Bathurst can take an emotional toll on drivers and teams, but for 2006, the emotion of Peter Brock's death in the weeks ahead of The Great Race cast a cloud over the mountain. Former Channel Seven commentator Mike Raymond once declared it should be called 'Mt Brock'. For a devastated Ford driver and former Brock protege Craig Lowndes, it was fitting that he won what was the first Great Race to offer 'The Peter Brock Trophy', aboard his BA Falcon. What's more, Lowndes and co-driver Jamie Whincup went on to win Bathurst in 2007 and 2008, the only men to score a three-peat at the mountain, other than Brock and his co-drivers.
With a teary-eyed Lowndes holding aloft the tribute to his mentor, the poetry from behind the wheel was met only by the sense of justice in the race result itself.
Nominal Specifications-
- Denomination: 50c
- Year: 2018
- Metal Content: CuNi
- Mass: 15.55g
- Diameter: 31.51mm
- Finish Uncirculated
- Maximum Mintage: 30,000
- Packaging Card
- Obverse Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
- Reverse Designer: A. Ball