Peter Brock Bathurst 1979, Last Lap in the A9X.
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- The legendary last lap of the 1979 Bathurst enduro. Peter Brock takes the race win by a massive six lap lead, setting a new lap record on this final lap. Enjoy this great sporting moment...
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When Aussies were Aussies. What a great era of Australia. Football, meatpies, kangaroos & Holden cars 👍👍👍
yes very sad Isn't it that other countries around the world can keep and have thier culture from the past, present and into the future. But not us! no! We are slowly being changed by our governments and we have had no say in this at all whatso ever. We were and still are very laid back people but also are told in the same breath that we are racists and need to accept all the 40 different cultures now setting up shop in our country go figure? I am a dying breed and culture in my own country very sad very very sad!
What you've got to remember about this lap was that Brock had to pass a number of lapped cars. It wasn't as if it was a shootout lap with no other cars on track. This was a true show of just how good Peter Brock was as a driver and how good the Holden Dealer Team were at building race winning cars.
Yes never been bettered since.
Yes but he was practicing all day ;-)
Start to finish, not a scratch on it, Rip Peter Perfect.
That A9X , was a beast for its day.
How nice does that A9X sound!
Brocky is the best driver Australia has ever seen.Without him there would never have been V8 supercars as we know it.The Phase 3 made Allan Moffat but Peter Brock made GMH and Bathurst what it is .Purely my 2 cents and absolute respect from a Ford dude.
End of the day there was nothing in it when it came to the top guys, grice, Johnson, brock, Moffat all just as good as each other and that’s what made Bathurst, the tight competition is what pushed all of the top guys to go so hard, when brock and Johnson were both in sierras their lap times were basically identical, like a second difference, that’s one small mistake on a big track, of course brock will always be known as the king of the mountain but without the competition he had from those other guys he wouldn’t have pushed himself so hard, respect to all of those top ten drivers from every generation, balls of steel without a doubt.
Amen
Best driver that Australia has produced is Jack Brabham.
Peter is not dead, just six laps ahead.
Back in the day when there were drive ins and Conrod was a straight. Peter Brock, you still bring a tear to my eye.....
You can tell he is serious, he does not have his arm resting on the window sill. RIP Brocky we miss you.
I'm a Ford man through and through but Brocky and his A9X poleaxed the competition.Stuff of legends that we will never see again......ever !
The most dominant car and driver in the history of this race . Never will be seen again .
God, I miss you Brocky, racing isn't the same anymore, haven't been able to watched motor racing since you passed, I miss you, bro!!!!
The day he retired I lost interest...haven't watched it barely in 20 years.
Not just Brock,motor racing in general has been less entertaining to watch gradually since 80s.
There will never be such raw traction and ride issues that require freak drivers just to keep at speed..
Now all these motorsports, cars are less animated, grippy and smooth...not as fun to watch.
For my mind, that driver, in that car, in that race, cemented Brock the greatest driver of all time and the A9X Hatch as Australia's greatest muscle car. Held at Mt. Peterama in Brocktober, the car top qualified for pole, then led the race from start to finish and WON BY 6 LAPS !!!. If that wasn't enough, Brock smashed the lap record on the last lap while he had his arm out the window waving to the crowd............Game Over..........
Groove Worx very well said mate
AS a Valiant man I will agree with you about all of what you say . You cannot deny the truth.
The man was a magician No doubt about it
Groove Worx Peter Brock may perhaps be the most popular touring car driver Australia ever produced but he never won at Le Mans or competed at Formula 1, races that carry far more prestige than a Bathurst 1000.
Yes not like all the " wanna b'sof today
It just doesn’t get any better that that. That was what car racing was all about and so Australian.
Man I'm gonna miss this Aussie culture, won't ever be the same now
IMONSMOKO with songs like yours champion we might just have a chance love ya work keep it up
Only 2 yrs dude yet its almost gone!
I think you have history confused with culture.
It’s sad how so many Australians don’t love their country, young and old
Im waiting for the 1000 km Bathurst race with either roaring EVs or SUVs sliding everywhere....lol
That accomplishment will never be beaten. There was only one Peter Brock.
If you look at the statistics, Alan Moffat actually had a better winning streak.
Those Toranas were giant killers...l consider it a privilege to have seen the great man race at Bathurst. Brock was amazing in all respects...
Peter perfect the greatest , thanks to this age of technology the legend lives on , it will be a long time before anyone comes even close to his achievements , RIP Brocky .
9 years gone...still get a tear when I watch this
Never forget the legend.
+Dixie normus
sniff *! Was there ever a happier day ?
Our greatest driver in our greatest car at our greatest track, droping teh hammer after 1000 k's. And co-driven by our greatest speech maker.
