,198 --> 00:57:15,964 I never had any doubts. I... 1191 00:57:15,966 --> 00:57:18,033 You know, we just dived in the deep end 1192 00:57:18,035 --> 00:57:20,469 and or as he said, "You bite off more than you can chew" 1193 00:57:20,471 --> 00:57:21,637 "and you just chew like hell." 1194 00:57:21,639 --> 00:57:23,639 So he just did it. 1195 00:57:23,641 --> 00:57:25,774 Phil: It was just crazy because no one had done 1196 00:57:25,776 --> 00:57:27,743 that sort of thing before and I think 1197 00:57:27,745 --> 00:57:30,612 we hear a lot now the term disruptive 1198 00:57:30,614 --> 00:57:32,414 in marketing or advertising. 1199 00:57:32,416 --> 00:57:35,217 Peter was a disruptor years and years and years 1200 00:57:35,219 --> 00:57:37,753 ahead of his time. 1201 00:57:37,755 --> 00:57:40,756 His business was formed on a handshake with General Motors. 1202 00:57:40,758 --> 00:57:43,058 It, it was a license to print money for him. 1203 00:57:43,060 --> 00:57:44,927 It was a goldmine. 1204 00:57:44,929 --> 00:57:47,663 Every kid, every middle-aged bloke 1205 00:57:47,665 --> 00:57:49,164 with a blood pressure problem 1206 00:57:49,166 --> 00:57:51,834 wanted a car like Brocky's. 1207 00:57:51,836 --> 00:57:53,635 Everybody was making dough. 1208 00:57:53,637 --> 00:57:55,871 The dealers loved it, Holden loved it 1209 00:57:55,873 --> 00:57:59,041 because there was a huge halo effect from the racing team 1210 00:57:59,043 --> 00:58:02,478 and I think Peter made quite a nice living out of it 1211 00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:04,813 and employed quite a few people. 1212 00:58:04,815 --> 00:58:07,783 Phil: It was as time went on the dealer input was so strong, 1213 00:58:07,785 --> 00:58:11,019 we realized we had to just keep going. 1214 00:58:11,021 --> 00:58:13,055 Well, it was the beginning of the best period of my life. 1215 00:58:13,057 --> 00:58:15,023 Absolutely loved it. 1216 00:58:19,663 --> 00:58:21,363 Commentator: Australian touring car champion 1217 00:58:21,365 --> 00:58:24,867 last year's Bathurst winner, car 05 MHDT Commodore 1218 00:58:24,869 --> 00:58:27,669 a time of 221.815, Peter Brock, 1219 00:58:27,671 --> 00:58:30,372 and so to the front row of the grid. 1220 00:58:30,374 --> 00:58:32,975 Phil: Ford was back in the game 1221 00:58:32,977 --> 00:58:36,612 and they had a new star in Dick Johnson. 1222 00:58:36,614 --> 00:58:38,981 He was a pretty good privateer 1223 00:58:38,983 --> 00:58:41,049 and he put together a pretty good car. 1224 00:58:41,051 --> 00:58:43,252 Boy: No, Dick Johnson's better than you! 1225 00:58:43,254 --> 00:58:44,853 Peter: Well, that's a matter of opinion. 1226 00:58:44,855 --> 00:58:46,955 Boy: He's got a faster car than you, I reckon. 1227 00:58:46,957 --> 00:58:48,190 Not for long. 1228 00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:51,760 Dick: The guy that I'm worried about more than anyone 1229 00:58:51,762 --> 00:58:54,129 would be Peter Brock because, he's... 1230 00:58:54,131 --> 00:58:56,198 Interviewer: Well, he's saying he's worried about you. 1231 00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:57,432 Well... 1232 00:58:57,434 --> 00:58:58,600 It was virtually the start 1233 00:58:58,602 --> 00:59:01,236 of my career, to a point. 1234 00:59:01,238 --> 00:59:03,038 Commentator: And Johnson has got the start 1235 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:05,007 and it's a slow start by Kevin Bartlett in the Camaro... 1236 00:59:05,009 --> 00:59:09,044 Dick: We went there with high hopes of having a good result 1237 00:59:09,046 --> 00:59:10,946 and we were sort of on track for that. 1238 00:59:10,948 --> 00:59:13,782 I was second on the grid to Kevin Bartlett. 1239 00:59:21,859 --> 00:59:25,027 Brocky, his car was really not quick enough 1240 00:59:25,029 --> 00:59:28,130 and we were sort of battling away for the first 1241 00:59:28,132 --> 00:59:29,865 uh, ten laps or so. 1242 00:59:29,867 --> 00:59:32,334 He was driving the car extremely hard, 1243 00:59:32,336 --> 00:59:34,603 which left me cruising away out in front. 1244 00:59:36,373 --> 00:59:39,007 Commentator: Dick Johnson, but he has gone into the fence. 1245 00:59:39,009 --> 00:59:40,542 Dick Johnson, the leader, he's broken 1246 00:59:40,544 --> 00:59:42,144 the left-hand front suspension. 1247 00:59:42,146 --> 00:59:44,613 You can see by the way the car is leaning down. 1248 00:59:44,615 --> 00:59:47,082 And that changed the whole, uh, the whole... 1249 00:59:48,419 --> 00:59:51,119 I suppose the way the race ended up. 1250 00:59:51,121 --> 00:59:53,922 There was a rock. 1251 00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:57,326 It was, it was the size of 1252 00:59:57,328 --> 00:59:59,995 at least an overnight bag 1253 00:59:59,997 --> 01:00:01,597 and it was right on line. 1254 01:00:01,599 --> 01:00:03,532 Craig: But one of Peter's comments was 1255 01:00:03,534 --> 01:00:05,767 "The rock wasn't that big, and I just drove around it." 1256 01:00:05,769 --> 01:00:08,971 So it was a little... he was a little bit dismissive 1257 01:00:08,973 --> 01:00:10,906 of the whole rock theory. 1258 01:00:13,077 --> 01:00:14,543 Dick: I know you make your own luck 1259 01:00:14,545 --> 01:00:16,878 but, uh, certainly a lot of it went his way. 1260 01:00:18,616 --> 01:00:21,450 Lewis: When he won the '78, '79, '80 1261 01:00:21,452 --> 01:00:24,386 he had actually achieved the pinnacle 1262 01:00:24,388 --> 01:00:27,322 of being the best driver at Bathurst in Australia. 1263 01:00:30,361 --> 01:00:33,161 Garry: Brock became a brand unto himself. 1264 01:00:33,163 --> 01:00:36,198 He just carried Holden along with him. 1265 01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:39,001 The car itself became an advertising billboard 1266 01:00:39,003 --> 01:00:43,071 even more so once the camera went into the car. 1267 01:00:43,073 --> 01:00:45,040 Reporter: Small and light 1268 01:00:45,042 --> 01:00:47,442 yet able to withstand the enormous stresses that 1269 01:00:47,444 --> 01:00:50,045 will be fed into the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Commodore 1270 01:00:50,047 --> 01:00:51,613 of Peter Brock. 1271 01:00:51,615 --> 01:00:54,116 2-18 I would think to put him on pole position. 1272 01:00:54,118 --> 01:00:55,984 There's our race cam inside Brock's car. 1273 01:00:55,986 --> 01:00:57,586 Look at those hands on the wheel. 1274 01:00:57,588 --> 01:00:59,588 And I can remember, you know, sitting at home 1275 01:00:59,590 --> 01:01:01,523 when you first had that in-car vision 1276 01:01:01,525 --> 01:01:03,725 of what the driver did and how they did it 1277 01:01:03,727 --> 01:01:05,193 was really special. 1278 01:01:05,195 --> 01:01:06,995 This is one of the most treacherous parts 1279 01:01:06,997 --> 01:01:09,665 of the circuit. Oh, into the dirt on the side. 1280 01:01:09,667 --> 01:01:14,036 In-car cameras just took the whole game to the next level 1281 01:01:14,038 --> 01:01:16,938 and Peter had this beautiful ability 1282 01:01:16,940 --> 01:01:18,940 to be able to talk 1283 01:01:18,942 --> 01:01:21,443 to the camera to address the fans at home 1284 01:01:21,445 --> 01:01:25,247 to talk to the commentators as he raced around the track. 1285 01:01:25,249 --> 01:01:28,450 But the main thing is to give your car a very easy time 1286 01:01:28,452 --> 01:01:30,652 but as you can see, you can still go fast. 1287 01:01:30,654 --> 01:01:32,320 Now, I brake very late here. 1288 01:01:32,322 --> 01:01:33,855 There's a lot of time to be made up just here. 1289 01:01:33,857 --> 01:01:37,626 Greg: He was the biggest thing in Australia 1290 01:01:37,628 --> 01:01:39,795 that perhaps there'd ever been. 1291 01:01:44,735 --> 01:01:47,269 Bev: Sure, he likes a bit of the worship 1292 01:01:47,271 --> 01:01:48,437 that he gets from other people. 1293 01:01:48,439 --> 01:01:49,871 - He loves it. - Hero worship? 1294 01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:51,206 Bev: Yeah. Very much hero worship. 1295 01:01:51,208 --> 01:01:52,874 He's just great. He's beautiful. I just love him. 1296 01:01:52,876 --> 01:01:55,744 I think he's the most horniest guy around. 1297 01:01:55,746 --> 01:01:59,314 I think he's done great things for motorsport in Australia. 