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Michelle: The publicity machine was very, very, very active
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Brock: Over the Top

Around that time, Peter got a, a manager who was being most difficult with General Motors...

Michelle: The publicity machine was very, very, very active. We sort of became the golden couple. Peter was still very much an unknown person unless you were a racing car fanatic and then you would've known who he was. He enjoyed the attention and he enjoyed being a public person, very much. He started to taste what fame was like through my profile. Ian: Around that time, Peter got a, a manager who was being most difficult with General Motors a concern to Harry, and that was upsetting everyone. At race meetings he'd just jump in the car after the race leave all his clothes in the marquee. Expect us to pick up everything and take them back to work. He was married to Miss Australia and I think he started to
believe he was Mr. Australia

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Michelle: The publicity machine was very, very, very active.
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We sort of became the golden couple.
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Peter was still very much an unknown person
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unless you were a racing car fanatic
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and then you would've known who he was.
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He enjoyed the attention
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and he enjoyed being a public person, very much.
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He started to taste what fame was like
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through my profile.
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Ian: Around that time, Peter got a, a manager
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who was being most difficult with General Motors
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a concern to Harry, and that was upsetting everyone.
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At race meetings he'd just jump in the car after the race
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leave all his clothes in the marquee.
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Expect us to pick up everything and take them back to work.
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He was married to Miss Australia
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and I think he started to believe he was Mr. Australia.
Duration
52 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:49
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
WildBear Entertainment,Universal Pictures Australia,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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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...
The more my profile lifted - Brock: Over the Top 00:06
The more my profile lifted
When something was happening to him, like he was at a race - Brock: Over the Top 00:10
When something was happening to him, like he was at a race
It was after we got married - Brock: Over the Top 00:06
It was after we got married
I had to go and be on television - Brock: Over the Top 00:12
I had to go and be on television
If he hadn't won a race, God help us. - Brock: Over the Top 00:05
If he hadn't won a race, God help us.
Phil: So he would frustrate Harry just by doing it the way - Brock: Over the Top 00:15
Phil: So he would frustrate Harry just by doing it the way
Garry: Harry was a fantastic manager, but I don't think - Brock: Over the Top 00:13
Garry: Harry was a fantastic manager, but I don't thi...
Michelle: You couldn't do anything about it in those days - Brock: Over the Top 00:08
Michelle: You couldn't do anything about it in those d...
I used to call the police and they'd say - Brock: Over the Top 00:18
I used to call the police and they'd say
Very, very painful time of my life. - Brock: Over the Top 00:05
Very, very painful time of my life.
David: Clearly, it was a difficult relationship - Brock: Over the Top 00:29
David: Clearly, it was a difficult relationship
Phil: Holden, being part of General Motors - Brock: Over the Top 00:12
Phil: Holden, being part of General Motors
Lewis: And image is everything for a big company like that. - Brock: Over the Top 00:42
Lewis: And image is everything for a big company like that...
Man 32: With the problems he's giving General Motors - Brock: Over the Top 00:06
Man 32: With the problems he's giving General Motors
From Holden's point of view - Brock: Over the Top 00:08
From Holden's point of view
We just couldn't believe that we were going to lose - Brock: Over the Top 00:07
We just couldn't believe that we were going to lose
[instrumental music] - Brock: Over the Top 00:12
[instrumental music]
But here you are with one of the only two full, - Brock: Over the Top 00:21
But here you are with one of the only two full,
Bev: I had a girlfriend who lived in Melbourne. - Brock: Over the Top 00:13
Bev: I had a girlfriend who lived in Melbourne.
That took me aback because I said, - Brock: Over the Top 00:14
That took me aback because I said,