77-532: Tander may refer to: People [ edit ] Garth Tander (born 1977), Australian racing driver Leanne Tander (born 1980), Australian racing driver, wife of Garth Mina Tander (born 1978), German actress Simin Tander (born 1980), German singer Other uses [ edit ] Tander , the parent company of Magnit, Russia's largest food retailer. [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
154-497: A vegan . Eventually he returned to being a vegetarian. On 8 September 2006, while driving in the Targa West '06 rally, Brock was 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the finish of the second stage of the race at Gidgegannup , about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Perth, Western Australia , when he skidded off a downhill left-hand bend on Clenton Road for over 50 metres (160 ft; 55 yd) in his 2001 Daytona Sportscar and hit
231-570: A 2nd Monaro built and run by GRM in the Australian Nations Cup Championship , a GT-type championship for highly modified and exotic road cars in 2003 before setting up his own team for himself and stepson James in 2004 (with Monaros supplied by GRM). He achieved a tenth Bathurst endurance win in 2003 at the Bathurst 24 Hour , when he won, with Greg Murphy , Jason Bright and Todd Kelly in his GRM Monaro, controversially powered by
308-540: A 7.0L 427 cui V8 engine rather than the 5.7L Gen III as used by the production Monaro CV8 (the controversy came from no other car in Nations Cup being able to run a different size engine from the production model it was based on. Triple Nations Cup champion Jim Richards labelled the Monaro as a "Better V8 Supercar" when it first appeared at the 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour ). In 2002, he returned to top-level touring car racing as
385-484: A chance meeting outside the Peter Brock Foundation's office. Brock, who lived hard in his early years, changed his lifestyle considerably after the failed 1984 Le Mans attempt left him physically and emotionally drained. After his return from Le Mans, Brock began to consult Melbourne-based chiropractor Eric Dowker. He gave up alcohol and cigarettes and became a vegetarian , 5 years after that he became
462-457: A circuit racer and seemed forgot about his extensive Rally and Rallycross experience with the Dealer Team in the early 1970s. The press saw his inclusion merely as a publicity stunt by Holden and the race organisers in order to generate interest in the race. The Repco was a long-distance endurance rally that drove clockwise around Australia featuring some dirt road sections completely different to
539-608: A co-driver for the endurance races. Tander was married to his ex-wife Leanne from 2004 to 2022. Tander is father to two children, Scarlet and Sebastian. Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock AM (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as " Peter Perfect ", " The King of the Mountain ", or simply " Brocky ", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW , Ford , Volvo , Porsche and Peugeot . He won
616-531: A feat that has not been equalled. His 1979 win was remarkable in that he and co-driver Jim Richards claimed victory by six laps, a record that, due to changes in race regulations introduced in the mid- to late 1980s, most notably the introduction of the Safety Car in 1987 , may never be broken, and broke the circuit lap record for touring cars on the 163rd and final lap of the race (the record would stand until Brock himself broke it in 1982 ). Brock had tried to set
693-582: A full-time racing career outside Australia. He did attempt the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in privateer vehicles, firstly in 1976 in the Team Brock BMW 3.0CSL which was bought in South Africa in late 1975 and shipped to Melbourne, where it was completely stripped and rebuilt. His co-driver was former Aussie and UK resident Brian Muir with the BMW lasting 17 hours before a head gasket blew. He then returned for
770-511: A good start by Perkins in the hot conditions, Team Australia were running as high as 5th at one stage of the race before retiring after Perkins crashed in the Esses on lap 145 while trying to make up for lost time, which included a lost wheel while Brock was in the car, and a broken rear bolt which caused Perkins to almost spin the Porsche at close to 350 km/h (217 mph) while racing flat out through
847-472: A household name that transcended motor racing as he emerged to be one of the best-known modern Australia and New Zealand racing drivers, spoken of with the same reverence as Formula One World Champions Jack Brabham , Alan Jones and Denny Hulme . In 1986, Brock was crowned King of Moomba by the Melbourne-based festival committee. His public standing was dented by controversy over his promotion of