1298 01:01:59,316 --> 01:02:01,917 I love him so much. Okay, I just come here just to see him. 1299 01:02:01,919 --> 01:02:03,819 When it's over, whether they've won 1300 01:02:03,821 --> 01:02:06,021 whether they've lost, everybody likes to let their hair down 1301 01:02:06,023 --> 01:02:08,590 and relax, have a few beers and enjoy themselves. 1302 01:02:08,592 --> 01:02:10,459 Now, that is the time 1303 01:02:10,461 --> 01:02:12,761 where the girls at motor racing 1304 01:02:12,763 --> 01:02:14,463 really go for him. 1305 01:02:14,465 --> 01:02:16,631 To get him to bed, to get him 1306 01:02:16,633 --> 01:02:19,935 round the corner on his... they have no particular 1307 01:02:19,937 --> 01:02:22,671 qualms about where they get him, as long as they get him. 1308 01:02:26,443 --> 01:02:30,212 Phil: Peter Brock had huge charisma. 1309 01:02:30,214 --> 01:02:32,114 You know, I saw it many, many times. 1310 01:02:32,116 --> 01:02:35,350 He could turn the amp up to ten and he was irresistible. 1311 01:02:35,352 --> 01:02:37,352 I mean, women swooned. 1312 01:02:37,354 --> 01:02:39,287 Men just wanted to be like him. 1313 01:02:41,191 --> 01:02:43,959 Phil: It'd be fair to say that as time went along 1314 01:02:43,961 --> 01:02:46,728 he started believing his own publicity. 1315 01:02:46,730 --> 01:02:48,964 But he was king of the kids. 1316 01:02:48,966 --> 01:02:52,167 Man: You brought Phil in as a driver for Bathurst 1317 01:02:52,169 --> 01:02:55,070 through a period of incredible success. 1318 01:02:55,072 --> 01:02:56,772 Bev: Lou and Phil 1319 01:02:56,774 --> 01:02:59,741 Peter felt that he needed to look after them, 1320 01:02:59,743 --> 01:03:02,010 create opportunities for them. 1321 01:03:02,012 --> 01:03:03,812 No matter what happened in their life, 1322 01:03:03,814 --> 01:03:05,247 no matter what stuff ups there were 1323 01:03:05,249 --> 01:03:06,815 he was always going to be there for them. 1324 01:03:06,817 --> 01:03:10,252 And so he gave them opportunities constantly 1325 01:03:10,254 --> 01:03:12,454 and sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. 1326 01:03:12,456 --> 01:03:15,924 There was always a bit of conflict because we... 1327 01:03:15,926 --> 01:03:17,259 you know, we were three brothers. 1328 01:03:17,261 --> 01:03:18,660 It's almost like that stuff 1329 01:03:18,662 --> 01:03:20,362 that happened when you were kids 1330 01:03:20,364 --> 01:03:22,330 never goes away. 1331 01:03:25,869 --> 01:03:28,370 Phil: '83, Peter asked me to run 1332 01:03:28,372 --> 01:03:32,073 the second car with John at Bathurst. 1333 01:03:32,075 --> 01:03:33,875 Larry: It was my first year running 1334 01:03:33,877 --> 01:03:35,777 the Holden Dealer Team of Brocky's. 1335 01:03:35,779 --> 01:03:40,582 I was the workshop manager and Peter's co-the driver. 1336 01:03:40,584 --> 01:03:42,651 You know, everything was going well 1337 01:03:42,653 --> 01:03:45,220 until I think it was lap sixteen 1338 01:03:45,222 --> 01:03:48,223 and Peter's come down the Conrod Straight 1339 01:03:48,225 --> 01:03:49,958 and the engine failed. 1340 01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,661 Commentator: Hello, 05, Peter Brock is in the pits! 1341 01:03:52,663 --> 01:03:55,330 Phil: When Pete's car broke down 1342 01:03:55,332 --> 01:03:58,200 I knew straight away that he'd be in our car. 1343 01:03:58,202 --> 01:04:02,237 They pulled John in and put Peter in the car. 1344 01:04:02,239 --> 01:04:04,372 John: I handed the car over in second place. 1345 01:04:04,374 --> 01:04:06,041 It was looking good. 1346 01:04:06,043 --> 01:04:08,777 Peter chose to continue with Larry rather than myself, 1347 01:04:08,779 --> 01:04:11,213 and that annoyed me. 1348 01:04:11,215 --> 01:04:14,382 Larry was this pushy bugger who made sure that 1349 01:04:14,384 --> 01:04:17,219 he got his way and he got in the car. 1350 01:04:17,221 --> 01:04:19,187 Man 39: When you take over someone's car 1351 01:04:19,189 --> 01:04:20,822 it's no longer their car. 1352 01:04:20,824 --> 01:04:23,124 They don't get to hop back in. 1353 01:04:23,126 --> 01:04:26,528 Commentator: Here's Peter Brock now walking into the pit area. 1354 01:04:26,530 --> 01:04:27,963 Commentator: To break the bad news to brother Phil. 1355 01:04:27,965 --> 01:04:30,031 - Do you think? - I think so. 1356 01:04:30,033 --> 01:04:31,533 Phil: It was Peter's team. 1357 01:04:31,535 --> 01:04:33,134 He could have stopped that at any time 1358 01:04:33,136 --> 01:04:35,437 and said, "No, no, no, Pin's gonna drive." 1359 01:04:35,439 --> 01:04:38,807 What was the bad decision 1360 01:04:38,809 --> 01:04:40,475 was putting Larry in the car. 1361 01:04:40,477 --> 01:04:43,144 He was the slowest of the four of us. 1362 01:04:43,146 --> 01:04:47,349 Commentator: Oh, he's almost collected Perkins in car 25! 1363 01:04:47,351 --> 01:04:49,317 Phil: At the last stop, Peter gets back in the car 1364 01:04:49,319 --> 01:04:51,519 and they go and win the race. 1365 01:04:51,521 --> 01:04:53,054 Commentator: Yes, he's done it. 1366 01:04:53,056 --> 01:04:55,390 He's put seven on the board, Peter Brock! 1367 01:04:55,392 --> 01:04:57,826 And I had a chance to win Bathurst and never did. 1368 01:04:57,828 --> 01:05:01,596 Commentator: Peter Brock with the 1983 James Hardie 1000 1369 01:05:01,598 --> 01:05:03,765 at Mount Panorama, Bathurst. 1370 01:05:03,767 --> 01:05:08,637 I sometimes feel worse about it now than I did at the time. 1371 01:05:08,639 --> 01:05:11,740 You get judged on, in some ways, on things like that. 1372 01:05:13,944 --> 01:05:15,477 Bev: Peter didn't make that choice lightly 1373 01:05:15,479 --> 01:05:18,380 but there were bigger, wider responsibilities 1374 01:05:18,382 --> 01:05:19,915 and he had no choice. 1375 01:05:19,917 --> 01:05:21,149 Now Phil was obviously disappointed, 1376 01:05:21,151 --> 01:05:23,118 and everybody would understand that 1377 01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:24,586 but that's motor racing. 1378 01:05:24,588 --> 01:05:26,154 If it's your team, you've put up the money, 1379 01:05:26,156 --> 01:05:27,622 you've got everything together 1380 01:05:27,624 --> 01:05:29,791 you've prepared the cars, you take the risk 1381 01:05:29,793 --> 01:05:32,160 you take the responsibility, you make the decisions 1382 01:05:32,162 --> 01:05:34,062 and sometimes those decisions are not easy. 1383 01:05:42,639 --> 01:05:46,775 About three weeks later, I did a very stupid thing. 1384 01:05:46,777 --> 01:05:48,343 I... 1385 01:05:48,345 --> 01:05:50,512 had a few drinks and then 1386 01:05:50,514 --> 01:05:53,949 for some unknown reason, I drove home 1387 01:05:53,951 --> 01:05:57,419 and wrapped myself around a telephone pole 1388 01:05:57,421 --> 01:06:01,256 uh, and 1389 01:06:01,258 --> 01:06:03,858 was in a pretty bad way for 1390 01:06:03,860 --> 01:06:07,529 oh, a few months. 1391 01:06:07,531 --> 01:06:10,165 And kept trying to go back to work and I couldn't quite do it. 1392 01:06:10,167 --> 01:06:13,234 I'd get down and I'd last about an hour or two and just, 1393 01:06:13,236 --> 01:06:16,538 just couldn't handle it so then I'd just have to go home. 1394 01:06:16,540 --> 01:06:18,373 Then it was probably around about, I don't know 1395 01:06:18,375 --> 01:06:21,276 I think it was round about, uh, January or something, 1396 01:06:23,413 --> 01:06:26,014 Uh, Pete came out to see me one day 1397 01:06:26,016 --> 01:06:28,817 and, and sacked me. 1398 01:06:28,819 --> 01:06:32,320 And so I decided to leave Victoria. 1399 01:06:39,429 --> 01:06:42,130 I wasn't too happy with him. 1400 01:06:42,132 --> 01:06:44,032 You know, you've gotta understand that Peter 1401 01:06:44,034 --> 01:06:46,001 was running the 05 so he was the face 1402 01:06:46,003 --> 01:06:48,336 of the road safety campaign. 1403 01:06:48,338 --> 01:06:50,472 It was obvious to Peter that he 1404 01:06:50,474 --> 01:06:52,841 you know, to have co-drivers in his team 1405 01:06:52,843 --> 01:06:55,377 he had to have people who were totally focused. 