Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Don Whittington

This Kremer Porsche 935 K3 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979, driven by
Klaus Ludwig, Don Whittington and Bill Whittington. (Dan Wildhirt
Reginald Donald "Don" Whittington, Jr. (born January 23, 1946) is an American former racing driver from Lubbock, Texas, who won the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans together with his brother Bill Whittington and Klaus Ludwig on a Porsche 935, although Ludwig, a multiple winner at Le Mans and elsewhere, did most of the driving in the heavy rain as the brothers did not have any real racing experience prior to the late 1970s. Don's brother Dale also competed in open wheel racing. His father, Don Whittington, Sr. was also an American racing driver in the USAC National Championship from 1957 to 1959.  Continued

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