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#1733094144422924-575: A late decision to enter the HDT in the Guia touring car Race at the Macau Grand Prix . Driving one of the team's old Series Production LC Torana GTR XU-1s, Brock finished second behind 1971 European Touring Car Champion Dieter Glemser , who according to Brock in his regular "Auto Action" column, drove a full works Ford Capri 2600. Ford rival Allan Moffat also raced in his GTHO Falcon , but struggled throughout
1001-446: A number of occasions, and forced her to have an abortion. Brock next entered into a relationship with Beverly "Bev" McIntosh, the wife of a member of his motor racing team. After two failed marriages Brock was hesitant to marry McIntosh and although the couple never married, Peter always called Bev his "wife", and she changed her surname to Brock by deed poll . They had two children together, Robert and Alexandra. Her oldest, James ,
1078-649: A packed race track he was forming 'The Peter Brock Foundation', a philanthropic organisation funded by corporate sponsors and donations from the public. Aimed at disadvantaged youth and others experiencing difficulties in Australia. As of 2021 the Foundation still continues operating and has financed many activities and people. As the lead driver for the Holden Dealer Team in a succession of both 6 and 8 cylinder Holden Toranas and later, V8 Commodores Brock became
1155-425: A pair of hat trick wins from 1978 to 1980 (with Jim Richards ) and 1982 to '84 (with Larry Perkins and John Harvey ), including his record-breaking six-lap victory in the 1979 event. While Brock was always typecast in a Holden, he did have 'brief flirtations' with other makes in touring car racing. After his 1987 Holden split, he campaigned a BMW M3 in 1988 , becoming the official BMW Australia backed team for
1232-466: A pole position start. 100 laps later his co-driver Mark Skaife crashed lightly into the wall coming up to Forrests Elbow, ending their chances of a win. Tander came third in the 2008 V8 Supercars Championship season behind Mark Winterbottom and series champion Jamie Whincup . Tander won the Bathurst 1000 twice in 2009 with Will Davison and in 2011 with Nick Percat . In 2013, with the introduction of
1309-436: A state funeral at Melbourne 's St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral , on 19 September 2006. A permanent memorial was placed at Peter Brock's "home" raceway, Sandown Raceway , on 22 September. Brock left three wills and a complex estate. The court battle between his family members was protracted and took over three years to complete. In honour of his achievements and in recognition of his contribution to Australian motorsport,
1386-468: A team patron with Rod Nash Racing in V8 Supercar Commodore and drove in that year's Bathurst 1000 with the team was renamed 'Team Brock' as a branding exercise. The 'Team Brock' branding exercise was revived for 2003 this time with Paul Weel Racing but this time Brock's role was as a mentor rather than a driver. Frustrated with the lack of control he held over a team bearing his name, Brock and
1463-469: A tree sideways, in the driver's door. The 61-year-old Brock died within a couple of minutes of the impact. His co-driver, Mick Hone, was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition. Video footage of the crash (provided by a fan and the in-car camera) was reviewed by Western Australian police to help determine the cause of the crash. Coroner Alastair Hope decided that his death was caused by high speed and that no coronial inquest would be held. The video
1540-422: A view to possibly driving one in the 1984 Australian Drivers' Championship and the end of year Australian Grand Prix (which at the time were run to Formula Mondial rules), and put in some competitive lap times at Calder Park. However, he later decided that with the road car business, touring car commitments and the planned Sports Car races at Silverstone and Le Mans , he simply could not devote enough time to
1617-662: Is Bev's son from a previous marriage. Bev wrote Peter's biography herself in 2004 after finding most potential authors had incorrect preconceived notions about him. She also expressed a desire to show his human side, to encourage others that they, too, can achieve their goals. "Even Allan Moffat said it's okay for him—it's us mortals that have the problem," she said. Bev described Brock as an imperfect but never violent man. Brock split with Bev in May 2005 after 28 years together. Alexandra gave birth to their grandson Oliver on 28 June 2006, two months before Brock's death. According to Bev, Brock