1406 01:06:55,379 --> 01:06:57,245 All of those things that 1407 01:06:57,247 --> 01:07:01,950 were necessary to be involved as a face within the team. 1408 01:07:01,952 --> 01:07:04,786 I, I couldn't... 1409 01:07:06,156 --> 01:07:08,289 I couldn't tell people he'd sacked me. 1410 01:07:14,598 --> 01:07:17,532 You know, it was... 1411 01:07:20,404 --> 01:07:24,739 The guy was my idol, you know, and to... 1412 01:07:27,444 --> 01:07:30,612 I could never understand it and... yeah, anyway. 1413 01:07:39,456 --> 01:07:42,724 Man 40: The Holden Dealer Team had decided we were going to go 1414 01:07:42,726 --> 01:07:44,592 and have a go at Le Mans 1415 01:07:44,594 --> 01:07:46,594 so we took the whole crew over 1416 01:07:46,596 --> 01:07:47,929 and we rented a Porsche. 1417 01:07:51,535 --> 01:07:53,301 [speaking in foreign language] 1418 01:07:55,072 --> 01:07:57,439 Phil: Australia had just won the America's Cup. 1419 01:07:57,441 --> 01:07:59,407 We could do anything. 1420 01:08:01,011 --> 01:08:03,011 And Brocky, our man 1421 01:08:03,013 --> 01:08:04,946 he was gonna show the Europeans 1422 01:08:04,948 --> 01:08:07,048 just what he was made of. 1423 01:08:07,050 --> 01:08:10,518 But at that stage the bloke was what, 42? 1424 01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:14,355 And in a, in a racing driver's career, that's getting on a bit 1425 01:08:14,357 --> 01:08:16,391 particularly if you haven't 1426 01:08:16,393 --> 01:08:19,260 looked after yourself physically. 1427 01:08:19,262 --> 01:08:21,329 I remember taking a pic of Peter 1428 01:08:21,331 --> 01:08:24,532 in the back of the pits at Le Mans, stripped to the waist 1429 01:08:24,534 --> 01:08:27,669 sweating, distraught, gaunt, hollow-eyed. 1430 01:08:27,671 --> 01:08:30,638 He'd given everything he had. 1431 01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:32,540 There's an old adage in motor racing, that 1432 01:08:32,542 --> 01:08:34,809 to finish first, first you've gotta finish 1433 01:08:34,811 --> 01:08:38,113 and, you know, Larry was circulating four seconds a lap 1434 01:08:38,115 --> 01:08:42,050 faster than Peter but he crashed. 1435 01:08:42,052 --> 01:08:44,185 It was at 2 o'clock in the morning 1436 01:08:44,187 --> 01:08:46,121 that struck the car off through 1437 01:08:46,123 --> 01:08:50,391 his own fault and he was, he was big enough to admit that. 1438 01:08:50,393 --> 01:08:55,029 Bev: He was over what anybody could physically take 1439 01:08:55,031 --> 01:08:58,199 so he's working in a workshop where they're building the cars 1440 01:08:58,201 --> 01:09:00,635 so there's a lot of fiberglass dust, there's paint, 1441 01:09:00,637 --> 01:09:02,003 we've got a paint shop. 1442 01:09:02,005 --> 01:09:03,805 Petrol, he was allergic to petrol. 1443 01:09:03,807 --> 01:09:05,373 Not good for a racing driver. 1444 01:09:05,375 --> 01:09:07,475 His skin was giving off all of this stuff. 1445 01:09:07,477 --> 01:09:08,643 He was coughing up. 1446 01:09:08,645 --> 01:09:09,944 He was, he was not well, 1447 01:09:09,946 --> 01:09:13,348 and he needed that time to 1448 01:09:13,350 --> 01:09:16,451 completely detox, to get his body back in shape. 1449 01:09:16,453 --> 01:09:18,720 He needed time away from everything, 1450 01:09:18,722 --> 01:09:20,355 so for a few weeks there 1451 01:09:20,357 --> 01:09:22,323 we did nothing else but look after his health 1452 01:09:22,325 --> 01:09:24,292 and wellbeing. 1453 01:09:28,865 --> 01:09:31,332 Phil: Six months later, he reappeared 1454 01:09:31,334 --> 01:09:35,069 and the old Brock was back in business. 1455 01:09:35,071 --> 01:09:36,437 John: Brock gave away cigarettes, 1456 01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:38,206 he gave away the booze 1457 01:09:38,208 --> 01:09:41,242 he stopped drinking 74 cups of tea every day. 1458 01:09:41,244 --> 01:09:43,645 He got healthier. He was fitter. 1459 01:09:43,647 --> 01:09:45,213 In many ways he was improved 1460 01:09:45,215 --> 01:09:47,849 but I think some of this stuff really played havoc 1461 01:09:47,851 --> 01:09:51,052 with his, his mindset. 1462 01:09:51,054 --> 01:09:52,954 Peter: Driving, to me is-- is a nice escape. 1463 01:09:52,956 --> 01:09:54,789 It's a means of getting out of the office 1464 01:09:54,791 --> 01:09:57,392 and once I get behind the wheel of the car, I am relaxed. 1465 01:09:57,394 --> 01:09:59,360 I just get behind the wheel of that car 1466 01:09:59,362 --> 01:10:04,399 and I'm doing I know what I can do best. 1467 01:10:04,401 --> 01:10:08,203 Bev had introduced him to a chiropractor 1468 01:10:08,205 --> 01:10:11,039 who called himself a doctor, Dr. Eric Dowker, 1469 01:10:11,041 --> 01:10:13,775 who not only fixed his body 1470 01:10:13,777 --> 01:10:15,543 and put him onto a healthier lifestyle, 1471 01:10:15,545 --> 01:10:18,446 but had introduced other concepts 1472 01:10:18,448 --> 01:10:20,114 in terms of his mental space 1473 01:10:20,116 --> 01:10:22,517 that were interesting, to say the least. 1474 01:10:22,519 --> 01:10:25,453 Dr. Dowker was into crystal technology. 1475 01:10:25,455 --> 01:10:29,057 They came to the idea that maybe with crystals and magnets 1476 01:10:29,059 --> 01:10:32,493 they could improve the performance of motor cars. 1477 01:10:34,965 --> 01:10:38,433 Bev: He and Eric would sit and discuss philosophies 1478 01:10:38,435 --> 01:10:41,469 and stuff that, you know, were outside the square, 1479 01:10:41,471 --> 01:10:44,339 that other people had no concept about 1480 01:10:44,341 --> 01:10:47,809 and so he had found somebody he could relate to. 1481 01:10:47,811 --> 01:10:51,012 He had a found, firm friendship with somebody. 1482 01:10:51,014 --> 01:10:53,114 One shouldn't speak ill of the dead. 1483 01:10:53,116 --> 01:10:54,949 He was a weird sucker. 1484 01:10:54,951 --> 01:10:57,919 Bev: Eric was a bit unusual, 1485 01:10:57,921 --> 01:11:01,189 but so was Peter and so am I and, you know, 1486 01:11:01,191 --> 01:11:03,258 unfortunately when you put your head up above the crowd 1487 01:11:03,260 --> 01:11:05,426 you're gonna get it pinged off. 1488 01:11:05,428 --> 01:11:09,931 I went in expecting to get an engineering presentation 1489 01:11:09,933 --> 01:11:12,867 from a-- a couple of engineering blokes 1490 01:11:12,869 --> 01:11:15,637 and-- and Brock maybe a bit of whiteboard action 1491 01:11:15,639 --> 01:11:17,338 and-- and here we go, 1492 01:11:17,340 --> 01:11:19,240 and instead he took me into the office 1493 01:11:19,242 --> 01:11:21,743 and out comes this box. 1494 01:11:23,613 --> 01:11:24,812 Ah, the look on my face... 1495 01:11:24,814 --> 01:11:26,147 I went in and said, "Mate, look, 1496 01:11:26,149 --> 01:11:27,949 I'm-- I'm not following this stuff." 1497 01:11:27,951 --> 01:11:29,851 "We'll ring Bevvo." 1498 01:11:29,853 --> 01:11:32,253 "The laws of physics will have to be rewritten." 1499 01:11:32,255 --> 01:11:34,522 "We are realigning molecules." 1500 01:11:34,524 --> 01:11:35,857 "Instead of being random, 1501 01:11:35,859 --> 01:11:37,992 "it's like flying over the landscape 1502 01:11:37,994 --> 01:11:40,428 and instead of seeing random trees, you see an orchard." 1503 01:11:40,430 --> 01:11:42,997 "It makes a shithouse car good." 1504 01:11:42,999 --> 01:11:45,800 To explain it in layman's terms is very difficult 1505 01:11:45,802 --> 01:11:47,969 because you're talking about a pretty complex, 1506 01:11:47,971 --> 01:11:49,637 uh, high tech product. 1507 01:11:49,639 --> 01:11:51,806 It was a little plastic box with, 1508 01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:55,943 um, some magnets and stuff in it. 1509 01:11:55,945 --> 01:11:58,313 John: A plastic box with no wires going in, 1510 01:11:58,315 --> 01:11:59,914 no wires coming out 1511 01:11:59,916 --> 01:12:02,050 and you fix this box in a particular place 1512 01:12:02,052 --> 01:12:03,451 on the far wall of the car 1513 01:12:03,453 --> 01:12:05,753 and miraculously it rearranged 1514 01:12:05,755 --> 01:12:07,989 all the molecules in the car. 1515 01:12:07,991 --> 01:12:10,825 There were a lot of crystals in our house. A lot. 1516 01:12:10,827 --> 01:12:12,627 I-- I mean, I definitely saw lots of them 1517 01:12:12,629 --> 01:12:14,262 and helped make some of them in the... 1518 01:12:14,264 --> 01:12:15,930 We started off making them in the back shed 1519 01:12:15,932 --> 01:12:16,931 at home, in Eltham. 