LEARN ABOuT A LEgENd TEACHER`s guidE

LEARN about a legend
Teacher’s Guide
Aim:
THE COLLECTION
Champions Brock
Experience aims to
provide students and
teachers with a vast
history of Australia’s
greatest motor sporting
personality and the
times during which he
raced. Peter Brock’s
racing career spread
over almost 40 years and
many changes can be
seen during this time.
Foyer: Peter Champion Collection
Peter Brock’s history is an important part of
Australia’s sporting history; with having won the
Bathurst 1000km race an unmatched 9 times,
making Brock the “King of the Mountain”.
Peter Brock underwent many difficult times
throughout his career and through it all he remained
positive and upbeat. His courage and determination
shows the next generation what it takes to be
successful and get through some difficult times.
In this area you will find some heritage machinery
parts along with a few uncommon vehicles that are
not normally found in Australia such as a Boss Hoss
motorbike, Dodge Viper and 1972 Corvette Stingray.
We have a number of questions that relate to
this area, these questions require the children to
observe the area and read the information boards.
Past the Curtain: Peter Brock Collection
For each group of students we recommend an
adult supervisor that can read the informational
guide book. From this guide book and observation
students can find the answers to the question
sheet provided.
Background Information:
Champions Brock Experience is the private
collection of Peter Champion of Peter Brock road
and race cars. The collection has a total of 40
cars, including a small amount of tribute cars to
complete the Brock racing history.
The collection starts with Brock’s racing career
in 1967 and continues through the years until
2004. Some of the changes that occur throughout
this period include the changes in roll-cage
specifications and design, racing classes along
with body modifications and style changes which
can also be seen as the students proceed through
the collection.
Introduction to
Learn about a Legend.
Peter Brock is an icon of Australian motor sporting
history. In Central Queensland we are fortunate
enough to have the largest collection of Peter
Brock road and race cars in the country along
with many countless items of memorabilia. The
collection is owned by Peter Champion, a friend
of Brock’s from the time the pair first met at a
charity event in the mid 1990’s. Champions Brock
Experience in Yeppoon started as a dream between
friends and ended up as a world class facility.
At the Experience you will view some of the very
first race cars with the Fronty Fords in the foyer
before moving into the main collection the boasts
over 40 years of racing history.
Peter Brock began racing in 1967 with a modified
Austin A30 and he continued to race through
the many changes of motorsport. He began his
mainstream career in 1969 with a HT Monaro,
which he raced in the Group C class (this is an
Australian format of racing), in 1985 the category
changed to the Group A era and Brock continued
to race through the years even into the modern
day V8 Supercar category. All of these chapters
are reflected here in this collection.
Brock retired from motorsport in 1997 but he
continued to race in various events. These events
included a number of rally events. Champions
Brock Experience displays four of the Targa
Tasmania cars along with two off road rally
cars. Targa events are a road rally so there are
a number of differences between the road and
off-road rally cars that can be seen.
We also have almost a decade of road car history
with the specialised vehicles of HDT. HDT Special
Vehicles was the car manufacturing company that
was started by Peter Brock in 1980. HDT would
sell modified Holden Commodores through their
dealer network. The manufacture of these cars
shows the modifications that can be applied to a
base road car model.
Peter Brock had a strong belief in the next
generation and we would like to continue that was
left by his untimely death in 2006. Peter Brock
was not only a sports person with a unique skill to
master a race car but he was also an inspiration to
all. Peter Brock was invited in 2000 to the Sydney
Olympics as an Olympic Liaison Officer; he was
the first person to be honoured with this selection
that had not competed at an Olympic Games
event. Brock would return in 2004 when Australia
competed in the Olympics at Athens.
Pricing:
Champions Brock Experience is the perfect
opportunity to teach your students about the
changes in Australia’s motor sporting history
and the history of road cars but Peter Brock’s
number one lesson can be that all it takes is
determination to achieve your dreams. Peter
Brock would often sign many autographs and
many of them were adorned with a few simple
phrases that he chose to live his life by: “Life
Live”, “Follow your dreams”, “Enjoy the moment”.
