Peter Brock – Ten Years On From 8 September 2006

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the death of Australian motor racing legend Peter Geoffrey Brock.

‘Brocky’ was killed whilst competing in the Targa West ’06 Rally in Western Australia at the wheel of a Daytona Sportscar.

Having struck a tree while negotiating a left-hand bend during a competitive stage, Brock died instantly while co-driver Mick Hone survived after first being hospitalised with serious injuries.

It was a Friday in September 2006 when the first reports of an incident involving Brock filtered through radio stations across Australia, with early reports simply stating that the ‘King Of The Mountain’ had been involved in a serious collision. 

Fans held their breath in the hope that Brocky would pull through, but it wasn’t to be. The King was dead, aged 61.