1520 01:12:16,933 --> 01:12:18,599 It was a bit of a worry to me. 1521 01:12:18,601 --> 01:12:20,401 A-- a big worry, in fact. 1522 01:12:20,403 --> 01:12:22,003 Man 41: But I have read, I've read articles 1523 01:12:22,005 --> 01:12:23,404 which have sort of tried to put together 1524 01:12:23,406 --> 01:12:25,039 with a whole lot of innuendo, 1525 01:12:25,041 --> 01:12:26,074 the fact that there's something sinister 1526 01:12:26,076 --> 01:12:27,375 that he's master-minding you, 1527 01:12:27,377 --> 01:12:28,543 that you're programmed by him, 1528 01:12:28,545 --> 01:12:29,844 that you're into the occult. 1529 01:12:29,846 --> 01:12:31,045 I mean, you know, I mean... 1530 01:12:31,047 --> 01:12:32,780 I said, "Peter... 1531 01:12:32,782 --> 01:12:34,449 a-- are you serious?" 1532 01:12:34,451 --> 01:12:37,151 "You're talking about this energy 1533 01:12:37,153 --> 01:12:40,822 being a form of sexual release." 1534 01:12:42,192 --> 01:12:44,425 And he-- he blew up and he said, 1535 01:12:44,427 --> 01:12:45,793 "Well, if you don't bloody believe, 1536 01:12:45,795 --> 01:12:47,428 you don't bloody believe." 1537 01:12:47,430 --> 01:12:50,665 And I said, "Well, mate, I'll tell it straight." 1538 01:12:50,667 --> 01:12:53,134 "That's what you want, that's good, fine." 1539 01:12:53,136 --> 01:12:56,938 Back I went. I wrote the story absolutely straight. 1540 01:12:58,742 --> 01:13:01,376 Caused an absolute sensation 1541 01:13:01,378 --> 01:13:05,179 and caused quite a schism within the team. 1542 01:13:05,181 --> 01:13:06,914 Peter: One of my people wouldn't allow me 1543 01:13:06,916 --> 01:13:08,616 to insult my eyeballs to read 1544 01:13:08,618 --> 01:13:10,318 the rest of the rubbish that was written. 1545 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:11,786 Man 41: Well, you're talking about Phil Scott? 1546 01:13:11,788 --> 01:13:14,589 I can hardly comment. Don't, well it... 1547 01:13:14,591 --> 01:13:16,924 Phil's a fairly good journalist and that's something that... 1548 01:13:16,926 --> 01:13:19,193 Well, I thought that particular write-up was disgraceful 1549 01:13:19,195 --> 01:13:20,628 and I've got... 1550 01:13:20,630 --> 01:13:21,929 That's the only comment I'll make on it. 1551 01:13:21,931 --> 01:13:23,531 Holden knew nothing about this stuff, 1552 01:13:23,533 --> 01:13:25,767 so they were reading it for the first time. 1553 01:13:25,769 --> 01:13:27,168 Robert: The theory was sound. 1554 01:13:27,170 --> 01:13:31,672 It's just there was no real way to measure. 1555 01:13:31,674 --> 01:13:35,810 You'd kind of had to take faith that it was working. 1556 01:13:35,812 --> 01:13:37,945 People don't trust their own feelings anymore. 1557 01:13:37,947 --> 01:13:39,013 It's a very strange thing. 1558 01:13:39,015 --> 01:13:40,515 We need a scientific, 1559 01:13:40,517 --> 01:13:42,049 a needle there pointing at something 1560 01:13:42,051 --> 01:13:44,585 before we believe that what we feel is true. 1561 01:13:44,587 --> 01:13:47,388 Bev: Ian Leslie of 60 Minutes came and did a test. 1562 01:13:47,390 --> 01:13:49,757 As he hopped out of the car, he took out his check book 1563 01:13:49,759 --> 01:13:51,426 before even talking to anybody, wrote out a check 1564 01:13:51,428 --> 01:13:53,761 for $20,000, which I've still got 1565 01:13:53,763 --> 01:13:56,631 and he said, "I want in to the business." 1566 01:13:56,633 --> 01:13:58,933 Phil: And there was all this gushy stuff, you know. 1567 01:13:58,935 --> 01:14:01,936 "I don't know how it works, but it works." 1568 01:14:01,938 --> 01:14:04,839 And this stuff was running in, you know, national newspapers 1569 01:14:04,841 --> 01:14:06,941 and was later pulled out 1570 01:14:06,943 --> 01:14:10,578 and used in some of the ads for this device. 1571 01:14:10,580 --> 01:14:13,247 It was an absolute disaster scenario. 1572 01:14:15,018 --> 01:14:18,186 By the following year, you know, 1985 1573 01:14:18,188 --> 01:14:21,422 we had Dr. Eric prowling the pits in racing team colors. 1574 01:14:21,424 --> 01:14:22,957 Commentator: Everyone in the pits following you 1575 01:14:22,959 --> 01:14:24,058 going around the circuit. 1576 01:14:24,060 --> 01:14:25,526 Do you want to send them a wave? 1577 01:14:25,528 --> 01:14:28,262 Yeah... How are you? 1578 01:14:28,264 --> 01:14:30,264 Phil: Before that, it was a club. 1579 01:14:30,266 --> 01:14:33,000 After that, it became a cult. 1580 01:14:33,002 --> 01:14:36,370 You either believed or you didn't. 1581 01:14:36,372 --> 01:14:38,806 [instrumental music] 1582 01:14:38,808 --> 01:14:41,442 Phil: He got more and more obstinate 1583 01:14:41,444 --> 01:14:44,612 and the Director was the direct result of that. 1584 01:14:44,614 --> 01:14:46,581 The background music, I'll never forget, 1585 01:14:46,583 --> 01:14:48,616 was Glen Miller's "In the Mood" 1586 01:14:48,618 --> 01:14:51,986 and I thought shit, this is, this is pretty interesting. 1587 01:14:53,523 --> 01:14:55,790 There were various celebrities there. 1588 01:14:55,792 --> 01:14:58,826 Most of the crowd were totally in the dark 1589 01:14:58,828 --> 01:15:00,928 as to the significance of what was happening. 1590 01:15:00,930 --> 01:15:03,798 This was just Peter Brock launching a new car 1591 01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:05,766 so it was a bit of glamour and a few flash bulbs 1592 01:15:05,768 --> 01:15:07,401 and off we went from there. 1593 01:15:07,403 --> 01:15:11,005 John: Brock was modifying one particular car 1594 01:15:11,007 --> 01:15:13,608 putting his name on them, but not submitting them 1595 01:15:13,610 --> 01:15:16,444 to General Motors Engineering for them to be tested. 1596 01:15:16,446 --> 01:15:18,946 So there were all these design, Australia design rules 1597 01:15:18,948 --> 01:15:20,715 that the car didn't meet 1598 01:15:20,717 --> 01:15:22,617 and he was gonna sell them to the public. 1599 01:15:22,619 --> 01:15:24,352 Phil: And they said, "Well, what are the specifications 1600 01:15:24,354 --> 01:15:26,153 for this new Holden Director?" 1601 01:15:26,155 --> 01:15:30,191 And he said, "Don't you blokes read 'Wheels Magazine?'" 1602 01:15:30,193 --> 01:15:33,194 For anybody who knows anything about the regulatory environment 1603 01:15:33,196 --> 01:15:36,664 around motor cars that's just crazy stuff. 1604 01:15:36,666 --> 01:15:40,434 It was probably one of the worst times of my life. 1605 01:15:40,436 --> 01:15:41,969 Peter: Holdens are trying to stop me 1606 01:15:41,971 --> 01:15:44,005 and I'm pretty determined sort of person 1607 01:15:44,007 --> 01:15:45,172 and I'm pressing on. 1608 01:15:45,174 --> 01:15:46,674 They said to me 1609 01:15:46,676 --> 01:15:48,276 "If you, Peter Brock, 1610 01:15:48,278 --> 01:15:49,977 "announce this car at the end of this week 1611 01:15:49,979 --> 01:15:52,113 we'll withdraw all support for you." 1612 01:15:52,115 --> 01:15:54,015 Well, I've gone ahead, and I've announced it. 1613 01:15:54,017 --> 01:15:55,583 Now I look at that and just think 1614 01:15:55,585 --> 01:15:57,852 how the fuck could you do that? 1615 01:15:59,355 --> 01:16:00,755 I don't know what more I can say. 1616 01:16:00,757 --> 01:16:02,723 I mean, you just had to live with it 1617 01:16:02,725 --> 01:16:07,461 and do your best and watch the place crumble 1618 01:16:07,463 --> 01:16:09,230 which is what happened. 1619 01:16:09,232 --> 01:16:11,532 Woman 1: So to the critics and those within the industry 1620 01:16:11,534 --> 01:16:13,534 that say that HDT is going down the gurgler, 1621 01:16:13,536 --> 01:16:15,236 what do you say to them? 1622 01:16:15,238 --> 01:16:19,140 I'd say you critics out there would not have a clue. 1623 01:16:19,142 --> 01:16:20,541 We are a top company. 1624 01:16:20,543 --> 01:16:22,543 We are, I've got a fantastic product. 1625 01:16:22,545 --> 01:16:23,611 We are profitable 1626 01:16:23,613 --> 01:16:25,179 and despite all these people 1627 01:16:25,181 --> 01:16:26,981 who would love to see us go down the gurgler 1628 01:16:26,983 --> 01:16:28,416 we ain't about to do it. 1629 01:16:28,418 --> 01:16:31,752 His ridiculous naive optimism 1630 01:16:31,754 --> 01:16:34,956 in just believing something was gonna work, 1631 01:16:34,958 --> 01:16:37,792 so therefore it would work. 1632 01:16:37,794 --> 01:16:42,129 That was what I found probably the most frustrating. 