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Late racing great Peter Brock should be blocked from the motorsport Hall of Fame due to allegations he was violently abusive towards a former wife in the mid 1970s, says one media commentator.<\/h3>\n

\u201cPeter Brock was a brilliant racing car driver but a flawed human being,\u201d Susie O\u2019Brien has written in the Herald Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my eyes his legacy has been tarnished by allegations he was violently abusive towards his former wife Michelle Downes in the mid 1970s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inaugural Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame will be held next month, and O\u2019Brien said Brock should not be inducted.<\/p>\n

\u201cDownes says she was frequently beaten by Brock during their 12-month marriage, and that the violence began on the honeymoon,\u201d wrote O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

\u201cDownes says Brock once threw her up against a wall and even forced her to have an abortion. The allegations have been substantiated by the couple\u2019s landlady, who told New Idea she had taken in Downes one night after one such beating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bev and Peter Brock | Image | News Ltd<\/a><\/h6>\n

Brock was never charged or convicted of domestic violence, and the allegations against him were first made two months after he died in a rally car crash in 2006.<\/h3>\n

Another ex-partner, Bev Brock, has previously defended Peter, saying he was never violent or aggressive, but Downes\u2019 claims have never been \u201cdiscredited\u201d, according to O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say there are too many questions over Brock\u2019s character for him to receive an inaugural Hall of Fame award,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrock\u2019s achievements on the track \u2014 which include winning the Bathurst 1000 nine times \u2014 justify the award, but his status as an alleged wife beater does not.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the very least the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport should make it very clear the award is for Brock, the driver, not Brock the man.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think \u2013 should Peter Brock be in the motorsport Hall of Fame?<\/p>\n

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