Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "American Reacts to Peter Brock describes a lap of Bathurst (1986)" video.

  1. Took a while for Bathurst 500 race cars to be allowed to put a roll cage into the car. Was it 69 or 70?
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  2. The 1986 Bathurst 1000km race was for cars in three classes Class A For cars of up to 2000cc engine capacity, it saw a variety of cars entered. Most numerous were variations of Toyota Corollas, with individual entries of a turbocharged Fiat Uno, a Ford Escort and a Nissan Gazelle. Class B For cars of between 2001 and 3000cc engine capacity, it featured the turbos; Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Skyline and Volvo 240, but also included Alfa Romeo GTV6, BMW 323i, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Toyota Supra. Class C For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity. Apart from a strong presence of BMW 635 CSi, the swansong of the V12 Jaguar XJS, and the first appearance of a turbocharged Ford Sierra, it was the domain of the V8; Holden Commodore SS Group A, Ford Mustang and Rover Vitesse. Commodores ran 1 and 2 then the early Nissan Skyline then the Dick Johnson Mustang ( Fox body?) Peter Brock's Commodore only made it to fifth place that year.
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  3. Search for Racecam development 1979 for the story behind the Australian developed tech that gave us these images of Peter Brock in the race then went on to be sold and used in NASCAR as the system worked so well. Wish I was able to give direct links, but your channel seems not to allow this.
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  4. There is also the famous US racing involved Pete Brock. He designed the famous Cobra Daytona streamlined faster version of the Cobra. Our Peter Brock died in a modern replica of a Cobra Daytona, you could say they body designed by the US Peter Brock. Spooky or what?
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