Category Archives: Sport

We Still Love You Brocky

Today is the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of Peter Brock in the 2006 Targa West Rally. So many things could be said about Peter Brock, but words would not do justice to his feats in a racing car. So lets just watch him on the way to his ninth – (and ultimately final) […]

Bomber Chapters Of My Life

Having pulled off a series of inspirational wins in 2011, Essendon supporters have definitely gotten value for their money this year – and none was better than the gutsy defeat of the previously unbeaten Geelong several weeks ago, as shown below: Sitting in my usual seat, it came after a couple of difficult weeks in […]

From The Vault: Last to First!

One more from the video collection, the last lap of the fabulous 1995 Tooheys 1000, on the first lap of which Larry Perkins collided with Craig Lowndes. The contact tore the tyre valve from the front left wheel of Perkins’ car, and after pitting for a new wheel and tyre and ending up more than […]

Peter Brock – Has It Really Been Five Years?

It is really hard to imagine that it has been almost five years since we lost Peter Brock. The anniversary is only a matter of a little over a month away. Trawling through another section of my old video collection over the weekend, I found this interesting snippet of Brock being interviewed by Channel Seven’s […]

The Mayor of Essendon Returns

In a fairly corny piece put together by Seven Nightly News in 1993, Mark Thompson was named “the new Mayor of Essendon” for a day, after captaining the Essendon Football Club to the 1993 AFL premiership. With the return of Thompson to Windy Hill in December as the senior assistant to new head coach James […]

Fabian Coulthard: Better Than Dreamworld

In a testament to the strength and safety of modern racing cars, Fabian Coulthard walked away from this accident at the start of today’s Bathurst 1000. Coulthard was heard to say later in the day that it was “better than any ride at Dreamworld”. I’m just glad he’s still with us, and can keep a […]

Bathurst: 20 Years of a Famous Victory

With Bathurst approaching this weekend, there has been much focus on the famous victory in the 1990 Tooheys 1000 by Win Percy and Allan Grice, driving for the then newly formed Holden Racing Team. The race holds a special place for a lot of people – particularly Holden fans – after a long drought of […]

1990 ATCC: How Times Change

With the 2010 championship for V8 Supercars Australia nearing the endurance races, and the business end of the season, I thought it might be worth having a look at this summary of the 1990 championship – 20 years ago. Interesting to see old names like Colin Bond, the late Peter Brock, Dick Johnson, and Win […]

Age Versus Fitness in Motor Racing

I have often heard it argued that motor racing is not a sport, that it can’t be difficult to sit in a car and just drive. Of course, just about any form of motor sport is hard work – anyone who thinks otherwise should take the chance to have a go at their local go-kart […]

1991: Brock Returns to Holden

Delving back again into my archive of video, I’ve stumbled across a great piece about the return of Peter Brock to Holden in 1991, after a year with BMW and two with Ford between 1988 and 1990. After losing engineering support with Andy Rouse moving to Toyota in the British series in 1991, Brock needed […]