David McKay (journalist)
| David McKay | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
14 May 1921 North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Died | 26 December 2004 (aged 83) |
| Australian Drivers' Championship | |
| Years active | 1959–63 |
| Teams | Scuderia Veloce |
| Best finish | 3rd in 1963 |
| Championship titles | |
|
1960 1958 |
Australian Touring Car Champ. Australian Tourist Trophy |
David McKay (14 May 1921 – 26 December 2004) was an Australian journalist and prominent motoring identity.
While most well known as a journalist, specifically as a motoring writer, McKay was also a prominent figure in motor racing as both a driver and a race team owner. That team, Scuderia Veloce, was the first Australian-based professional racing team, and in addition to furthering McKay's own racing career also furthered the careers of many young racing drivers including Spencer Martin, Brian Muir and Greg Cusack amongst others.
In 1958 McKay won the Australian Tourist Trophy at Bathurst in an Aston Martin DB3S. Then in 1960 McKay achieved the most memorable victory in his career, winning the inaugural Australian Touring Car Championship at the Gnoo Blas circuit in Orange driving a Jaguar Mark 1. But for a post-race penalty for a jump start, McKay would also have won the 1961 Australian Grand Prix at Mallala in South Australia but instead finished 3rd, only 4 seconds behind Lex Davison and Bib Stillwell. McKay drove a Cooper T51-Climax FPF in the Grand Prix.
Despite continuing to race various cars from open wheelers to sports cars and Production Touring Cars until his last race, the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 in a standard Volvo 242 GT with Spencer Martin where they finished 20th, McKay never again contested the ATCC as a driver following his win in 1960.
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