Best Australian driver of all time in the best Australian touring car of all time on the best Australian touring track of all time producing the best Bathurst win of all time!
A9X hatchback were and still most beautiful holden race cor ever built.
I work for a holden dealership in the 70's and drove a few street standard ones they were so nice to drive and looked great
The car is great, the driver is one hell of a driver, this combo makes perfection assured.
There's no one else like Peter Brook forever the legend of Bathurst
Hands down the best racecar driver Australia has ever witnessed... Well respected and always always pushed himself to be better and achieve he's dreams. Truly a legend.. oh how mount panorama has changed since then!
I'm a Ford man. But Peter Brock is a driver amongst men!! RIP Peter.
A fantastically finished car , NO electronic or mechanical gizmos to enhance its performance , and just determination and grit from a man that was in sync with his vehicle .... We will NEVER again see another drive like that !!
What a mighty Aussie muscule car is the A9X and what a.mighty driver was Brocky. God bless you peter Brock 💪💪💪🙏✝️✝️
great win from an aussie and a kiwi. brocky and Richards
Peter Brock video will live on for years in my life
I watched this live at the time and still is the most totally dominant race in Australian race history. It still give me goosebumps watching this. Long live Brocky!!!
RIP Brocky, gone but never forgotten
ahh the good old days when it wasn't just the drivers that were allowed to be different! Others may try to take the title King of the mountain, but Brocky is God of Australian racing!
Sir Peter Brock the man, the legend...
An era we’ll never see again, so tough 👊🏽
He really had no equal on this day,the most dominant drive in any car race in Australia .
The REAL victory,not a bogus 1-2 sham,still going full song,probably could have won by more laps if the race had continued.The A9X with Peter Brock behind the wheel,my hero then and now.I drive a Holden I've owned for 21 years still love it.
A Walkinshaw Jag fan in 85 and when Goss looked like he had the win , there was one guy on the track driving the daylights out of his car it was P Brock and he never gave up and if it wasn't for windscreen problems he was there. He was the only driver Jaguar really feared in that race.
A very good looking race car. Pure class
i was 5 yrs old i remeber watching this with dad . and followed peter ever since . missed and loved viva Brock!
The man was and still is a legend. Peter Brock.
His only flaw was his love of Collingwood.
Brocky and the A9X
A match made in heaven
remember watching this live on TV with my dad. so inspiring. I want an A9X!!
as kiwi living in sydney from when petrol was 50c a litre hes been a true legend of Aussie sport and put aussie muscle cars on the map.
I can't tell you how much I respect Peter Brock. I've interacted with Peter many times over many years, and yet I've never seen this legendary lap. Thanks SO much for the post.
Still a classic racer Peter Perfect at his best that V8 on the Torana sounds great
Damn didn't let up until the checkered flag even though the race was already won
The most beautiful car to race Bathurst
Brockie. I won't forget the XU1 at Bathurst 1972. Alam Moffat, if it wasn't for PB you'd have been King of the Mountain. Loved both of those guys.
a fkn legend, i got goose bumps, amazing man
there never was, is nor ever will be-anything like BROCK. LEGEND
I remember watching this race when I was 14yo. the awesome a9x was without equal. and watching as he destroyed the pretender to the crown moffats dream.allways the gentleman peter was a true genius behind the wheel. the girls that drive the v8 computerized crap now owe him larry perkins alan grice jimmy Richards ect a huge debt. they had real skill and talent and something else these tryhard fairys in v8s don't have....... a personality I met peter at a mobil servo as he was doing an appearance and he had a huge amount of time for kids and adults alike. a legend no an icon
charlie Easy to say now. Best remember the good in people and be done with it. As a person, yep, no doubt he had major flaws, as a race driver, brilliant, yes brilliant.
I know that over the years as car performance and handling improved so did my driving skills and abilities because I could put more trust that the car would do what I wanted it to do. Imagine what a legend like Brocky could do with a modern day VFII Commodore with all the good stuff in it.....that is of course till 2017.
I grew up watching Bathurst... but when the Torana and Falcon Hardtops were the race ... I just never watched it again... Group A , B and C on the same track... I remember a group C car driven by Peter Williamson in a Toyota Celica almost beat everyone.... it only went backwards from then. It must have been 1978....
Man, last lap and Brock holds nothing back. His car is howling home.
Aussie Muscle !! miss you Brocky :)
I believe 05 A9X finished the race producing 16-18 more horsepower than when she started the race 1000 kilometres earlier.....
I was there in 78 and 79 I'll never forget it
If only we had GoPro back then. The A9X along with the GTHO are the best Australia has ever produced and should be worth over a million dollars each.
Selling for that now .