1633 01:16:42,131 --> 01:16:44,665 Lewis: Holden managed to completely block up 1634 01:16:44,667 --> 01:16:46,801 any supply of cars to us. 1635 01:16:46,803 --> 01:16:49,136 Like if a Holden dealer sold us a car 1636 01:16:49,138 --> 01:16:52,039 they were threatened with the loss of their franchise. 1637 01:16:52,041 --> 01:16:54,075 Bev: It was a really testing time 1638 01:16:54,077 --> 01:16:56,177 and-- and for Peter it was sort of like 1639 01:16:56,179 --> 01:16:58,946 the giant slaying the underdog. 1640 01:16:58,948 --> 01:17:00,314 Excuse me? 1641 01:17:01,951 --> 01:17:04,051 It's like cutting off your-- your right arm. 1642 01:17:04,053 --> 01:17:06,520 Holden were making very good money out of this business. 1643 01:17:06,522 --> 01:17:08,189 So was Peter. 1644 01:17:08,191 --> 01:17:11,392 They had millions upon millions invested in this, 1645 01:17:11,394 --> 01:17:13,260 this charismatic racing star. 1646 01:17:13,262 --> 01:17:16,430 His identity and Holden were-- were fused at the hip. 1647 01:17:18,668 --> 01:17:21,636 To publicly divorce him... 1648 01:17:21,638 --> 01:17:23,771 was a-- a commercially 1649 01:17:23,773 --> 01:17:27,208 very damaging decision for those guys. 1650 01:17:27,210 --> 01:17:31,045 Man 42: Brock was truly spontaneous 1651 01:17:31,047 --> 01:17:33,314 and he remained so throughout his life 1652 01:17:33,316 --> 01:17:35,650 and often that spontaneity 1653 01:17:35,652 --> 01:17:38,786 combined with a kind of larrikin lunatic streak 1654 01:17:38,788 --> 01:17:40,187 was his undoing. 1655 01:17:42,225 --> 01:17:45,026 There is obviously orchestrated move 1656 01:17:45,028 --> 01:17:48,229 by Holden to crush this business. 1657 01:17:48,231 --> 01:17:51,198 Bev: It all became a very stubborn 1658 01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:54,135 unfortunate dissolution of the business. 1659 01:17:56,806 --> 01:17:59,173 Tim: At that stage he didn't want me around anyway 1660 01:17:59,175 --> 01:18:01,375 because I didn't believe in the Polarizer. 1661 01:18:01,377 --> 01:18:04,245 Graeme: It was an uncomfortable place to work 1662 01:18:04,247 --> 01:18:05,780 and I didn't want to be there. 1663 01:18:05,782 --> 01:18:07,948 It was just a sad, sad thing to happen 1664 01:18:07,950 --> 01:18:10,217 to a great, great business, 1665 01:18:10,219 --> 01:18:13,220 a great man that had everything going for him in life. 1666 01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:20,394 Lewis: No more cars, no more business. 1667 01:18:20,396 --> 01:18:22,797 Not even parts for the race car. 1668 01:18:22,799 --> 01:18:25,466 He was starting from ground zero again. 1669 01:18:28,871 --> 01:18:30,337 Peter Brock is a legend, 1670 01:18:30,339 --> 01:18:31,939 a motoring legend of Australian motorsport. 1671 01:18:33,376 --> 01:18:36,010 Phil: Mobil did the consumer survey. 1672 01:18:36,012 --> 01:18:38,612 The Peter Brock brand was still very strong. 1673 01:18:38,614 --> 01:18:41,449 Australia likes an underdog, loves the battler 1674 01:18:41,451 --> 01:18:44,051 and Mobil made a pretty savvy decision 1675 01:18:44,053 --> 01:18:46,620 to keep backing the guy. 1676 01:18:46,622 --> 01:18:48,589 [instrumental music] 1677 01:18:54,163 --> 01:18:56,397 Graeme: It was early to mid-1987 1678 01:18:56,399 --> 01:18:59,166 when I got a phone call. 1679 01:18:59,168 --> 01:19:01,435 Peter and Bev asked me if I would be willing to come back 1680 01:19:01,437 --> 01:19:02,937 and run the team. 1681 01:19:07,977 --> 01:19:09,543 Didn't take me long to think about it really. 1682 01:19:09,545 --> 01:19:11,779 Peter was still Peter. 1683 01:19:11,781 --> 01:19:14,014 He threw it out there to me as a challenge. 1684 01:19:14,016 --> 01:19:17,118 "You know what's gone on. This is where it's at." 1685 01:19:17,120 --> 01:19:20,221 "Ah, it's not gonna be an easy road." 1686 01:19:20,223 --> 01:19:22,256 [audience cheering] 1687 01:19:24,594 --> 01:19:26,527 Peter: I think we've probably got a better team 1688 01:19:26,529 --> 01:19:29,463 than we've had for a long time, we're extremely determined 1689 01:19:29,465 --> 01:19:32,466 and it's almost like "Hey, Brock, you might've won it 1690 01:19:32,468 --> 01:19:34,969 eight times before, but this time's the most important." 1691 01:19:34,971 --> 01:19:36,871 And that's the way I thought about it. 1692 01:19:41,344 --> 01:19:44,812 Graeme: We were going very much as underdogs. 1693 01:19:46,115 --> 01:19:48,115 We were up against Ford Sierras 1694 01:19:48,117 --> 01:19:50,384 which had just come on the scene. 1695 01:19:50,386 --> 01:19:53,120 We were up against Dick Johnson's Sierras 1696 01:19:53,122 --> 01:19:55,656 and also a fella from Europe called Rudy Eggenberger 1697 01:19:55,658 --> 01:19:58,826 had brought his Sierras out to race at Bathurst. 1698 01:19:58,828 --> 01:20:01,862 Some of the journos just absolutely 1699 01:20:01,864 --> 01:20:04,231 bagged the hell out of the team 1700 01:20:04,233 --> 01:20:06,600 and Peter basically 1701 01:20:06,602 --> 01:20:08,836 saying the team were a bunch of rabble 1702 01:20:08,838 --> 01:20:10,404 not going anywhere. 1703 01:20:12,809 --> 01:20:15,075 On the way to the track that morning on the bus 1704 01:20:15,077 --> 01:20:16,811 I held that newspaper up to the boys and said 1705 01:20:16,813 --> 01:20:20,114 "Here, this is the shit they're talking about us. 1706 01:20:20,116 --> 01:20:21,215 "Let's prove them wrong." 1707 01:20:21,217 --> 01:20:23,784 "Let's give it a red-hot go." 1708 01:20:23,786 --> 01:20:25,119 Commentator: Bryce, Perkins and Brock 1709 01:20:25,121 --> 01:20:27,021 making one heck of a charge up the mountain 1710 01:20:27,023 --> 01:20:30,057 but the Sierras have been substantially quicker all week 1711 01:20:30,059 --> 01:20:33,260 coming down Conrod Straight towards the new Caltex Chase. 1712 01:20:33,262 --> 01:20:35,663 [instrumental music] 1713 01:20:41,604 --> 01:20:44,205 Graeme: Peter's car failed. 1714 01:20:44,207 --> 01:20:47,608 We transferred him across onto the second car. 1715 01:20:49,712 --> 01:20:51,745 Commentator: And Brock says, "I'm ready." 1716 01:20:51,747 --> 01:20:54,448 05 car is out, the number 10 car is running. 1717 01:20:56,052 --> 01:20:59,753 Our guys would have friends in surrounding townships 1718 01:20:59,755 --> 01:21:03,924 who they would be ringing up to find out, "Is the rain coming?" 1719 01:21:03,926 --> 01:21:07,061 Yep, it's actually hailing here at present. 1720 01:21:07,063 --> 01:21:08,863 It's freezing cold. 1721 01:21:21,410 --> 01:21:22,810 Graeme: As soon as the rain came 1722 01:21:22,812 --> 01:21:24,979 I knew, I knew what he was gonna do. 1723 01:21:24,981 --> 01:21:26,714 Man 43: We were talking to Peter on the radio 1724 01:21:26,716 --> 01:21:29,350 and Peter said, "Look, let's just stay on the slicks." 1725 01:21:29,352 --> 01:21:31,919 Commentator 1: James Hardie 1987, look at Brock. 1726 01:21:31,921 --> 01:21:34,455 Commentator 2: Oh, would he regret putting slicks on? 1727 01:21:34,457 --> 01:21:36,790 Commentator 1: Yeah, I think he's made a slight misjudgment 1728 01:21:36,792 --> 01:21:38,926 there because the track is still very greasy, 1729 01:21:38,928 --> 01:21:40,594 very slippery on line. 1730 01:21:40,596 --> 01:21:41,962 Commentator 2: He does have a very desperate driver. 1731 01:21:41,964 --> 01:21:43,430 Commentator 1: I think he can get himself 1732 01:21:43,432 --> 01:21:46,267 into great problems if he doesn't watch it. 1733 01:21:46,269 --> 01:21:49,670 Bev: Peter had faith that the track was gonna dry. 1734 01:21:49,672 --> 01:21:54,141 If he came in to go onto wet weather tires 1735 01:21:54,143 --> 01:21:57,177 he was gonna waste time on the track. 1736 01:21:57,179 --> 01:21:59,380 Commentator: And he is gassing in the Commodore, 1737 01:21:59,382 --> 01:22:00,981 he's got slick tires on. 1738 01:22:00,983 --> 01:22:02,149 He's in third position. 1739 01:22:02,151 --> 01:22:03,617 The drama continues... 1740 01:22:03,619 --> 01:22:07,588 Phil: The last 25 laps of that race... 1741 01:22:07,590 --> 01:22:10,190 well, I'm sure he was having an out-of-body experience 1742 01:22:10,192 --> 01:22:12,826 because it was wet, it was slippery. 