Thread: BROCK OR WHINCUP?

Originally Posted by CraigE

You are kidding, holden ran an underpowered car that handled and you call that unfair against a GTHO? You are just delerious. How do you work oit Holden cheated? The races were open to any car sold in Australia that sold over a certain amount.
What about the fact the Dick Johnson only won races when he ran a Falcon 500 odd kilos lighter than anyone else as some moron lodged the weight of a Falocm ute instead of the sedan. If this did not occur he would not have won too many races and would have gotten nowhere near Brock in any race.Not to mention at the time of the Sierras you were supposed to be able to buy one. Ever tried buying a POS Sierra let alone a Cosworth in Australia.

Bugger had no idea about the weight issue with the falcons dick has always been a hero of mine got me thinking twice about how i feel about him now maybe he wasnt as good as i thought

Brock would never have done a dive bomb on his team mate like Whincup did today. He was never going to make that corner without smacking into Lowndes to slow him down.

I guess it's already been said sort of, but you really cannot compare the drivers. Different times, different cars and today's drivers have personal trainers to keep them fit, budgets that are just rude etc.....racing today is a much more professional organised system, tracks are much different in design(type of surfacing, curbings etc)safety features such as run offs etc.
Cars were what you could buy...mostly, not the controlled packages to keep teams even in performance.

Brocky will always be a legend regardless of who wins what in the future, and the driver who beats his record will be a legend in his own right....

IMO, you can only compare drivers who race together in the same period because for drivers from different times, you do a disservice to one or the other to suggest either is better or worse than the other.

RIP Brocky, c'mon Loundesy.....

Cheers all
Kev

Originally Posted by PAT303

Like all forms of motor sport there isn't a ''best'' driver but a best driver/team/motor/designer with all thier ducks in a row,take away one element and it doesn't work.All the drivers mentioned are equal at thier peek.. Pat

The one element is money . When Brock had unlimited funds he was on top , & the same with Johnson & now its Red Bull. You need money to buy the best parts .

What was the Bathurst where Brock came from behind in pouring rain and got a win. The work of a champion.

Rip brockie

Originally Posted by Debacle

Brock would never have done a dive bomb on his team mate like Whincup did today. He was never going to make that corner without smacking into Lowndes to slow him down.

Right you are mate. the post race interview didnt do much for me in terms of lowndes standing in whincups eyes as he said the move was on. i read that as i dont give a **** about lowndes or the team its all about me. also brock always made time for the fans last year when the race was up here whincup was just rude and you could tell he didnt want to be there but lowndes never stop smiling the kids and adults just loved him.

and nobody has ever bred a Border Collie like Peter Brock did.

Brock is the all-time legend. I think Whincup is the creme of the current crop, but as mentioned above, I think red bull is pushing the good bits to Whincup and there's some secret squirrel business on the radios during races that we don't hear!

In my opinion, as a professional and public image, Lowndes is the only other person to be as good as Brock. Whincup is awesome, but I would be too if that was my job and I was getting paid 5 times what I'm earning now!

Cheers
Keithy