Brock on the Bathurst podium in 1979, with Jim Richards to the far right. The A9X engine was a development of the L34 Torana unit but in 1979 it was still a fairly stock item, with standard inlet manifold, heads, pistons, rods and crank; only camshafts and exhausts were free. The compression ratio was 10.5:1 and strictly enforced. The Brock Collection Auction: http://bit.ly/PeterBrockCollectionThe Holden Dealer Team's Torana nicknamed 'The Beast' was one of the wildest cars Peter Brock.
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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. En. So while it debuted as a winner in '77, the 1978 A9X was the first John Sheppard-built HDT car and began a purple patch for Brock, and Holden, that continued until 1985. MORE Legend Series. After winning the '78 Australian Touring Car Championship, Sandown and Bathurst, the Torana A9X's 1979 Bathurst performance was incredible. In this episode we're going back to 1972.Peter Brock is an up and coming superstar in an underpowered car but his skill and determination, and the grooved sl. Holden Torana Racing History. Peter Brock is one of the most iconic Australian race car drivers of all time. In his younger years he first got enamoured with racing by watching Spencer Martin, who just so happened to win the 1964 Mount Panorama with a Vauxhall Viva which is the car that the original Torana was derived from.
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Bathurst 1000: The story of the Peter Brock Holden Torana that is still missing, presumed lost. Peter Brock took his own car to Bathurst in 1976 under the Team Brock banner. Pic: Supplied Source. Early years. Peter Brock was born at the Epworth Hospital, Richmond, Victoria, the son of Geoff and Ruth Brock (née Laidlay). The family lived in the country town of Hurstbridge (now an outer suburb of Melbourne) and Brock continued to live there throughout his life. He attended Eltham High School in Eltham, Victoria. His first car was an Austin 7 that he bought for £5 (A$10). Peter Brock's 1978 HDT A9X Torana was a force to be reckoned with on the racetrack. Its crowning achievement came in the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 at Bathurst. Brock, along with co-driver Jim Richards, claimed a victory that remains one of the most dominant in the history of the race. The duo finished six laps ahead of the second-placed car, a. With Bathurst now just two weeks away, this week on Saturday Sleuthing we're going to feature the first part of a two-part exploration of the cars that drove Peter Brock to a record nine victories in the October classic. Brock made his Bathurst debut in 1969 in the Holden Dealer Team Monaro GTS 350, but it was in the smaller Holden Torana.
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Peter Brock's devastatingly-quick HDT L34 should have given the Bathurst King his greatest ever Mountain win. It failed, but a reunion a few years back proved Brock still had fond memories of his mighty Torana. Of all Peter Brock's nine Bathurst 500/1000 wins, one stands out as the most majestic. The Holden Dealer Team Torana also took its regular pilot Peter Brock to his first of three Australian Touring Car Championships in 1974 and finished runner-up at Bathurst in '73 with Brock and Chivas at the wheel after its now infamous delay.. The #1 Brock Torana will be part of the Shannons Winter Timed Auction Online. Photo: Shannons.
The mighty little HOLDEN Torana - Driven by Peter BrockA 6 Cylinder car going up against the might of FORDs 351 V8s at Bathurst. Peter Brock drove this car t. In 1972, a 27-year old Peter Brock took to Mount Panorama in his Holden Torana. It would be Brock's first of nine Bathurst 1000 wins between 1972 and 1987, making him the "King of the Mountain".
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The 1974 V8 Torana L34 marked the end of Peter Brock's association with Harry Firth's Holden Dealer Team. Brock left HDT in '75, but in '78 he was drafted back into the factory-backed Holden Dealer Team under the new team manager, John Sheppard. This car is a former HDT Torana L34 race car updated to A9X specifications and presented in. THE Holden Torana that Peter Brock raced in his comeback to the Holden Dealer Team is up for sale. Brock rejoined the factory Holden squad in 1978, ending a three-year stint as a privateer. The year marked a fresh start for the HDT: foundation team boss Harry Firth had retired, replaced by the former chief of Bob Jane's racing team, John.
