An oil painting of Peter Brock racing his A9X Torana to victory at Bathurst, 1978. (With images
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.
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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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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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In the year of the iconic Hot August Night by Neil Diamond, it was February 4 1972 when the Holden Torana LJ broke cover. The General was chasing under-30s buyers and in October 1972 a knockabout, long-haired 27-year-old named Peter Brock winning Australia's great race in a Torana was the stuff of dreams for the folk at Fisherman's Bend.
1978 HDT Torana A9X Legend Series
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.
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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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An original GM Holden Ad for the 1976 LX Torana, with Peter Brock explaing Radial Tuned Suspension.Please subscribe to our YouTube channel, and visit our sit.
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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.
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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.
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The same Torana was used by Brock in the 1973 ATCC, earning his first ATCC race win en route to finishing runner-up to Moffat in the championship, before being sold by the HDT the following year. It passed through the hands of a number of owners, including Dick Johnson, and was still being raced when it was bought by current custodian Glen Amos.
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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.
Peter Brock Holden Torana XU1 Sandown 1973 Printed with a black border and a caption
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.
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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.
Peter Brock Torana GTR XU1 Photograph by Stuart Row
From this thinking was born the Holden Torana A9X. An evolution of the Torana SS and earlier L34, it emerged from the Holden factory, designed to homologate mechanical components expressly for racing.. The car was earmarked to be built as a racer for the late great Peter Brock. However, Brock returned to the factory team after a few years as.
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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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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.
