Beautiful tribute to racing icon unveiled

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A acceptable of constricted variation commemorative stamps person been released by Australia Post to observe 50 years since the precocious Peter Brock's archetypal Bathurst 1000 win.

Dubbed the 'King of the Mountain', Brock won the Great Race connected 9 occasions betwixt 1972 and 1987 – the astir of immoderate operator to date.

This twelvemonth marks the 50th day since his archetypal triumph with the Holden Dealer Team successful a Holden Torana.

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To observe it, 5 stamps person been released featuring immoderate of the astir iconic cars of Brock's career.

The archetypal of those features the 1972-winning Holden LJ Torana, which helium won solo successful that year's 500-mile race.

Also featured is his LX Torana (1979) and VC Commodore (1980) which Brock shared with Jim Richards.

The VK Commodore (1984) Brock drove with Larry Perkins is besides immortalised.

One of the much fascinating cars, the VL Commodore of 1987, is the past successful the collection.

That twelvemonth 'Peter Perfect' won with Peter McLeod and David Parsons, aft the car that Parsons and Brock were initially sharing expired connected thigh 32 of the contention earlier switching cars.

Only Craig Lowndes and Jim Richards person travel adjacent to Brock's mantle, each with 7 wins to their credit.

This weekend's Bathurst 1000 is the past for the Holden marque successful Supercars,

Next year, the car volition beryllium replaced by the Chevrolet Camaro nether the new-for-2023 regulations dubbed Gen3.

"Bathurst is 1 of the astir iconic races successful the satellite and we privation to appropriately recognise this historical extremity of an epoch for Holden successful racing," said Chris Payne, General Manager Chevrolet Racing.

"Sunday volition beryllium affectional for a batch of Holden fans, including ex-Holden and contention squad employees and ex-Dealer staff, the last clip a Holden races successful a Supercars lawsuit astatine Bathurst.

"It would beryllium an outstanding mode to farewell Holden from the Mountain if 1 of the Commodore. drivers tin adhd to the brand's 35 contention wins astatine the circuit."

The Bathurst 1000 gets underway connected Sunday astatine 11:15am and volition instrumentality successful 161 laps of Mount Panorama.

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