In total, 25 drivers have won the Australian Touring Car Championship/Supercars championship over the last six decades.
To commemorate the 60-year milestone, we put these drivers together on a grid to see how this dream ‘Race of Champions’ would look. With drivers with the most titles higher up the grid, we’ve also picked the most dominant championship-winning cars for the multi-time champs. Here’s how the 25-car grid of champions would look…
25 DAVID MCKAY
1960 • DAVID MCKAY • JAGUAR MARK 1 3.4
McKay won the first Australian Touring Car Championship in a Jaguar Mark 1 3.4 at Gnoo Blas near Orange, New South Wales, in 1960. The motoring journalist enjoyed a distinguished racing career, highlighted by the championship win.
24 BILL PITT
1961 • MRS DI ANDERSON • JAGUAR MARK 1 3.4
Pitt became the second championship winner in a Jaguar Mark 1 3.4 at Lowood, Queensland, in 1961. Pitt had an extensive career racing Jaguars, finishing second in 1960 by six seconds before victory the following year.
23 ROBBIE FRANCEVIC
1986 • VOLVO DEALER TEAM • VOLVO 240T
Francevic became the oldest winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship at 44 years of age in 1986. The New Zealander overcame internal team squabbles to give Volvo its maiden championship win.
22 JAMES COURTNEY
2010 • DICK JOHNSON RACING • FORD FG FALCON
Courtney scored his first and so far only championship win following a sensational title race in 2010. In a Triple Eight-built Ford FG Falcon, Courtney overcame the ownership instability at Dick Johnson Racing to win the title in a dramatic finale in Sydney.
21 RICK KELLY
2006 • HSV DEALER TEAM • HOLDEN VZ COMMODORE
This story is from the June - July 2019 Issue 111 edition of V8X Supercar Magazine.
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