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#17330941444221694-501: Is being sold once more in an official HDT, Brock tribute upgrade pack. The overwhelming majority of the Australian motoring community regarded the device as pseudoscience , and Brock's promotion of it drove away HDT drivers like John Harvey, Allan Moffat and Larry Perkins . Brock also recommended tyre pressures of 22 psi (150 kPa ) for his polariser-equipped vehicles, a level which many regarded as near-dangerously low. Holden, fearing
1771-561: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Garth Tander Garth Dirk Tander (born 31 March 1977) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship's Enduro Cup , co-driving for Grove Racing . He was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a five-time winner in Australia's most prestigious motor race,
1848-420: The 1000 km of Silverstone after spending time in the pits fixing a broken rear suspension. The pair then drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Perkins qualified the car 15th with a time of 3:35.340 which was 18.29 seconds slower than the pole winning works Lancia LC2 of Bob Wollek (Brock was 2 seconds slower than Perkins, though his times were set on race tyres while Perkins was given a set of qualifiers). After
1925-454: The 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 in a Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 alongside Des West, with the pair finishing third behind their winning HDT teammates Colin Bond and Tony Roberts . He won the Bathurst 500 for the first time in 1972 (the last year the race was run over 500 miles and the last year in which driving solo was permitted). Brock would win the event a total of nine times between 1972 and 1987,
2002-562: The 1973 Australian Formula 2 Championship . Although he had some minor, non-championship wins in the car, his best placing in the national championship series was second behind series champion Leo Geoghegan in Round 2 or Oran Park in Sydney. Brock's HDT boss Harry Firth later told that he let Brock race the Birrana to get formula racing "out of his system". Later in early 1984, Brock tested a Ralt RT4 with
2079-519: The 1981 race teamed with former HDT teammate Colin Bond and Bathurst co-driver Jim Richards in the Porsche Cars Australia #74 Porsche 924 Carrera GTR but while the team practiced, they were only named as a reserve, not participating in the race itself. While at the 1983 Australian Grand Prix meeting at Calder Park , sports car racer and 1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 winner John Fitzpatrick challenged Brock, that having won everything there
2156-403: The 2000 championship taking the championship to the last round where he was beaten by now five-time championship winner Mark Skaife . After winning the famous Bathurst 1000 race in 2000 with Jason Bargwanna , he found limited success. Tander was the winner of the first Bathurst 24hr race driving a modified Holden Monaro 427C running a 7.0L (427cui) motor rather than the 5.7L Gen III that
2233-629: The 2004 Bathurst 1000 , teaming with Jason Plato in a Commodore VY . The pair failed to finish after Plato was involved in a spectacular accident coming out of Caltex Chase with the Brad Jones Racing Falcon of John Cleland while Cleland was lapping the Commodore (which was limping to the pits with a blown tyre) on lap 29. The clash caused the Falcon to roll and enough damage to the HRT car to be out on
2310-627: The Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times, the Bathurst 24 Hour once and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars. Peter Brock
2387-411: The Bathurst 1000 winner's trophy now carries his name. The Peter Brock Trophy was first incorporated for the 2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 . The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup driving a Ford BA Falcon . Lowndes had long been regarded as Brock's protégé , and was a teammate of Brock in 1996 . Lowndes and Whincup would go on to win three Bathurst 1000s in succession, matching
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2464-572: The Bathurst 1000 . Tander also owns a motor racing team TanderSport. As a child, Tander started racing go karts at Tiger Kart Club in WA, and by the time he was 17 years old, he had won 7 state titles and one Australian title. Tander was Australian Formula Ford champion in 1997. After failing to find a budget to run in Formula Holden in 1998, Tander was offered the seat in one of Garry Rogers Motorsport 's V8 Supercars. Tander finished second in
2541-678: The HSV Dealer Team . Tander had a bad start to the season with a DNF in both races at the Clipsal 500, His first round win of 2008 came in New Zealand at the Hamilton 400, his second round win came at Winton in July, Tander and his teammate Mark Skaife won the first enduro at the L & H 500 at Philip Island and Tander was looking strong at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 but a slipping clutch spoilt
