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Peter Brock has become a blogger!  Sometimes referred to as the Energizer Bunny, Brock continues to delight us with his designs, insights and stories.

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The history of BRE’s Datsun parts business during and after the TransAm championships seems totally undocumented.   1. How important was the parts business to the viability of BRE? One of the main tenants of my contract with Mr. Katayama (Mr. K), the President of the western half of Datsun USA, was that we’d make all the race development information and speed equipment we designed for the BRE race cars available to anyone who seriously
Ken Miles
Ken Miles made all the difference in the world in my success at Shelby’s.  First, when I started for Carroll and ran his driving school, I only had less than a dozen races under my belt. I hadn’t been back from GM Styling in Michigan too long before I hooked up with Carroll and he asked if I’d run his school. I wasn’t about to question my driving experience and turn down this amazing opportunity.

3 thoughts on “The BRE Parts Business

  1. Brock surely had to be one of the first in racing to think to offer their race parts to the public for street cars. No wonder Datsuns became so popular.

  2. A friend who worked w/me at GM in LA had one of those 510s with some of your parts and I remember it was a ball to drive. Sure surprised quite a few Alfas and Mustangs on the street.
    Never a big fan of rice rockets and furrin cars, the 510 changed my outlook.

    We used to like to watch you guys race @ Laguna. Those cars were surprisingly fast.

    I looked up the article in my HRM collection just for fun.

  3. Hi Pete….thanks for the info I didn’t know…..while reading It came to mind my son-in-laws business with his father: https://gearles.com/ they make gears of all kinds and for all industries…..you might check it out to see what they are capable of for your business….bob

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