Peter Brock is hoping some Olympic inspiration will help him to conquer the Betta Electrical Sandown 500 this weekend and ultimately 🅷an unprecedented tenth Bathurst 1000 crown, on his final appearance in the event.

The undisputed 'King of the Mountain' was one of four team liaison officers for the record breaking Australian Olympic team in Athens, along with the liꦯkes of rugby union great John Eales and swimming legend Laurie Lawrence.

Brock is now back in the driver's seat having ꦰaccepted an offer to drive his re-introduced and legendary 05 Holden Commodore at Sandown and Bathurst at the request of Holden Racing Team owner Mark Skaife.

He will partner British touring car driver Jason Plato in the two enduro events and admitted that he had to take the drive whꦑen it was offered.

"I still feel quite humbled by the fact I'm here," he said. "When Mark called I thought 'Please don't ask me becausಞe it will just be too good and I won't be able to say no'. Then when I had the chance to get into the car again the✃ memories began flooding back."

Brock, who has won Sandown i💮n the past and Bathurst a record n🧜ine times, believes he still has a chance to win again this season.

"I never like to discount any opportunity in life and although I'd be foolish to think I can out-drive these guys 𒈔you never, ever know," he said. 🥃"When it's your day, it's your day."

And he claimed to have taken some driv♐ing tips from the chaotic streets of ♔Athens.

"I saw drivers🍌 there that would do anything, we might as well have been on the road with a 🅺truckload of Russell Ingalls!" he said. "I think I'm fully prepared for Sandown."

Glenn Seton, another of the veterans on the grid, knows that a good performance at Sandown can often mean bigger things at Bathurst. He has won Sandown twice, as has♏ his team-mate and co-driver Craig Lowndes.

"It has always been the traditional buildup to Bathurst, is a very good build up and is a very important one," he said. "Things🐟 can go wrong in your first endurance race with drivers pairing up so here you get the opportunity to iron things out. Looking back on last year we didn't have such a great Sandown but we performed very well at Bathurst."

Seton and Lowndes finished second to Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly at Bathurst la🍃st year.