1743 01:22:12,828 --> 01:22:17,431 It was a masterclass in car control and concentration. 1744 01:22:17,433 --> 01:22:19,366 That really was 1745 01:22:19,368 --> 01:22:21,268 dancing on the edge of the razorblade 1746 01:22:21,270 --> 01:22:23,270 lap after lap after lap. 1747 01:22:23,272 --> 01:22:27,474 It was an inspired piece of work and an emphatic, 1748 01:22:27,476 --> 01:22:30,811 "Up yours. I'm still the man." 1749 01:22:30,813 --> 01:22:33,147 Commentator: Brock just trying very, very carefully 1750 01:22:33,149 --> 01:22:37,785 to stay on the only dry line. Look how narrow it is. 1751 01:22:37,787 --> 01:22:39,420 Phil: He could do things at times 1752 01:22:39,422 --> 01:22:41,956 in a car that you can't fathom. 1753 01:22:41,958 --> 01:22:43,791 No matter how you drive around that mountain 1754 01:22:43,793 --> 01:22:45,626 with slicks on in the wet 1755 01:22:45,628 --> 01:22:48,195 with one arm on the bloody window sill is just... 1756 01:22:49,265 --> 01:22:51,265 You can't do it, but he did. 1757 01:22:53,402 --> 01:22:54,435 He was just pumped. 1758 01:22:54,437 --> 01:22:55,736 There was adrenaline oozing out 1759 01:22:55,738 --> 01:22:57,071 the back doors. 1760 01:22:57,073 --> 01:22:58,605 Commentator: And just listen to the race fans 1761 01:22:58,607 --> 01:23:01,175 showing their favor to Brocky 1762 01:23:01,177 --> 01:23:03,844 as he goes over the hill. 1763 01:23:03,846 --> 01:23:06,380 Graeme: We finished first Commodore home. 1764 01:23:06,382 --> 01:23:08,115 We finished in third place, 1765 01:23:08,117 --> 01:23:11,618 behind Rudy Eggenberger's two Ford Sierras. 1766 01:23:11,620 --> 01:23:13,954 We were in raptures. That's what we went there to achieve. 1767 01:23:13,956 --> 01:23:15,723 We've done our job. 1768 01:23:15,725 --> 01:23:18,192 Commentator: But you asked for the man, you asked for him. 1769 01:23:18,194 --> 01:23:19,326 It's Peter Brock! 1770 01:23:19,328 --> 01:23:21,328 [audience cheering] 1771 01:23:21,330 --> 01:23:23,697 [instrumental music] 1772 01:23:30,940 --> 01:23:32,539 I gave it absolute heaps, 1773 01:23:32,541 --> 01:23:34,475 particularly in the wet there in the finish. 1774 01:23:34,477 --> 01:23:36,443 And I thoroughly enjoyed myself, I might add 1775 01:23:36,445 --> 01:23:38,579 and, uh, thanks for all your support out there too. 1776 01:23:38,581 --> 01:23:40,214 I loved the way you were cheering me on. 1777 01:23:40,216 --> 01:23:41,949 [audience cheering] 1778 01:23:41,951 --> 01:23:44,051 Just chanced on a story a moment ago 1779 01:23:44,053 --> 01:23:47,855 about possible illegal fuel in both the Texaco Sierras. 1780 01:23:47,857 --> 01:23:51,191 Graeme: We were in the pit beside Rudy Eggenberger 1781 01:23:51,193 --> 01:23:52,926 and watching sort of, over the fence 1782 01:23:52,928 --> 01:23:54,828 while the race was going on. 1783 01:23:54,830 --> 01:23:58,198 I could see them mixing fuel, which was illegal. 1784 01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:00,267 Back then there was a young racing driver 1785 01:24:00,269 --> 01:24:03,137 getting around those days by the name of Craig Lowndes. 1786 01:24:03,139 --> 01:24:05,406 Well, his dad Frank was the head scrutineer 1787 01:24:05,408 --> 01:24:06,640 back in those days. 1788 01:24:06,642 --> 01:24:08,042 So I called Frank over, I said 1789 01:24:08,044 --> 01:24:09,576 "Oh, just stand here and have a chat to me 1790 01:24:09,578 --> 01:24:11,345 for a while, Frank, and watch a few things." 1791 01:24:11,347 --> 01:24:13,414 So sure enough, 1792 01:24:13,416 --> 01:24:17,951 it was proven that they were mixing alcohol in their fuel. 1793 01:24:17,953 --> 01:24:20,454 So I can't even remember how long later it was, 1794 01:24:20,456 --> 01:24:21,989 but we were all back in Melbourne 1795 01:24:21,991 --> 01:24:25,359 and Brock called me up to the office one day, said 1796 01:24:25,361 --> 01:24:27,027 "Oh, guess what?" "What's that?" 1797 01:24:27,029 --> 01:24:30,230 "We've won Bathurst." "Huh?" 1798 01:24:30,232 --> 01:24:32,633 Said, "Yeah, Eggenberger cars have been rubbed out." 1799 01:24:32,635 --> 01:24:34,101 "We're the winner." 1800 01:24:36,072 --> 01:24:38,972 Well, shit, we'd better have another party. 1801 01:24:38,974 --> 01:24:40,441 As he said at the time, 1802 01:24:40,443 --> 01:24:42,743 "Yes, that was a bit of a vindication." 1803 01:24:42,745 --> 01:24:46,413 True motorsport fans understood the impossibility 1804 01:24:46,415 --> 01:24:50,851 of the record that he had built at Bathurst. 1805 01:24:50,853 --> 01:24:54,188 He could do no wrong. He was the messiah of motorsport. 1806 01:24:54,190 --> 01:24:56,523 [instrumental music] 1807 01:24:58,260 --> 01:24:59,760 Garry: Brock was the number one 1808 01:24:59,762 --> 01:25:01,528 and he had been for two decades. 1809 01:25:04,633 --> 01:25:07,634 The fact that he no longer had the equipment under him 1810 01:25:07,636 --> 01:25:09,870 to continue at his peak 1811 01:25:09,872 --> 01:25:12,172 didn't make any difference to the people that loved Brock 1812 01:25:12,174 --> 01:25:14,741 and loved what he had done before. 1813 01:25:14,743 --> 01:25:16,910 Didn't diminish what he'd achieved. 1814 01:25:16,912 --> 01:25:20,180 Didn't diminish his record. 1815 01:25:20,182 --> 01:25:22,983 He's an iconic Australian sports hero. 1816 01:25:22,985 --> 01:25:24,785 [engine revving] 1817 01:25:26,055 --> 01:25:28,489 [indistinct chatter] 1818 01:25:32,728 --> 01:25:37,431 Bev: The Holden Race Team had not been showing great success 1819 01:25:37,433 --> 01:25:40,000 and by getting Peter back in the team meant that 1820 01:25:40,002 --> 01:25:43,403 not only did he come armed with his sponsors, 1821 01:25:43,405 --> 01:25:45,439 who were extremely loyal to him 1822 01:25:45,441 --> 01:25:47,741 but he also came armed with 1823 01:25:47,743 --> 01:25:51,411 enormous media support and a huge fan base. 1824 01:25:51,413 --> 01:25:54,848 Commentator: The reason why Mobil is the number one team! 1825 01:25:56,619 --> 01:25:59,319 Driving a Holden is something I know a fair bit about. 1826 01:25:59,321 --> 01:26:00,787 I've spent 18 years here with Holden 1827 01:26:00,789 --> 01:26:02,756 and getting back into it of course is, 1828 01:26:02,758 --> 01:26:04,825 uh, old home week. 1829 01:26:04,827 --> 01:26:07,961 [laughing] Complex, like all families, rough times 1830 01:26:07,963 --> 01:26:09,830 but when the trouble's happened you get back together. 1831 01:26:09,832 --> 01:26:11,798 You go from that phase of being 1832 01:26:11,800 --> 01:26:14,034 a person you looked up to growing up 1833 01:26:14,036 --> 01:26:15,802 to then, you know, rubbing shoulders 1834 01:26:15,804 --> 01:26:19,373 and he now being your mentor inside of the car. 1835 01:26:19,375 --> 01:26:21,175 Bev: The young guns were coming through 1836 01:26:21,177 --> 01:26:26,013 and understandably Peter was not a young gun anymore. 1837 01:26:26,015 --> 01:26:29,416 But the way it was handled was less than ideal 1838 01:26:29,418 --> 01:26:32,819 and he'd walk down the pits in the race meeting 1839 01:26:32,821 --> 01:26:36,156 and the bonnets would be closed and that was insulting. 1840 01:26:36,158 --> 01:26:38,225 Cars were being produced with Peter's signature on it 1841 01:26:38,227 --> 01:26:39,927 that he knew nothing about. 1842 01:26:39,929 --> 01:26:41,662 He wasn't allowed to go into the workshop. 1843 01:26:41,664 --> 01:26:43,730 He wasn't allowed to talk to the mechanics 1844 01:26:43,732 --> 01:26:46,800 because they were putting the latest developments 1845 01:26:46,802 --> 01:26:49,670 on the young blood's car and phasing Peter out 1846 01:26:49,672 --> 01:26:51,738 so Peter's car wasn't as competitive. 1847 01:26:55,477 --> 01:26:56,944 Peter: You've looked at one perspective. 1848 01:26:56,946 --> 01:26:59,313 Well, the fans were treated to something 1849 01:26:59,315 --> 01:27:00,747 there for an hour or two, you know. 1850 01:27:00,749 --> 01:27:02,950 And, uh, but to come back from here 1851 01:27:02,952 --> 01:27:05,352 will be pretty well impossible, I guess. 1852 01:27:05,354 --> 01:27:06,920 Bev: I said to him, "Is this really 1853 01:27:06,922 --> 01:27:08,155 "what you want to be doing?" 