Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock has been killed in an accident while taking part in the Targa West rally in Western Australia, motor sport officials have confirmed. … West Australian police say a car competing in the Targa West rally crashed into a tree at Gidgegannup about 30 kilometres north-east of Perth about 12pm.

drive.com.au: Peter Brock killed in crash

Gidgegannup, a town I imagine very few people had ever head of, has suddenly been thrust into the news, and thanks to Google Maps, we can all see where it is too.

What a week. First Steve Irwin, then Peter Brock.  My deepest condolences to his family, this is going to hit everyone hard.  And can someone please put a gag in Germaine Greer’s mouth before she says something else stupid, like how car racing is a horrible polluting sport and the trees have taken their revenge.

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I’m after any car/truck/bike/<insert other means of transport here> blogs that people know of. Obviously there is Autoblog & the Drive Blog, but I’m sure there must be others. I’m particularly interested in seeing what other Australian car blogs there are. Is you know of any blogs that fit this description, please let me know.

They don’t need to be ‘professional’ sites, just as long as they’re mostly to do with vehicles!

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Eighteen months ago, Naples resident Tony Ierardi opened up a DeLorean remanufacturing operation with the help of Texan Stephen Wynne, who had purchased the rights to the DeLorean name and logo, along with the factory’s leftover parts.

The company is now capable of building a “new” be-winged coupes for $42,500-and of course, they’re happy to remedy the factory-correct DeLorean’s rather sluggish performance for a few dollars more. Ierardi and company are doing so well at the moment that they’ve already got a wait of upwards of 60 days for their versions of John Z’s stainless-steel wonder.

Come on, you know you’ve always wanted one! Truly the definitive car of the 80s. We’ve had a few for sale on Drive in the past, nothing at the moment unfortunately, and I found this one for sale on eBay in the UK