Second half goals from Damion Stewart and Rowan Vine clinched a thoroughly deserved victory for Rangers against in-form Burnley at Turf Moor.
Jamaican international defender Stewart opened the scoring on the hour with a precise downward header, before Vine capitalised on Gabor Kiraly's ill-fated decision to come forward for a late Burnley corner, netting his third goal of the season in style.
Victory was no less than the R's deserved, on a night when their committed performance provided a fitting send-off to former team-mate Ray Jones, who passed away hours before this fixture was originally scheduled to take place back in the opening month of the season.
R's boss Luigi De Canio was forced into two changes for the trip to Turf Moor.
Gareth Ainsworth and Marc Nygaard were named in the starting XI, at the expense of Martin Rowlands (suspended) and Akos Buzsaky (injured).
Buoyed by a five match unbeaten run, Clarets boss Owen Coyle selected an unchanged side for the sixth successive match, with former R's defender Clarke Carlisle lining up in the heart of the hosts defence.
Despite a recent run of poor results, De Canio would have been encouraged by his sides' start on a freezing evening in Lancashire.
Half chances for Adam Bolder and Vine failed to test Clarets keeper Kiraly, but at the other end, his opposite number Lee Camp was a virtual spectator, touching the ball only twice in the opening 20 minutes.
As Rangers continued to frustrate their high-flying hosts, the lively Vine fired over the bar midway through the half.
It took Burnley 30 minutes to create their first opening, which Alan Mahon fired high and wide from the edge of the penalty area.
Vine should have put Rangers in front seven minutes before the break, when he capitalised on a defensive slip from David Unsworth.
Carlisle was always second best in his duel with the R's front-man, but having got goal-side of his marker, Vine's effort lacked direction, as he scuffed a half-volley wide of Kiraly's right hand post.
The woodwork came to the visitors' rescue on the stroke of half-time though, as Mahon's low drive cannoned off Camp's left hand post, with the R's keeper seemingly beaten all ends up.
After the hosts lost Carlisle to injury, neat build-up play from Marc Nygaard found Scott Sinclair in space on the right flank and following a clever one-two with Vine, the Chelsea loanee forced Kiraly to smother at his near post.
The same two players combined again 60 second later, only for Sinclair to be thwarted yet again by the former Palace custodian, who darted from his line to block his close range drive.
But Rangers weren't to be denied and from the resultant corner, Sinclair's floated centre was met by the unmarked Stewart, who powered a downward header beyond the despairing dive of the Hungarian stopper.
In a clear show of support for their Manager, the Rangers team raced fully 60-yards to celebrate their goal with De Canio in the visiting dug-out.
The expectant assault from the Clarets duly followed, with Zesh Rehman throwing himself full stretch to block substitute James O'Connor's shot, before the same player was denied by Camp, who flew to his left to tip the midfielder's goal-bound effort to safety.
But despite enjoying long spells of possession as the clock ticked towards full-time, the Clarets were at large restricted to shots from distance, which failed to further test Camp.
Rangers were even able to blood the returning Simon Walton in the closing stages, as the summer signing from Charlton returned following a five month absence, owing to a fractured fibula.
It was a typically bustling entrance from the former Leeds man, who threw himself into the thick of the action immediately.
And he was soon playing his part in celebrating another Rangers goal, as Vine clinched the points.
Kiraly's over-exuberance to come up for a Clarets corner back-fired, when the R's cleared the danger and Vine ran fully 80-yards to slam the ball home into an empty net.
It was a fitting finale to a performance which provided much hope for the coming weeks in W12.
Burnley: Kiraly, Alexander, Harley, Carlisle (Gudjonsson 47), Gray, Elliott, McCann, Lafferty, Mahon (O'Connor 63), Blake (Jones 63), Unsworth.
Subs: Jensen, Akinbiyi.
QPR: Camp, Barker, Stewart, Bolder, Ainsworth (Moore 94), Malcolm, Vine, Rehman, Nygaard (Walton 88), Leigertwood, Sinclair (Blackstock 76).
Subs: Cole, Balanta.
Scorers: Stewart 60, Vine 91
Bookings: Barker 87
Referee: Mr M S Pike
Attendance: 10, 522