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2695-591: The "Energy Polariser" and domestic violence allegations levelled by an ex-wife, with calls to keep him out of the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame. Brock married Heather Russell in 1967. The marriage ended in divorce two years later. Several years later, Brock met 1973 Miss Australia pageant winner and Channel Seven weather presenter Michelle Downes. They married in April 1974 and divorced after only one year. In 2006, Downes said Brock assaulted her on
2772-427: The 'Euro media' because no one knew who he was!" Brock also drove a Vauxhall Magnum with British driver Gerry Marshall to a surprise second place in the 1977 Spa 24 Hours . He also shocked many when he won the 1979 Repco Round Australia Trial driving for the HDT in a 6cyl Holden VB Commodore along with co-drivers Noel Richards and Matthew Philip. The shock came as many in the motoring press regarded Brock as
2849-668: The ATCC driving in Commodores. A further flirtation away from Holden was in 1994 when he raced a Volvo 850 in the one-off Eastern Creek 12-Hour . He also competed for the same Volvo Dealer Racing team in the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1996 , finishing 6th in the championship with a best finish of second in Round 7 at Lakeside in Brisbane . Brock's first international race came in 1971 when Harry Firth made
2926-579: The Car of the Future, Holden Racing Team (along with all other teams competing with Holdens) changed over to the newer VF Commodore . This season gave Tander limited and inconsistent success. He managed to clock up 5 podium finishes, including a win at both Townsville and Phillip Island. He finished the 2013 Championship in 8th place. In 2015, Tander won the Enduro Cup driving with Warren Luff , despite not winning any of
3003-450: The ambulances around the base. Although they did not know each other at the time, also stationed at the Barracks from 1965 to 1967 was a young Dick Johnson who from the 1980s would go on to be one of Brock's chief touring car rivals. It was while on leave from the army in 1966 that Brock first visited Bathurst to watch the 500-mile production car race that was to become the Bathurst 1000. It
3080-798: The car did not have brakes (or a body, which was removed with his mother's axe). Brock was drafted into the Australian Army in 1965 and spent his two years of National Service stationed at the Blamey Barracks near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales . During his time in the army, Brock was against the Federal Government 's plan to send conscripts to Vietnam . Brock was in the Medical Corps where he often served as an ambulance driver. According to his brother Lewis, Brock and his mates used to race
3157-412: The car in which he died. Brock began publicly supporting and, eventually, began to fit to all Holden Dealer Team specials a device called the "Energy Polariser" containing crystals and magnets in an epoxy resin that, it was claimed, improved the performance and handling of vehicles through "aligning the molecules". The device was based on the principles of orgone energy pseudoscience . The "Polariser"
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3234-531: The championship lead. The endurance races following were no better. Tander participated in a highly controversial driver swap with the Holden Racing Team which involved Todd Kelly coming to the HSV Dealer Team. Garth and co-driver Mark Skaife dominated the entire Sandown round until a broken steering problem destroyed the almost certain victory. At the next round at Bathurst, the car's clutch failed off
3311-511: The circuit racing where he made his name. The Round Australia Trial was revived in 1995 (sponsored by Brock's long time backer Mobil ) with Brock again racing for Holden in a Holden Racing Team prepared VR Commodore . Brock finished 3rd in the trial which was won by teammate (and former Australian Rally Champion ) Ed Ordynski . After 1991 when teamed with Perkins Engineering , Brock continued to race in his own privately supported Advantage Racing Commodores in 1992 and 1993 , before joining
3388-453: The consequences of being associated with the device and a resulting breakdown in communications over Brock's plans for new models, cut ties with Brock and set up an alternative racing/modification operation, Holden Special Vehicles . During this period, Brock also became involved in the importation and even the modification of the Lada Samara , a cheap Soviet -built hatchback a world away from
