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Robert - 67.5 1600, 71 240-Z - ABQ
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> Hi Gang:
> Needless to say that when I first read the the headlines yesterday,
> reporting the death of Peter Brock in a car accident ... I was more
> than a bit shocked!! Then as I read the news article more closely..
> I realized it was not Peter Brock of Brock Racing Enterprises (aka
> BRE), but rather the famous Australian Race Driver - Peter Brock.
>
> I received the following from Gayle Brock, - the USA's Peter Brock's
> wife, and I reprint it here with her permission.
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> To: Carl Beck
> From: Gayle Brock
> Subject: Peter Brock - Australian
>
>
> It is with great sadness we have learned the Australian race driver,
> Peter Brock, was killed in a crash in the Australian Targa Rally
> today. We had just seen Peter last weekend in the UK at the Goodwood
> Revival, commenting on the ever-increasing confusion between the
> Australian Peter Brock and the American Peter Brock with the
> Australian's latest foray of driving a replica Cobra Daytona Coupe in
> competition. Although the American Peter Brock is not associated with
> this Australian-built replicar, he is known, amongst other things, as
> the designer of the original Cobra Daytona Coupe in 1964 and the
> Superformance Cobra Daytona Coupe in 1999. At Goodwood last weekend,
> the Australian Brock drove a Corvette Stingray, a car the American
> Peter Brock designed while at GM in the late 1950s. Further confusion
> has occurred with news reports stating Peter Brock had just returned
> from Goodwood and was killed in a rally in WA (referring to Western
> Australia). The American Peter Brock had just returned from Goodwood
> to his US residence in WA State.
>
> The Australian Peter Brock was a racing icon in Australia and New
> Zealand winning the Bathurst touring car race a record 9 times. The
> American Peter Brock had great respect for the Australian driver and
> interviewed him almost 10 years ago for an article in Racer magazine
> entitled "Brock on Brock." It is extremely sad to see the end of such
> an accomplished career although it is colored with the thought of how
> the Australian went out doing what he loved. Our sincerest
> condolences go out to his family.
>
> Peter and I want to thank the hundreds of people who have contacted
> our offices today to check on the American Peter Brock. We always
> feel very fortunate in life but maybe just a little more so today.
>
> Sincerely,
> Gayle
>
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> FWIW,
> Carl B.
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