Brock’s six-lap special

One of the most celebrated Bathurst 1000-winning cars, the A9X that won in 1979 remains one of the most lightly raced Great Race victors.

Story: Aaron Noonan

The days of dominant victories in the Bathurst 1000 are consigned to history. In fact, you have to go back to 1991 and Nissan’s all-conquering twin-turbo all-wheel-drive GT-R to find the last time a car claimed victory by a lap or more at the end of a long day at Mount Panorama. The modern V8 Supercar era – for all of its criticisms – inevitably produces a nail-biting finish to the race, courtesy of the Safety Car, that leaves the nation on the edge of its collective seats. But it was one of those confidence-smashing multi-lap margin victorious results of the ‘old days’ that is celebrated as perhaps one of the greatest feats in Bathurst history by its greatest exponent – Peter Geoffrey Brock. And the car that did it is revered…

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