3465-598: The controversy of the Energy Polariser had been largely forgotten. Brock worked with the Victorian authorities promoting the campaign against drink-driving . The most obvious sign of this association was the race car number 05 which related to the 0.05% blood alcohol limit in Victoria, which he utilised constantly from the mid-1970s. Most cars he raced in, regardless of the motor racing division, bore this number, including
3542-466: The endurance races. In 2016, Tander has slammed Jamie Whincup's "pretty desperate" move that triggered a disastrous chain-reaction, sending the Holden Racing Team driver crashing into the wall and ending his 2016 hopes. Whincup was hit with a 15-second penalty for the driving infringement, while Volvo driver Scott McLaughlin was to face post-race investigation for dangerous re-entry. Tander, who
3619-479: The factory Holden Racing Team in 1994 . Brock retired from full-time driving following the 1997 Australian Touring Car season . After his nominal 'retirement' he made two returns to Bathurst. In 2002 he paired with Team Brock lead driver Craig Baird to a 23rd-place finish in the teams Commodore VX , Brock finished 25 laps down due to engine temperature problems. He then returned to the Holden Racing team for
3696-745: The feat that Brock achieved twice. Next to the site of his most famous motor racing achievements at Mount Panorama, a memorial statue was built adjacent to the National Motor Racing Museum in Bathurst. Unveiled in 2008, the statue features Brock standing on his 1984 Bathurst-winning Holden VK Commodore . Two roads in Sydney have been named Peter Brock Drive: in Oran Park as part of the housing development that replaced Oran Park Raceway , and in Eastern Creek , near Sydney Motorsport Park . In 1997
3773-480: The high-performance V8-powered Commodores he was famous for. The Lada deal came at the right time for the Brock organisation as it saved the struggling outfit from potential bankruptcy. After his work with Lada , Brock, during the period 1988–1990 sold around 200 personally modified EA-series Ford Falcons, Fairmont Ghias, Fairlanes and Mavericks through Austech Automotive Developments. Due to his extraordinary success on
3850-526: The kink on the famous Mulsanne Straight . The Team Australia assault on the race, and the fortunes of the other Aussies including 1983 winner Vern Schuppan , 1980 Formula One World Champion Alan Jones and Allan Grice , was covered extensively in the Peter Mckay/Barry Naismith book "LeMans The Australian Assault". While in Europe in 1984, Brock was in the unusual situation (for him) of being
3927-524: The lap record on the final lap of the 1978 race , but he was inadvertently baulked by the Alfa Romeo of Ray Gulson through The Dipper. In 32 starts at Bathurst he claimed pole position a record six times ( 1974 , 1977 , 1978, 1979, 1983 and 1989 ), with all bar his 1989 pole in a Ford Sierra RS500 being for Holden. Brock also sat on pole for the 1997 V8 Supercars race but the time was set by his co-driver Mark Skaife . His record at this race earned him
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#17330941444224004-587: The line and was hit from the rear by another car before the second turn on lap one. After a crushing end to his Bathurst 1000 campaign, Tander was visibly upset, probably realising that his run at the V8 Supercar title was all but over. The car had been near on fastest in every practice and qualifying session prior to the race on the Sunday. For the second year in a row Tander won the Symmons Plains round, winning two of
4081-597: The meeting with tyre troubles and wasn't a factor in the race being some 20 seconds per lap slower than the Torana. Brock claimed that scrutineering was almost non-existent at Macau, while Firth would describe Glemser's Capri and the Alfa Romeo GTA of third placed Hong Kong driver Albert Poon as "pretty damned rude" for not being strictly production cars as they were supposed to be. Unlike several other Australian drivers, including Alan Jones and Larry Perkins, Brock did not seek
4158-559: The points lead from his teammate Rick Kelly . Late in the season, Tander had a disappointment at Bathurst where brake issues forced his retirement, but at Surfers Paradise and Bahrain he scored solid points to take the lead in the championship back off Jamie Whincup . At the penultimate Symmons Plains round in Tasmania, Tander won the first race, before a slow pitstop in the second race dropped him to tenth. A clash with Steven Richards over second position broke his steering column, ending
4235-406: The popular nickname King of the Mountain . Peter Brock also won the second (and last) Bathurst 24 Hour race in 2003 driving a 7.0L V8 -powered Holden Monaro 427C for Garry Rogers Motorsport . Brock won the race, which although not the Bathurst 1000, he regarded as his tenth Bathurst win driving alongside V8 Supercar drivers Greg Murphy , Jason Bright and Todd Kelly . The #05 Monaro won
