The Queensland Touring Car Championship (QTCC) had its official first round (which was originally an annual event) on the actual opening day of the newly built Lakeside Raceway - Sunday 19 March 1961 - a first for both. The first event was a fairly modest affair, played out in front of a crowd of around 2,000 spectators. The Governor of Queensland Sir Henry Abel Smith declared the new Lakeside facility officially open before a Queensland Touring Car Championship race headed the bill with a 15 car entry. Among those taking part were Bill Pitt in a 3.4 Jaguar, Sid Sakzewksi in a Plymouth Belvedere and Barry Tapsall in a Holden. This first QTCC race was brought together by the Queensland Motor Sporting Club (QMSC) headed by President Sid Sakzewski and had major sponsorship from BP.
Not much is currently recorded of the general history since then, however the most notable QTCC competitor was Dick Johnson who actually won 5 titles during the from 1971 to 1976. This prominence gained him entry into the national Australian Touring Car Championship, where Dick eventually also took 5 titles.
It is also not recorded when the QTCC stopped operating, however the "second coming” commenced when regular meetings where held in 2010 between the newly formed clubs' founding members of Jim Spence, Chris Brown, Garry Hawgood and Dan Cuda. What followed was an email on 25 January 2011, inviting over 20 competitors to join forces at Queensland Raceway to discuss how a championship could be created from likeminded drivers, with their cars reflecting Touring Cars of their era. The national ATCC series was now a V8 formula, so what was formed was a "not for profit" club called the Queensland V8 Series which also coincidentally had 15 competitors. Glen Seton also provided support in the foundation of the club and its racing rules, giving valuable knowledge of the ATCC historical rules and its relationship to QTCC, specifically relating to equity and parity.
The first round was held on 19 February 2012, running a 6 round championship for that year. In early 2013, for sustained growth, it was recognised that other makes. models, powerplants and body styles where required, with the club changing its name to the Queensland Touring Car Championship. This immediately paid dividends with entries regularly over 20 cars and now features more than 40 cars at most race weekends.
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Chris Brown - 2012 Championship Winner
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Scott Smith - 2012 Runner Up
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Tony Grant - 2012 Third Place
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Chris Brown - 2013 Championship Winner
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Jim Spence - 2013 Runner Up
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Karl Begg - 2013 Third Place
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Karl Begg - 2014 Overall Champion
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Richard Gresham - 2014 Overall Runner Up
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Steve Hay - 2014 Overall Third Place
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Mick Apps - 2014 Group B Champion
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Chris Begg - 2014 Group B Runner Up
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Warwick Douglas - 2014 Group B Third Place
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Brett Kennedy - 2015 Overall Champion
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Karl Begg - 2015 Overall Runner Up
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Murray Kent - 2015 Overall Third Place
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Garry Hawgood - 2015 Group B Champion
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Gary Anger - 2015 Group B Runner Up
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Warwick Douglas - 2015 Group B Third Place
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Steve Hay - 2016 Overall Champion
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Justin Anthony - 2016 Overall Runner Up
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Murray Kent - 2016 Overall Third Place
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Stuart Walker - 2016 Group B Champion
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Dean Rice - 2016 Group B Runner Up
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Gary Anger - 2016 Group B Third Place
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Brett Kennedy - 2017 Overall Champion
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Murray Kent - 2017 Overall Runner Up
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Chris Sharples - 2017 Overall Third Place
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Chris Begg - 2017 Group B Champion
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Gary Anger - 2017 Group B Runner Up
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Adam Pye - 2017 Group B Third Place
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Murray Kent -2018 Group A1 Champion
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Steve Hay - 2018 Group A1 Runner Up
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Ashley Hooper - 2018 Group A1 Third Place
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Stuart Walker - 2018 Group A2 Champion
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Gary Anger -2018 Group A2 Runner Up
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Lance Jurgeleit - 2018 Group A2 Third Place
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Mark Hyde - 2018 Group B Champion
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Leo Graae -2018 Group B Runner Up
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John Phoenix - 2018 Group B Third Place
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Chris Scharples - 2019 Overall Winner
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Pierz Harrex - 2019 Group A1 Runner Up
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Steve Hay - 2019 Group A1 Third Place
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Stuart Walker - 2019 Group A2 Champion
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Matthew Haak - 2019 Group A2 Runner Up
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Lance Jurgeliet - 2019 Group A2 Third Place
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Steve Harper - 2019 Group B Champion
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Mark Giorgio - 2019 Group B Runner Up
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Scott Kelly - 2019 Group B Third Place
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Matthew Haak - 2020 Overall Champion
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John Swarbrooke - 2020 Overall Runner Up
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Dean McMahon - 2020 Overall Third Place
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Cameron Haak - 2020 A2 Winner
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Peter Bray - 2020 A2 Runner Up
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John Phoenix - 2020 A2 Third Place
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Andrew Knight - 2020 Group B Winner
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Paul Bonaccorso - 2020 Group B Runner Up
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Gary Jones - 2020 Group B Third Place
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Matthew Haak - 2021 Overall Winner
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Chris Brown - 2021 Overall Runner Up
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Cameron Haak - 2021 Overall Third Place
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Gary Anger - 2021 Group A2 Winner
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Rob Droder - 2021 Group A2 Runner Up
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Simon Winters - 2021Group A2 Third Place
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Andrew Knight - 2021 Group B Winner
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Matt Devitt - 2021 Group B Runner Up
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Paul Bonaccorso - 2021 Group B Third Place
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Chris Brown - 2022 Overall Winner
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Gary Lange - 2022 Overall Runner Up
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Chris Sharples - 2022 Overall Third Place
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Nathan Marks - 2022 Group B Winner
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Ben Malpass - 2022 Group B Runner Up
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Nick Linton - 2022 Group B Third Place
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Hudson James - 2022 Group C Winner
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Ettorie Vosolo - 2022 Group C Runner Up
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Dean Wort - 2022 GroupC Third Place
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