He won Bathurst at the same time that I won Miss Australia
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Harry: When it started to interfere with motor racing I sat him down and had a few words about it. Phil: Well, Holden basically sent him to finishing school and Peter went and did elocution lessons, manners and really learnt how to eyeball people and to make them feel comfortable. He was raw material, a rough diamond. But as the years progressed and he acquired more polish more and more of the facets of the diamond became brighter. But there were also some, some obvious dark sides as well. Man on PA: Miss Australia 1973. Ladies and gentleman, Michelle Downes. Michelle: He won Bathurst at the same time that I won Miss Australia
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Harry: When it started to
interfere with motor racing
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I sat him down and had a few
words about it.
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Phil: Well, Holden basically
sent him to finishing school
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and Peter went and did
elocution lessons,
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manners and really learnt
how to eyeball people
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and to make them feel
comfortable.
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He was raw material,
a rough diamond.
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But as the years progressed
and he acquired more polish
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more and more of the facets of
the diamond became brighter.
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But there were also some, some
obvious dark sides as well.
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Man on PA: Miss Australia 1973.
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Ladies and gentleman,
Michelle Downes.
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Michelle: He won Bathurst
at the same time
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that I won Miss Australia.
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Movie Summary
Brock: Over the Top is a feature length documentary that not only chronicles the extraordinary life of Australia's greatest racing car driver, Peter Brock, but peels away the surface to reveal the profoundly human story behind the...
