peter brock death?

[redline]

theres some reports saying that he died today at a tarmac comp at WA. can anyone confirm this?? i hope its not true

[Mal]

Gee I hope not! There is nothing on any news threads on line.

[redline]

i know, it coming from the ppl at the event itself

[Nnnnsic]

No news service has it.

[gstark]

I'm checking some sources that I have ...

[sheepie]

CONFIRMED on Sky News - 2 huge losses to Australia in the week - what's next?

[Nnnnsic]

Although not on their online site.

[Geoff]

News coming in to hand on Nova (yes I know...reliable news source that it is)...that it is believed to be Peter Brock

[sheepie]

OK, now they're suggesting they aren't entirely sure - they are going by "reports they have received".

Confirmation seems to be (so far) his car involved in fatal accident in a special stage. No suggestion that it was a spectator, so that leaves the driver (Brock) and his co-driver. They are talking as though it's confirmed though, so who knows?

[Nnnnsic]

Confirmed.

He apparently crashed into a tree.

[PiroStitch]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/p ... 10944.html

[xerubus]

I just had a phone call saying that it was confirmed. This is a great loss to the motor industry what a bad week.

[gstark]

I have a source at The Bulletin. He has confirmed this with Holden.

[adam]

oh my goodness....
I was going to take photographs while they were in Forest Chase this morning. He would have been there right?

[redline]

i would have been more ironic if he was driving a stringray corvette

[gstark]

He was driving a Daytona?

[the foto fanatic]

WTF is going on? Aussie icons dropping like flies.

(They say these things come in threes. Let's hope that Germaine Greer steps on a banana skin to save someone we might care about!)

[sirhc55]

WTF is going on? Aussie icons dropping like flies.

(They say these things come in threes. Let's hope that Germaine Greer steps on a banana skin to save someone we might care about!)

Trevor - you read my mind re the Greer woman

[gstark]

I am, officially, devastated.

There can be no doubting Brockie's skill behind the wheel.

He will be sadly missed by the whole motorsports community.

Trevor, Sunday we have Monza ... and Schumie is expected to announce his retirement at the end of this season afte the race.

Monday is 9/11 ...

[MCWB]

WTF is going on? Aussie icons dropping like flies.

What a crappy week!

[PiroStitch]

WTF is going on? Aussie icons dropping like flies.

(They say these things come in threes. Let's hope that Germaine Greer steps on a banana skin to save someone we might care about!)

Trevor - you read my mind re the Greer woman

Sorry but she's not an Aussie icon...not after her disrespectful comments this week.

[ozczecho]

Unbelievable

[obzelite]

He was driving a Daytona?

some crappy kitcar designed by the guy who designed the motec.
he said on the radio yesterday the thing was unstable and he didnt like driving it.

targawest website is dying under the strain.

and i feel bad as i think my wifes uncle is one of the organisers

[Greg B]

Steve Irwin killed by an animal in the wild, Peter Brock in a racing/rally car accident.

Dangerous activities taking a toll. Very sad week.

[stormygirl]

I can't believe another great Aussie icon has died....and in the same week.

Terrible news. Although I am a Ford person, Brocky will always be 'King of The Mountain'. What a legend, what a sad day for motorsport.

...at least he also died doing what he loved most.

RIP Brocky.

[myarhidia]

...at least he also died doing what he loved most.

I see a sad pattern developing here.

[BBJ]

It's a shame that this has happened but thats sport for you and you just never know. I will now look forward to the Brock tribute which i am sure they will do of such a legend, at least he died like Steve doing something they have a passion for. He will be missed, not only as a Holden fan i am but as a driver and i also miss others like Barry Sheen but we cant live forever.

[JordanP]

This is horrific. I hope it ends here. This is another awful loss of another loved Aussie.

[stubbsy]

Another Aussie legend bows out. I'm not a motorsport fan by any means, but it's still a sad day when something like this happens - moreso for those who were close to both Peter & his co driver.

I just hope that princess Naomi at TT doesn't head off to WA or somewhere wearing a Holden outfit like the distateful khaki with Lizard "reportage" from Australia Zoo earlier in the week

[obzelite]

seems to be a lot of different reports slying around.

Just spoke to a friend who told me hes been told the accident was on the road going to the event and not actually during it.

its is third hand info, but every channel seems to have a different version.

[obzelite]

I just hope that princess Naomi at TT doesn't head off to WA or somewhere wearing a Holden outfit like the distateful khaki with Lizard "reportage" from Australia Zoo earlier in the week

Almost as bad as that dipstick from the today show reporting from out the front about how bad everyone feels and then in the same breath saying they have _exclusive_ interviews.
Rating always come before feeling in the reporter game, and theres not such thing as tasteless when it comes current affairs programs.

[sirhc55]

WTF is going on? Aussie icons dropping like flies.

(They say these things come in threes. Let's hope that Germaine Greer steps on a banana skin to save someone we might care about!)

Trevor - you read my mind re the Greer woman

Sorry but she's not an Aussie icon...not after her disrespectful comments this week.

The implication was that she is most certainly not an Oz icon - please read carefully

[obzelite]

didnt the guy who wrote storm boy or something die this week. although not famous enough for me to remember his name i'm sure i heard something that got a mention in amoungst the irwin news

[casnell]

didnt the guy who wrote storm boy or something die this week. although not famous enough for me to remember his name i'm sure i heard something that got a mention in amoungst the irwin news

Colin Thiele is(was?) his name and yes he died on Monday.

[Justin]

Oh no - Colin Thiele - I grew up reading storm boy - I was born in Oz but raised in UK so storm boy was very special to me...

[obzelite]

actually hes probably very famous, i'm just not cultured enough to know about him.

[meicw]

Yes it has been a bad month. Don Chipp, Colin Thiele, Steve Irwin and now Peter Brock. All true Aussie guys in their own way.
May they all Rest in Peace.

Regards
meicw

[Onyx]

Truly devastating news this week. Brock was a man I, and I'm sure many others, looked up to. What is an appropriate way of showing respect to these recently departed Aussie icons? I feel like I want to pay tribute to them, but don't know how to go about doing it.

[shaunus]

will be sorely missed from all angles of australian sport, the don bradman of australian motor racing and will be remember for on and of track performances nation wide

RIP

[zafra52]

WTF is going on? Aussie icons dropping like flies.

(They say these things come in threes. Let's hope that Germaine Greer steps on a banana skin to save someone we might care about!)

Perhaps she should consider wrestling crocodiles for a living because she passed it. She is just jealous because an ordinary person without so much study can be loved and cherished so much by Australians and the world. Yes guys it is a sad week for Australians to have lost Steve Irwin and Peter Brock. God bless them! By the way, that is a nice and fitting photograph for the man, Shaunus

[Colcam]

AMEN. I wouldn't be an Aussie icon for quids this week!
Bad feelings when this happens.
Col