16/10/2026
Brock’s Ninth Win!
The last car to arrive through our doors following race week at Mount Panorama is Peter Brock’s final Bathurst 1000 winner!
Brock and the Holden Dealer Team had a tumultuous 1987, especially following Brock’s high profile split with Holden. However, the team fronted up to Bathurst with a pair of VL Commodores to contest the Great Race, now part of the World Touring Car Championship.
The team’s lead car, with all of the best parts available lasted only 34 laps before the engine failed, and thanks to the rules in place that allowed cross-entering, Brock and David ‘Skippy’ Parsons joined Peter McLeod in the #10 car. The team battled through treacherous conditions, Brock memorably sliding the HDT car across a wet mountain on slick tyres, crossing the line in third place. With the eventual exclusion of the first and second placed Ford Sierras from the Texaco team, Brock, Parsons and McLeod were declared the winners of the 1987 Hardie-Ferodo 1000.
After spending several years overseas, this car has recently been restored and we’re thrilled to have it here on display at Mount Panorama!
The Peter Brock: King of the Mountain special exhibition will run until late January 2027.
The National Motor Racing Museum is open daily from 9am to 4:30pm, closed on Tuesdays.
