Peter Brock was the founder of Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) in 1965. He was an artist and designer who worked for GM and later Shelby. Brock had a hand in designing various Corvettes and the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. Throughout his life, Brock loved everything about racecars.

In 1968 Brock helped design the Toyota 2000GT while working for Shelby. After that car, Ford bought out Shelby and Brock was unemployed. He was upset with Toyota because they would not grant him the rights to race the 2000GT. This move left him with a desire to beat Toyota on the track. Brock contacted Nissan of Japan who sent him two 2000 roadsters for his racing program.

Next Brock recruited John Morton to drive for the BRE team. In 1968 they won the SCCA Pacific Coast D Production title. BRE won the title again in 1969 with support from Nissan USA, even though some of Brock’s previous co-workers were now in upper management at Nissan and disapproved of Brock’s affiliation with the company.

In 1970 the 240Z was introduced, but due to production problems BRE would have to race their 1968 roadster in the 1970 SCCA C Production class. This meant that the BRE team could retain points if they switched cars mid season as they planed. The 240Z claimed victory in its first race, so BRE knew they had a good car going into the 1971 season.

BRE fielded two 240Z cars in 1971 with Morton in one and Dan Parkinson driving the other. The cars were very competitive that season. After winning two more C Production titles, Brock had the desire to advance to a higher class of competition. BRE entered the newly created Trans Am 2.5 series. For this series BRE would field a Datsun 510 rather than their 240Z.

The 510 coupes dominated the series claiming two consecutive championships with Morton behind the wheel. Some enthusiast feel this dominated was bad for the series and ruined it.

Shockingly, in 1973 Nissan awarded the works Trans Am contract to another team and BRE closed up shop. Brock moved to the aviation industry and had many impacts upon it.

Peter Brock left a legacy in racing as an individual who strived for perfection while building a grassroots team into a factory supported powerhouse. Brock and the BRE team association with Datsun and Nissan continues to live on at vintage events across the country.