Years ago 05 was on display in a Holden dealer,just as it left the track as Peter Brock wanted it.I'm glad I went to see it.
Simply the Best. Nuff said.
Orgasmic Aussie V8 note!
Fair made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
such and incredible drive, gives me chills :DD such a legend
Get all choked up seeing this..damn ! ...miss this bloke...
1979 cemented Brock as Australia's greatest race driver. The A9X Hatch cemented Holden as Australia's greatest race car.
He led every single lap of that race. I dont think i have seen that or will see that in a long time.
What a car and drivers
The greatest driver thwt weve ever had rest in peace brocky
The man of all men . The king of the mountain
Anyone who doesn't like this, whether you be Ford or Holden, is bloody un-Australian...
R.I.P Brocky. King of the mountain forever.
Flawless. Not a curve out of place.
The hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time I see the famous Brocky driving the Bathurst winning iconic A9X !
I got goosebumps watching this!
That Holden was passing cars like they were standing still.
Brocky on a Sunday Drive at Bathurst in 1979 in the Mighty HDT A9X Torana. Where he Demoralized everyone in his Wake. Why he really is King of the Mountain.
the real v8s, not a look a like as they are today
You'd could buy that car off of the showroom floor all spec'd up. Not like race cars today.
You literally have an HRT VE Commodore as your profile picture lol, those are the cars you're complaining about
Not really, I have asked the question here . Holden’s transmission although very rugged couldn’t handle the torque . I forget which transmission it was but the racing chassis were not fitted with either an engine or transmission. The race cars had a Borg Warner transmission I have been told.
Peter perfect.....
KING of the mountain.
Beautiful car for racing
We agree!
Brock Rocks !
I'm A Ford man. But gotta say that Brocky's A9X Torana was the most most sexiest car to zip down The Bathurst S'ss and to Zoom along The Conrod Straight. We All miss Brocky.
The man, like Steve Irwin, died the way he lived.
Perfect!
Watched his funeral streamed live at the christchurch townhall
WHAT A DRIVER!!
rip brocky m8 u will be missed and ur record of bathurst wins will never be beaton
Amen
This car, & this driver will NEVER be repeated by anyone else in our lifetime. This final lap sums up best what Peter Brock was to my generation:
a driver with a God-gifted talent for driving hard, fast & was a gentleman on the track.
In today's format of tin-top racing ( V8 Supercars ), there will never again be a 6 lap lead or a car leading every lap from start to finish as all the cars in the field have identical mechanicals. It will have to take something special for this to happen again.
The A9X with a V8 5.O Litre Carol Shelby Cobra donk lowered into it. One of the purest Aussie Cars almost like Sir Jack Brabham's creations. Pity Repco didn't get the liscence to manufacture in Australia
Perfection! That is all we can say!!
We'll miss him today. 50 years.
True racing TRUE LEGEND
THE car to have.. awesome.
What a machine and driver
I love this ROCK ON
I've driven this track so many times.....in Real Racing 3, of course!
Those were the days.
Sadly, I never got to drive a Torana A9X, but I once drove a bog stock HQ Kingswood around Mt Panorama.
I am pretty sure that car ran another 1000km on the same engine at Lang Lang . My source was someone who knew what was going on at GMH a senior manufacturing manager.at the time.In fact I heard it from a couple of sources back then.
I forget the distance they did, but Australian Muscle Car did an article many years ago on the high speed testing with Brock in this A9X after the race. We had Mort Brown tell us the same thing as he was there as a mechanic from HDT on the day. Lots of good stories with this racer!
PPPPEEERRFFECCCT!!!
This year, 2019, is the last year a Holden will race at Bathurst. 2020 will see Ford Mustangs taking on Chev Camaro’s. I know many ppl who will give up on watching car racing after this year.
Seems petty.
Bikes and speedway are better racing anyway.
To do this after 1000 km of racing (the race back then actually ran just over 1006 km) in a production based car with basically just a few 'go fast' bits bolted on, a very minimal roll cage and slick tyres that were at least 40 laps old was a hell of an effort. Who else would have have the audacity to do this and get away with it? Moff would have been nursing his Falcon if he was leading, Gricey and Dick maybe. But only Brocky did :-)
BWAAAHAAHAAHAA....THE B I G G E S T FUCKEN CHEAT IN AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORT.....THIS CUNT IS A DISGRACE!!
THE LANCE ARMSTRONG OF AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORT!!!!!
moparmatt440 Get over yourself. What have you achieved that could compare? Peter Brock is. Legend to most who have watched this and will remain so, long after you and I are forgotten.
flogged the helicopter too
I pity anyone who missed those days of racing. What we have today is bullshit..
How quick does he overtake that other car on Conrod Straight 🌬️🔥🔥🔥