4312-507: The project to make it worth doing. Brock and the Holden Dealer Team worked in partnership, with full factory approval and assistance, to produce a number of high-performance modifications to the Commodores under existing CAMS Group C regulations from 1980 to 1987. Some of these were HDT " homologation specials", one step away from race cars. It was around this time that Brock began his run of six Bathurst 1000 wins in seven years with
4389-400: The race by less than half a second from the 2002 race winning GRM Monaro 427C driven by Nathan Pretty , Garth Tander , Steven Richards and Cameron McConville . The two Monaros finished 12 laps in front of the third-placed Porsche 996 GT3 RC of Peter Fitzgerald , Paul Morris , John Teulan and Scott Shearman . Along with his record at the Bathurst race, Brock also claimed victory in
4466-407: The racing track Brock became the Australian racing driver with the highest-profile as he undertook several media commitments. When not racing he often appeared on New Zealand television screens as a presenter; hosting motoring shows such as TV3's Police Stop (1996–1998) and TVNZ's Love That Car (2000). In Australia, Brock hosted a show similar to Police Stop known as Police Camera Action which
4543-411: The road car runs. He co-drove this race with Steven Richards , Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty while driving for V8 Supercar team boss Garry Rogers Motorsport . Tander was widely tipped to drive the Monaro for GRM in the Australian Nations Cup Championship in 2003 but concentrated instead on V8 Supercars with the drive going to Nathan Pretty. In the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour Tander, again driving
4620-483: The second billing in his driver pairing with Perkins. From 1974 until 1977 Larry Perkins had made 11 starts in F1 and, to the large number of European motoring press covering the two World Endurance Championship races, ex-F1 driver Larry 'Larrikins' Perkins was the star driver with Brock seen as nothing more than a saloon car driver. According to Perkins, "The Porsche exercise at Le Mans was great although PB (Brock) struggled with
4697-465: The spot with Brock failing to get a drive in his last Bathurst race after Plato had started the car and was due to hand over to Brock a few laps after the crash. Brock also drove a Holden Monaro 427C for Garry Rogers Motorsport (GRM), winning four from four races in what was thought to be a one-off appearance in the support races for the 2003 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. This led to him driving
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#17330941444224774-527: The team parted company at the end of the season. He occasionally competed in various enthusiast-level motorsport events such as the Targa Tasmania with the Monaros he drove actually constructed by Holden Special Vehicles. His smooth on-camera persona and familiarity to older Australians continued to sell products, including Mobil (including a 2000 United States television commercial) and Bridgestone tyres, as
4851-485: The third place Porsche 911 GT3 RC. In 2004 Tander remained at Garry Rogers Motorsport but it was announced in the early part of the season that he would not be returning to the team in 2005. His season started poorly at Adelaide with a DNF in Race 1 and he was unable to even start Race 2. The rest of the year improved slightly for Garth with his stand out results being 4th overall for the Round at Barbagallo and Sandown. He ended
4928-515: The third race prematurely. Tander claimed the 2007 V8 Supercars Championship, just two points ahead of Jamie Whincup with Craig Lowndes in third, and defending champ Rick Kelly in fourth. All four were in contention for the title in the Grand Finale. His round win at Philip Island also saw Holden secure the manufacturers title, and Toll HSV Dealer Team took the teams championship. In 2008 Tander moved to Holden Racing Team after three years at
5005-426: The three races, even with engine troubles resulting in the car running on seven cylinders. During race one, someone rear-ended him from first to finish fourth with a few laps to go. Tander raced the #16 Toll HSV Commodore in 2007 , and won the second round (held at Barbagallo Raceway in his home state of Western Australia), winning all three 50-lap races. He also repeated this at Queensland Raceway. This saw him take
5082-501: The traditional lead up race to Bathurst, the Sandown 500 , nine times, including a string of seven consecutive wins from 1975 until 1981. He won a total of 37 races during his career in the Australian Touring Car / V8 Supercar championships, a record only eventually equalled by Mark Skaife in 2006 and beaten in 2007. Brock had a brief foray into Open wheel racing when he raced a Ford powered Birrana 273 to 8th place in