1854 01:27:08,157 --> 01:27:09,590 "Are you prepared 1855 01:27:09,592 --> 01:27:11,658 "to put yourself through this pain, 1856 01:27:11,660 --> 01:27:13,327 through this embarrassment?" 1857 01:27:15,264 --> 01:27:16,997 So on the way home we talk about 1858 01:27:16,999 --> 01:27:18,865 "Okay, if you announce that at the end of the season 1859 01:27:18,867 --> 01:27:21,268 "you'd retire, this is gonna give you the opportunity 1860 01:27:21,270 --> 01:27:23,270 "to go to every race track around Australia 1861 01:27:23,272 --> 01:27:25,806 "say your goodbyes, sign all your autographs 1862 01:27:25,808 --> 01:27:28,275 and go out the way you wanted to." 1863 01:27:38,153 --> 01:27:40,120 Peter: This year, of course, is a very special time. 1864 01:27:40,122 --> 01:27:43,323 It's, uh, one when you, uh, 1865 01:27:43,325 --> 01:27:47,194 decide to change the direction of your life, 1866 01:27:47,196 --> 01:27:49,796 uh, you figure that it's really only going to affect yourself 1867 01:27:49,798 --> 01:27:51,431 and perhaps your family around you and a few, 1868 01:27:51,433 --> 01:27:54,201 you know, a few close friends but, uh, well... 1869 01:27:54,203 --> 01:27:58,839 Bev: And it was the most amazing, emotional year. 1870 01:27:58,841 --> 01:28:02,609 There would be grown men coming in tears, wanting to hug him. 1871 01:28:02,611 --> 01:28:04,144 "What, what are we gonna do, Brocky?" 1872 01:28:04,146 --> 01:28:06,113 "We're not gonna have you here anymore." 1873 01:28:08,183 --> 01:28:10,651 Man 44: The respect that he had from everyone. 1874 01:28:10,653 --> 01:28:12,653 Doesn't matter whether you're a Ford or Holden, 1875 01:28:12,655 --> 01:28:14,321 it was just a huge legacy. 1876 01:28:14,323 --> 01:28:16,323 [audience cheering] 1877 01:28:16,325 --> 01:28:18,191 Man 44: To be able to do it and just shut that door 1878 01:28:18,193 --> 01:28:20,260 would be quite incredibly hard. 1879 01:28:20,262 --> 01:28:22,663 [instrumental music] 1880 01:28:34,843 --> 01:28:36,810 Phil: He never really retired. 1881 01:28:40,783 --> 01:28:43,850 And the techniques certainly have longevity. 1882 01:28:43,852 --> 01:28:47,187 But the physicality and the mental acuity 1883 01:28:47,189 --> 01:28:50,157 they have a finite life. 1884 01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:53,860 He just didn't look like the old Peter. 1885 01:28:53,862 --> 01:28:56,163 James: I could see a massive change in-- in him 1886 01:28:56,165 --> 01:28:59,633 and how he was and-- and his attitude and his... 1887 01:28:59,635 --> 01:29:01,435 Yeah, he definitely-- definitely didn't seem to be 1888 01:29:01,437 --> 01:29:05,005 the confident person that he was earlier in-- in his life. 1889 01:29:06,875 --> 01:29:09,443 Bev: What the public didn't see was this man 1890 01:29:09,445 --> 01:29:12,045 who fell into this amazing hole. 1891 01:29:13,949 --> 01:29:15,982 Alexandra: His love of the sport 1892 01:29:15,984 --> 01:29:21,188 and his time to reflect on it wasn't a positive thing. 1893 01:29:21,190 --> 01:29:24,591 I don't think he had the... 1894 01:29:24,593 --> 01:29:27,127 whimsical, child, wide-eyed glow 1895 01:29:27,129 --> 01:29:28,161 that he used to always have to it 1896 01:29:28,163 --> 01:29:29,629 when he had his own team 1897 01:29:29,631 --> 01:29:32,799 and they could do what they kind of wanted. 1898 01:29:32,801 --> 01:29:36,069 Peter: I genuinely felt that, I was simply a commodity 1899 01:29:36,071 --> 01:29:39,673 and that I was not able to make my own decisions, so... 1900 01:29:39,675 --> 01:29:41,441 Bev: Because he felt he'd been controlled 1901 01:29:41,443 --> 01:29:43,744 and manipulated by so many people 1902 01:29:43,746 --> 01:29:47,314 he needed to discover his own strengths 1903 01:29:47,316 --> 01:29:50,517 and he made me promise that I would no longer 1904 01:29:50,519 --> 01:29:53,320 solve his problems for him or help him solve his problems, 1905 01:29:53,322 --> 01:29:55,255 that he needed to do that himself. 1906 01:29:55,257 --> 01:29:58,058 He'd ring home and go, "Oh, I'm gonna be home in 15 minutes." 1907 01:29:58,060 --> 01:29:59,926 "Can you tell mum I need lunch?" 1908 01:29:59,928 --> 01:30:02,062 I'm like, "You can make your own lunch." 1909 01:30:02,064 --> 01:30:05,265 Can I just heat that up and have that as a bit of backup? 1910 01:30:05,267 --> 01:30:07,634 I'd say you press that for ignition. 1911 01:30:07,636 --> 01:30:09,202 Bev: You know, this is an amazing person, 1912 01:30:09,204 --> 01:30:11,004 but he didn't have a normal life. 1913 01:30:11,006 --> 01:30:13,640 Like he never went shopping. 1914 01:30:13,642 --> 01:30:17,744 There were basic skills in life that he had missed out on 1915 01:30:17,746 --> 01:30:21,948 because he was in such demand and worked so hard. 1916 01:30:21,950 --> 01:30:23,150 - Dee. - Oh, hello. 1917 01:30:23,152 --> 01:30:24,818 Alexandra: Dee. 1918 01:30:24,820 --> 01:30:25,986 Look! 1919 01:30:28,123 --> 01:30:30,323 Hello. 1920 01:30:30,325 --> 01:30:32,526 Bev: He was turning 60. He didn't wanna turn 60. 1921 01:30:32,528 --> 01:30:34,261 He didn't want anybody to recognize it, and I said 1922 01:30:34,263 --> 01:30:36,129 "You're gonna have to recognize it." 1923 01:30:36,131 --> 01:30:41,034 So we had probably 60-80 odd people at home that night. 1924 01:30:41,036 --> 01:30:42,602 It came to speech time 1925 01:30:42,604 --> 01:30:47,441 and his uncle and another close friend 1926 01:30:47,443 --> 01:30:49,843 got up and spoke and in their speech 1927 01:30:49,845 --> 01:30:51,611 about Peter and how amazing he was 1928 01:30:51,613 --> 01:30:53,346 and here he is turning 60 1929 01:30:53,348 --> 01:30:56,249 and he, you know, he's got all this potential 1930 01:30:56,251 --> 01:31:01,655 they both made it very clear that he would not have had 1931 01:31:01,657 --> 01:31:04,191 the life that he'd had, had I not been by his side 1932 01:31:04,193 --> 01:31:05,592 and been there for him. 1933 01:31:07,429 --> 01:31:08,528 And I'm sitting there thinking 1934 01:31:08,530 --> 01:31:09,963 "Please don't say this 1935 01:31:09,965 --> 01:31:12,399 because right now he doesn't need 1936 01:31:12,401 --> 01:31:16,169 to hear that he's got where he is because I've been there." 1937 01:31:16,171 --> 01:31:18,004 "He needs to hear that he's achieved these things 1938 01:31:18,006 --> 01:31:20,874 on his own." 1939 01:31:20,876 --> 01:31:24,811 So when he gave his response, I was devastated. 1940 01:31:24,813 --> 01:31:27,414 Nobody else picked it, but I thought 1941 01:31:27,416 --> 01:31:29,950 "This is a-- a farewell speech to me." 1942 01:31:29,952 --> 01:31:31,885 [instrumental music] 1943 01:31:48,370 --> 01:31:50,871 Julie: I met Bev at basketball. 1944 01:31:50,873 --> 01:31:54,741 We both ended up playing on the same team together. 1945 01:31:54,743 --> 01:31:57,043 It kind seemed like we were both like-minded 1946 01:31:57,045 --> 01:31:59,713 and so we started spending a bit of time together 1947 01:31:59,715 --> 01:32:02,582 and that's actually how I got to meet Peter. 1948 01:32:02,584 --> 01:32:05,619 I guess it would be fair to say that, um, 1949 01:32:05,621 --> 01:32:09,389 Julie's concept of friendship was very different to mine 1950 01:32:09,391 --> 01:32:11,057 and on several occasions, 1951 01:32:11,059 --> 01:32:14,461 I suggested that maybe she stop coming to our place. 1952 01:32:14,463 --> 01:32:17,230 He said that he just needed to find himself, 1953 01:32:17,232 --> 01:32:20,433 he needed to live his own life 1954 01:32:20,435 --> 01:32:22,102 and make his own choices. 1955 01:32:23,939 --> 01:32:26,773 Peter: My biggest failing was, uh, 1956 01:32:26,775 --> 01:32:29,376 I guess over the years saying, "Oh, I'm doing fine" 1957 01:32:29,378 --> 01:32:32,078 but are you really looking at yourself honestly? 1958 01:32:33,448 --> 01:32:36,917 One morning Peter Brock arrived at my house 1959 01:32:36,919 --> 01:32:39,252 and announced that he was in love with me 1960 01:32:39,254 --> 01:32:42,522 and he wanted me to come and live with him. 1961 01:32:42,524 --> 01:32:44,457 That was actually a shock to me. 1962 01:32:46,061 --> 01:32:48,628 You know, my values in life were, 1963 01:32:48,630 --> 01:32:50,964 you don't go down that avenue. 1964 01:32:50,966 --> 01:32:54,000 You don't take those chances. 