The Light Car Club of Canberra was formed in 1963 by Iain (formerly John) Watson and a number of RAAF personnel from RAAF Fairbairn who were interested in motorsport. They began their journey by joining the only car club in Canberra at that time, the Canberra Sporting Car Club.
 

Not long after that, a few of the boys including Iain, and a couple of other CSCC members, formed the LCCC due to their need for a more unified and sportsmanship orientated club. The name was chosen because Iain had been a member of the Light Car Club of Tasmania, call it sentimentality if you like.

The first couple of meetings were at his RAAF married quarters located at 41 Nicholson Crescent, just across from the ANU and just down from the old CSIRO labs. Soon after the club moved to the BP Braddon service station. The manager Colin and his family had been living over the station in a flat but had moved out and the club was then offered the flat as club rooms at no cost. They remained there for some time, but later on the club held meeting at club members’ houses and clubs throughout central Canberra.
 

The club membership grew quite rapidly, and after initially comprising mostly of RAAF members, it soon grew to include people from a plethora of different backgrounds. Today the LCCC consists of members that come from all sorts of professions and walks of life, but we’re all there for the same reason: our love of motorsport.