5159-413: The very same Monaro from 2002 with the same co-drivers in the same team, came second to the team's second Monaro driven by Peter Brock , Greg Murphy , Jason Bright and Todd Kelly . Driving at the end, Tander finished only 0.2 seconds behind Greg Murphy with Tander setting the race's fastest lap on lap 526, the second last of the race. The GRM Monaro's led the race throughout and finished 13 laps ahead of
5236-640: The year (his only win in the BMW would be in the 1988 Pepsi 250 at Oran Park), before driving a Ford Sierra RS500 in 1989 and 1990 . As the turbo-charged Sierras were the Group A cars to have at the time it was seen as a logical move to return to the front end of the field. During 1988 Brock also campaigned a V8 Ford XF Falcon in the Calder Park Thunderdome -based AUSCAR series, though unlike touring car rivals such as Jim Richards, Allan Grice and Brad Jones , Brock's foray into Superspeedway racing
5313-524: The year 11th in the Championship. In November 2004 it was announced that Garth would move to the HSV Dealer Team on a 3-year deal starting in 2005. In 2005 he moved to a newly renamed team, the HSV Dealer Team (formerly K-Mart Racing Team) partnered with dual Bathurst winner Rick Kelly. Tander was leading the V8 Supercar championship in 2006 after six rounds, but a disastrous round in Oran Park lost him
5390-500: Was after watching the race that he decided that he wanted to become a race driver when he left the army. His brother Phil also became a racing driver, and co-drove with his brother in the Bathurst 1000 on two occasions. During his early career Brock raced some "wild and woolly" creations including the famous blue 6-cylinder Holden-powered Austin A30 . Brock rose to public attention in touring car racing . Brock made his debut at Bathurst in
5467-559: 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). He claimed that his driving skill improved at this point of his life because
5544-517: Was brief. With the increasing costs of running two Sierras, and with the teams technical support from the UK-based Andy Rouse also stopping thanks to Rouse moving to drive for Toyota , Brock returned to driving a Holden in 1991, teaming with former HDT co-driver Perkins (who had left the HDT in mid-1985) to run a pair of VN SS Group A Commodores . The association with Perkins Engineering only lasted for one year, though Brock continued to run
5621-422: Was fourth and in pursuit of his second enduro win after his stunning victory at Sandown, said immediately after the incident he blamed Whincup for starting the chain reaction. Garth rejoined GRM at the start of the 2017 season. He spent two years with GRM but was unexpectedly dumped by the team just before the start of the 2019 season. Without a full-time drive he was signed by Triple Eight Race Engineering to be
5698-433: Was not an entirely faithful partner. She has described in a book her eventual tiring in the early 1990s of his relationships with "one too many secretaries". After splitting with Bev, Peter began a relationship with Julie Bamford, whom he had met through his former partner Bev some 20 years previously. Subsequently, Bamford's estranged husband Ron McCurdy, who had once been a close friend of Brock's, assaulted Brock during
5775-411: Was not released to the public. Brock's children accepted the offer of a Victorian state funeral , with former partner Bev telling ABC Radio : The editor of Wheels Magazine , Ged Bulmer, said that Brock would be remembered for his nine victories at Bathurst , for "He had a long and very successful career there, he was the 'King of the Mountain' as he came to be known." Brock was farewelled with
5852-490: Was shown on the Seven Network (1996–98). Brock has been the subject of several DVD documentaries— The Legend (1997; updated 2004), Peter Brock - Nine Times a Champion , Holden First Around Australia (Repco Trial VB Commodore) , 25 Years of HDT Special Vehicles Collectors Edition (2006) and 35 Years on the Mountain (2005). He was also due to star in a racing film King of the Mountain in early 2007. He announced to
5929-471: Was to win in Australia he should try his hand overseas with the 'big boys', meaning Le Mans. After millionaire businessman and racer Bob Jane got involved with sponsorship through his Bob Jane T-Marts , a deal was completed to race a Porsche 956 B rented from John Fitzpatrick Racing in 1984. This car was a well-worn 956, chassis number 956-102 previously seen in J. David and Skoal Bandit colours. With regular HDT co-driver Larry Perkins, Brock finished 21st at
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