Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay

David McKay (journalist)

David McKay 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 competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia.

McKay emerged into prominence as a racing driver and as a motoring writer during the 1950s. McKay himself won many races, with his best remembered title winning the inaugural Australian Touring Car Championship

1960 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1960 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Appendix J Touring Cars. The title, which was the inaugural Australian Touring Car Championship, was contested over a single 20 lap, 75 mile race held on 1 February 1960 at the Gnoo Blas circuit...

 in 1960 driving a Mark I Jaguar.

McKay's operation began sporting the Scuderia Veloce label in 1960, following a change of sponsorship from Ampol

Ampol

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 to Castrol

Castrol

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. First running first Cooper

Cooper Car Company

The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...

-Climax

Coventry Climax

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, then Brabham-Climax

Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H...

 open racings cars in the Tasman Series

Tasman Series

The Tasman Series was a motor racing series held from 1964 to 1975, in Australia and New Zealand, and named after the Tasman Sea between the two countries...

, Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...

 and Australian Drivers' Championship

Australian Drivers' Championship

The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship which has been contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Since 2005 this category has been Formula...

. It also competed in Touring Car

Appendix J Touring Cars

Appendix J Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for modified, production based sedans. It was the premier form of Touring car racing in Australia from 1960 to 1964....

 and Sports Car

Group A Sports Cars

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 categories, running Ferrari

Ferrari

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s in the latter with considerable success. SV would eventually create the first factory supported Holden team, the Holden Dealer Racing Team

Holden Dealer Racing Team

Holden Dealer Racing Team, , was an Australian motor racing team, backed by General Motors-Holden, which contested both the London–Sydney Marathon and the Bathurst 500 endurance race in 1968....

 which ran three examples of the then new Holden Monaro

Holden Monaro

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s in the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500

1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500

The 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the ninth running of the Bathurst 500 production car race. It was held on 6 October 1968 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst...

 at Bathurst

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

 and the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon

London-Sydney Marathon

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As well as his own racing efforts, McKay supported the racing efforts of several drivers including Brian Muir and Greg Cusack, although the driver most associated with SV would be Spencer Martin.