I am Peter Brock, said three year old Charlie Williams as he raced around in his motorised Holden at his grandparents' home in Douglas.
Although an Australian, Peter Brock had just as many fans across the ditch.
Hundreds of Brock's diehard fans - many of whom became friends over his 35-year motor
racing career - were among the invited mourners at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne last Tuesday.
Most chose to wear Holden or Team Brock shirts as their mark of respect.
Thousands more waited outside the cathedral and packed Federation Square across the street to catch a glimpse of Brock's casket, draped in an Australian flag, as it was placed into a Holden hearse bearing the number plate 'BROCKY'.
Killed competing in the sport he loved, Brock was remembered as a man who inspired youngsters to live their dreams without fear.
Brock was remembered for his incomparable nine Bathurst victories, as the poster boy for Holden, as a man passionate about the environment and as one who helped disadvantaged children through the Peter Brock Foundation.
More than a thousand mourners also gathered for a service at Mt Panorama, coinciding with the state funeral in Melbourne. Hundreds of the race fans later drove in convoy to the Brock Skyline, the summit of what Brock had called "the best racing track on the planet", to pay tribute one last time to the King of the Mountain.