15 – 29 students 1 supervisor FOC
OPTION 1:
Available to groups of 10 students plus
Guided Tour (20-30 mins)
Souvenirs
Includes: worksheets
Normal Guided Tour $ 32/ad and $14/ch
Pricing
$18 per adult / $10 per child
30 – 44 students 2 supervisors FOC
45 – 60 students 3 supervisors FOC
60 + students 4 supervisors FOC
OPTION 2:
Available to groups of 10 students plus
Light and Sound Show (15 mins)
Guided Tour (20-30 mins)
Applying to the Classroom:
Souvenirs
A visit to Champions Brock Experience can be
a great way to learn about Australia’s motor
sporting history and the legend that will live on…
Peter Brock.
Normal L/S $44/ad and $17/ch
Activities:
Champions Brock Experience through our guided
tours aims to educate our younger Australians
about the life of one the most iconic motor racing
legends in Australian history. We will discuss the
cars and the significant events in Brocks career
and the changes that were undertaken each year
in racing history, how these changes affected
the teams and other significant events. We also
have almost a decade of road car history with
the specialised vehicles of HDT. We encourage
our young guests to explore the sport of motor
racing in its many forms throughout history. We
aim to continue the legacy of this great Australian
through educating our younger generations about
not only his driving prowess but also about his
great philosophy on life.
Includes: worksheets
Pricing
$22 per adult / $13 per child
15 – 29 students 1 supervisor FOC
30 – 44 students 2 supervisors FOC
45 – 60 students 3 supervisors FOC
60 + students 4 supervisors FOC
Adult #’s per student group
Champions Brock Experience recommend that
prior to your arrival that your students be broken
into smaller groups with a supervising adult
allocated to each group.
Prep – Year 1
1 adult per 5 students
Year 2 – Year 4
1 adult per 8 students
Year 5 – Year 7 1 adult per 10 students
Year 8 – Year 12 1 adult per 15 students
Terms & Conditions of Entry
Champions Brock Experience is a unique
collection that has a dollar value into the millions
and as such we have a condition of entry policy
that we ask that all students and supervising
adults adhere to.
IDEAS
Timeline
- gather racing history of Bathurst and
the Australian Touring Car Championship
- Brock race history
- HDT history – the Brock era
Code of Conduct
All entrants into the collection must follow the
instructions of tour guides and customer service
representatives.
Activities/Questions
(vary depending on age of children)
All entrants must remain on the walking tracks at
all times and must not take a step onto the tan bark
that surrounds the car. Underneath the tan bark is
the electrical system for our lighting system.
- How many 05 cars in the collection?
Students and adults are most welcome to use
a still camera. No video cameras or recording
devices are to be used.
We ask that children are considerate of other
members of the public that may be present at the
same time and that the noise level is kept to a
minimum and that all children are well behaved
No running at any time through the collection.
Recommendations
Champions Brock Experience recommends that
each group allows approximately 45 minutes
looking through the collection.
This will of course depend on the age of the
children.
Please allow the appropriate time allocation in
addition to the 45 minutes if completing a guided
tour or the Light and Sound show.
For the guided tour add 20 minutes and for Light
and Sound Show add 50 minutes.
- How many classes of motorised
machinery?
- How many times did Brock win Bathurst?
- How many fuel bowsers are in
the collection?
- Where was the Mig 15 jet built?
- Was size engine does the Boss Hoss
motorbike have?
- What car was Peter Brock’s first
Bathurst racer?
- What year did Peter Brock retire from
motor racing?
- What years did Peter Brock win
at Bathurst?
- Name the device fitted to the HDT VL
Commodores?
- What does HDT standard for?
- What years did Peter Brock own HDT
Special Vehicles for?
- Who owns the Brock collection?
1300 798 405
[email protected]
15 Jabiru Drive, Yeppoon Queensland 4703