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[dattoman]

Unsure of the truth of it till the report comes out but sources have said that a car infront had had some sort of engine/turbo failure and laid a film of oil on the road
This might explain the slide

Unconfirmed at this stage

[A9X]

Datto a car did do a turbo, but it was earlier on the stage at a chicane. Same stage saw a MS beemer fall over onto its lid.

I ran through there earlier and it was just a greasy section of road following a light drizzle.

Someone earlier posted a thought that there was something strange about the accident. There was nothing strange, a tight corner in damp conditions and a powerful car at speed.

I was sitting in the start queue waiting our turn when the call came through that he had had an off.

I can't tell you how the day went from there.

Welby

[Dangerous]

A9X, a mate of mine lives a few minutes away from the crash site, and travels that road regularly. He says that from time to time, the parrots/galahs congregate on the trees and chew at the gum nuts, causing them to fall on the road. He says he's had a few rear end side steps at relatively low speeds when he's run over a decent sized gum nut or two. I don't know the road myself, but I was wondering if you'd seen any stuff like this on the road when you went through?

I suppose we'll never really know, but that Daytona did look to be a bit taily and nervous in the front end from the footage shown on TV of it travelling at speed.

[Statler]

Still in mourning!

[Toranavista]

Fitting tribute Damo. Very moving

[A9X]

Dangerous, when we ran the stage earlier i didn't notice any.
When we were doing recce the week before though, my co driver who is a big bike rider commented the honky nuts on the road were a worry.
The road is a well known weekend bike run.
Welby

[orangeLJ]

It seems that the general emotion has already been established and that this will porbably not get read being on the 18th or whatever page, but i just felt like sharing my experiences with The King of the Mountain. I ave met Peter Brock many times thorughout my life each time he had chatted to me for a couple minutes and seemed happy yo do so, each time he made me feel like an individual and not just another punk kid in the line for an autograph. The highlight of my experiences though was a few years ago, some friends of ours got married i the pits during Bathurst and Brocky attended their wedding and signed their marrieage certificate, i then had the chance to go for a drive with brocky in a monaro, and the cracker was that he rekons he had seen me before! boy was i proud. Brock was the legend that every kid in their billy car or sitting at the wheel of dad's car going brum brum wanted to be, he was a hero to many, a villan to some (ford fans) but the fact remains he was something special. We will never again see such a skiled, kind hearted professional as Brock, the world is a worse place having lost him. May his actions and attitudes be an example for others and we should all be so lucky as to be half as good human being as Brocky. RIP Peter Perfect

CHRIS

[LC69GTR]

Same here i am reading it all great words and storys you told about the king.
Well done orangeLJ feel free to tell all you know on Brock as i cant get enough.

As for Hinch you idiot just can�t help himself I was in the car Monday with a mate and we said it will
be interesting to see what dirt he finds on Brock so predictable he is the human headline.

Any of you New Zealanders want him back we are over him.

Edited by LC69GTR, 14 September 2006 - 10:09 AM.

[LC69GTR]

Thats the spirt 82911 thats telling him

I sent one yesterday to him but no reply i would say he has a few emails at the moment the goose