Perpetual Brock Trophy to Bathurst Winner

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THE memory of Peter Brock will be honoured with a perpetual trophy to be awarded to the winners of the annual Bathurst 1000.

The trophy will be awarded to the winners of next month's race at Mt Panorama and to the winners thereafter.
Officials at V8 Supercars Australia are expected to announce the details of the crafting of the trophy today as well as a string of tributes for Brock at next month's Bathurst meeting.

A massive crowd is expected to pay its own tribute to Brock by attending the Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from October 5-8.

Brock won the Bathurst race a record nine times between 1972 and 1997, twice winning three times in a row.

Officials yesterday ruled out naming the race after Brock because of long-term commercial complications.

In Bathurst, a groundswell of support makes a statue of Brock at the gates of Mt Panorama almost a certainty.

Bathurst council was considering the move yesterday as well as a suggestion that a second short circuit track at the bottom of the mountain be named in Brock's honour.

A second track would enable the council to conduct race meetings incorporating the famous pit straight without closing the public road to the top of Mt Panorama.

"There have been hundreds of ideas for tributes floated in the media and public," V8 Supercar chairman Tony Cochrane acknowledged yesterday.

"He has been a great loss to the V8 Supercar family and we will make sure he is long remembered."

[big_pete]

good idea IMO.

everyones happy then.....i think

[protd]

also going to leave the front row of the grid empty at the start of the race this year..

[XWildGT]

Check out www.v8supercars.com web site with all the details with whats happening

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An outline of the Peter Brock Tribute on Sunday October 8 is as follows:

9.00am: A ‘Gathering on the Grid’ of family and close friends
9.02am: Champion’s Lap of Honour commences
9.22am: Chaplain’s Address
9.24am: One minute’s silence
9.25am: ‘Heroes’ performed by Iva Davies
9.30am: V8 Supercars form in pit lane
9.35am: Australian national anthem
9.40am: Pit exit opens
9.45am: Cars assemble on the grid
10.00am: The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

The nine cars that Peter Brock drove to Bathurst wins were:

1972: Holden Torana LJ XU1 (500km race)
1975: Holden Torana L34 with Brian Sampson
1978: Holden Torana A9X with Jim Richards
1979: Holden Torana A9X with Jim Richards
1980: Holden Commodore VC with Jim Richards
1982: Holden Commodore VH with Larry Perkins
1983: Holden Commodore VH with Larry Perkins and John Harvey
1984: Holden Commodore VK with Larry Perkins
1987: Holden Commodore VL with David Parsons and Peter McLeod

[MickyB]

Glad to hear he is being honoured this way. Also great to see all motorsport fans united in their praise of the great man.

[XR8putts]

Will be awesome to see the old cars back on the track, even if they are Holdens.

The V8Supercars website has good detail, and lots of nice touches. There's gonna be millions of banners made by the fans as well as plenty of respect paid, even durring the great race. Good to hear that ALL cars have been given "05" decals to stick on the cars..

Good to see the legend is getting the tribute he deserves.

[Melz]

I was thinking the other day how cool it would be if they ever put Jamie Brock and Jack Perkins in a v8 supercar together!!! Just a thought for down the track....

[TZENU]

That will be great to see! all the old cars out there paying tribute to a true legendary driver

[mark180227]

this years bathurst is going to be special i can feel it. whats happened wth brock, the championship status, going to be an awesome weekend.

just on the trophy...its going to be quite special for the winner...i reckon it ads as an extra incentive for a driver to win. i can see a connection hear...the trophy being awarded, lowndseys relationship with brock. its all falling into place and I can see now Lowndseys name being the first to be engraved onto that trophy.

[opium]

: Just saw today on the morning news that Peter Brocks body was being brought home to Melbourne in a FORD hurst.....???

[K_Man]

Originally Posted by opium

: Just saw today on the morning news that Peter Brocks body was being brought home to Melbourne in a FORD hurst.....???

Holden IRS would make for a crap hearse :

Off that though, so awesome to see so many people coming together to pay tribute to the king, regardless of red/blue blood. Wonder what the trophy will look like?