1965 01:32:54,002 --> 01:32:56,770 Peter said, "You know, Julie, 1966 01:32:56,772 --> 01:32:59,839 sometimes you need to take risks in life." 1967 01:32:59,841 --> 01:33:03,643 Bev: The reality was that Peter always needed to be loved, 1968 01:33:03,645 --> 01:33:06,346 needed to be valued, needed to be appreciated 1969 01:33:06,348 --> 01:33:09,516 and could not be on his own. 1970 01:33:11,019 --> 01:33:13,186 Peter: I would think that, uh, 1971 01:33:13,188 --> 01:33:15,522 I've got a lot to offer the world around me 1972 01:33:15,524 --> 01:33:18,792 and that the best parts of my life 1973 01:33:18,794 --> 01:33:21,027 are now beginning to unfold. 1974 01:33:27,869 --> 01:33:30,236 [instrumental music] 1975 01:33:45,454 --> 01:33:48,188 Well, the day started off. We did what we did every day. 1976 01:33:48,190 --> 01:33:51,257 We just went out and did the first stage. 1977 01:33:54,763 --> 01:33:57,631 It was pretty twisty and bumpy 1978 01:33:57,633 --> 01:34:01,368 damp country roads, north of Perth 1979 01:34:01,370 --> 01:34:03,770 and in the first stage I-- I remember 1980 01:34:03,772 --> 01:34:07,641 that wasn't the sort of terrain that suited the car we're in 1981 01:34:07,643 --> 01:34:10,410 but we managed to do the second-quickest time. 1982 01:34:13,448 --> 01:34:16,016 You know, the fact that we finished second in the first leg 1983 01:34:16,018 --> 01:34:17,350 I mean, his wits were about him. 1984 01:34:17,352 --> 01:34:18,818 There was no, you know, 1985 01:34:18,820 --> 01:34:21,655 I didn't feel that he was, you know, 1986 01:34:21,657 --> 01:34:23,590 slow or, you know, tired. 1987 01:34:23,592 --> 01:34:25,859 I mean, he was just on the top of his game. 1988 01:34:33,669 --> 01:34:36,736 And I still don't know why that corner, um, 1989 01:34:36,738 --> 01:34:38,271 didn't-- didn't go right. 1990 01:34:38,273 --> 01:34:40,674 [instrumental music] 1991 01:34:50,719 --> 01:34:52,919 Man 45: It was just a-- a set of circumstances 1992 01:34:52,921 --> 01:34:54,954 that even Peter couldn't drive round. 1993 01:34:54,956 --> 01:34:57,157 Woman 2: The 61-year-old lost control of his car 1994 01:34:57,159 --> 01:34:58,458 while navigating a bend... 1995 01:34:58,460 --> 01:35:00,026 Mick: The tree hit him in 1996 01:35:00,028 --> 01:35:03,930 absolutely millimeter worst spot. 1997 01:35:05,634 --> 01:35:07,233 I think it might have been the chaplain 1998 01:35:07,235 --> 01:35:10,970 that came up and said, "Oh, there's been an off-road." 1999 01:35:10,972 --> 01:35:12,972 And I went, "Oh, yeah." 2000 01:35:12,974 --> 01:35:15,675 So I thought that means someone skids off the road. 2001 01:35:15,677 --> 01:35:18,144 And he said, "Oh, it was Peter." 2002 01:35:18,146 --> 01:35:23,717 And I said, "Right. So..." 2003 01:35:23,719 --> 01:35:28,054 And they said, "Sadly, he's passed away." 2004 01:35:28,056 --> 01:35:30,724 Well, I was standing up 2005 01:35:30,726 --> 01:35:34,994 and my body just let go. 2006 01:35:37,399 --> 01:35:40,433 "I want to go and see him." 2007 01:35:40,435 --> 01:35:42,736 I said, "I have to go." 2008 01:35:45,841 --> 01:35:48,141 I pick up the phone and there's a woman on the other end 2009 01:35:48,143 --> 01:35:50,310 said, "There's been an accident." 2010 01:35:50,312 --> 01:35:52,145 And as any parent does, 2011 01:35:52,147 --> 01:35:54,581 you instantly think which of my children? 2012 01:35:54,583 --> 01:35:57,350 And she said, "It's not your children. It's Peter." 2013 01:35:57,352 --> 01:35:58,718 and I said, "What do you mean?" 2014 01:35:58,720 --> 01:36:00,220 and she said, "There's an event." 2015 01:36:00,222 --> 01:36:01,721 "What event?" 2016 01:36:01,723 --> 01:36:03,056 And she just said, "He hasn't made it" 2017 01:36:03,058 --> 01:36:04,858 and she hung up. I don't know who it was. 2018 01:36:04,860 --> 01:36:07,093 I-- I don't suppose I'll ever know. 2019 01:36:10,232 --> 01:36:11,931 I look outside, there's a helicopter in the paddock. 2020 01:36:11,933 --> 01:36:13,733 I look down the drive, there's cars. 2021 01:36:13,735 --> 01:36:16,069 Media coming up, cameras whirring. 2022 01:36:16,071 --> 01:36:17,203 I haven't told the kids. 2023 01:36:17,205 --> 01:36:19,072 So I had to, you know, 2024 01:36:19,074 --> 01:36:21,374 suck it in and go outside to deal with the media. 2025 01:36:21,376 --> 01:36:23,109 I was actually doing an interview, 2026 01:36:23,111 --> 01:36:26,179 then the phone started going off and he's like 2027 01:36:26,181 --> 01:36:27,647 "Sorry, I've just gotta answer this" 2028 01:36:27,649 --> 01:36:29,983 and then he-- he answered the phone 2029 01:36:29,985 --> 01:36:32,952 and I was sitting like just across my desk from him. 2030 01:36:32,954 --> 01:36:35,822 Ah, I just saw this look on his face 2031 01:36:35,824 --> 01:36:38,491 and he just went white. 2032 01:36:40,395 --> 01:36:43,630 And, uh, because he had just realized 2033 01:36:43,632 --> 01:36:45,298 that he had to tell me. 2034 01:36:47,169 --> 01:36:49,969 [instrumental music] 2035 01:36:49,971 --> 01:36:52,539 Alexandra: Trying to drive home in peak hour traffic 2036 01:36:52,541 --> 01:36:54,607 with the radio on listening to everyone going 2037 01:36:54,609 --> 01:36:56,643 you know, "Put your lights on for Brocky" 2038 01:36:56,645 --> 01:37:00,580 and realizing that the whole world had known 2039 01:37:00,582 --> 01:37:03,349 for a lot longer than me 2040 01:37:03,351 --> 01:37:05,251 that my dad had died. 2041 01:37:14,796 --> 01:37:16,763 I'm simply devastated that the plans 2042 01:37:16,765 --> 01:37:19,465 that we had for our future together 2043 01:37:19,467 --> 01:37:21,668 have ended prematurely. 2044 01:37:24,940 --> 01:37:27,373 I have full realization 2045 01:37:27,375 --> 01:37:31,110 that I shared a short part of Peter's life. 2046 01:37:31,112 --> 01:37:33,947 He was such a unique and wonderful man, 2047 01:37:33,949 --> 01:37:36,282 who I loved and adored. 2048 01:37:40,922 --> 01:37:44,858 All the pain that had happened with mum and dad's split 2049 01:37:44,860 --> 01:37:46,359 was pointless. 2050 01:37:46,361 --> 01:37:48,695 It didn't mean anything now and... 2051 01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:54,267 just sort of left this, 2052 01:37:54,269 --> 01:37:57,937 wasn't even a hole, it was like a gaping wound in our lives. 2053 01:38:08,583 --> 01:38:09,716 I... 2054 01:38:13,855 --> 01:38:15,221 I miss him though. 2055 01:38:33,842 --> 01:38:36,209 [instrumental music] 2056 01:38:47,722 --> 01:38:51,224 Phil: He affected people in-- in such an amazing way. 2057 01:38:54,129 --> 01:38:56,963 Every single story that I've heard 2058 01:38:56,965 --> 01:38:59,065 was about Peter Brock the person, 2059 01:38:59,067 --> 01:39:01,868 not Peter Brock the race driver. 2060 01:39:01,870 --> 01:39:03,803 Motor racing just happened to be the vehicle 2061 01:39:03,805 --> 01:39:07,340 that he used to get his message across. 2062 01:39:07,342 --> 01:39:09,108 That's what we miss so much. 2063 01:39:11,379 --> 01:39:12,779 Bev: The tentacles are far reaching 2064 01:39:12,781 --> 01:39:15,315 and they still exist to this day. 2065 01:39:15,317 --> 01:39:18,651 Every book that can be written, every interview that can be made 2066 01:39:18,653 --> 01:39:20,586 everything that can be said 2067 01:39:20,588 --> 01:39:24,657 has finally been taken into consideration 2068 01:39:24,659 --> 01:39:27,160 and hopefully the man is seen 2069 01:39:27,162 --> 01:39:29,228 and remembered for what he was, 2070 01:39:29,230 --> 01:39:31,597 an incredible, amazing 2071 01:39:31,599 --> 01:39:33,266 incredible individual 2072 01:39:33,268 --> 01:39:36,202 who deserves to be recognized as somebody fantastic. 2073 01:39:36,204 --> 01:39:39,138 And as I said to my kids when they've heard negative stuff 2074 01:39:39,140 --> 01:39:43,309 "Guys, your father was 95 percent perfect, amazing, 2075 01:39:43,311 --> 01:39:44,944 "five percent human and fallible 2076 01:39:44,946 --> 01:39:47,714 but didn't have a bad bone in his body." 2077 01:39:47,716 --> 01:39:50,049 [instrumental music] 2078 01:40:17,746 --> 01:40:20,079 [music continues] 2079 01:40:47,809 --> 01:40:50,143 [music continues] 2080 01:41:06,127 --> 01:41:08,461 [instrumental music]