Bill Whittington

The Porsche 935K3 with the Don and Bill Whittington the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans won

William "Bill" Whittington (born September 11, 1949 in Lubbock ) is a former American racing driver and the brother of Don and Dale Whittington .

Career

Bill Whittington's greatest success in motorsport was the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 , which he drove together with his brother Don and Klaus Ludwig in a Porsche 935 . He began his career in the US sports car scene in the early 1970s. In addition to sports car races, he contested two NASCAR races in his career and was involved in the USAC series from 1980 to 1985 . He also competed five times in the Indianapolis 500 mile race , where he achieved his best result in 1985 with 14th place.

Bill Whittington's racing activities ended in 1986 when he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US court. The Whittingtons had financed their racing activities mainly by smuggling marijuana . Bill pleaded guilty in court to avoid a higher sentence and was sentenced to pay $ 7 million.

Since his release he has worked for his family's tourism business in Pagosa Springs .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Whittington Brothers Racing	Porsche 935/77	Don Whittington	Franz Konrad	failure	accident
1979	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 935 K3	Don Whittington	Klaus Ludwig	Overall victory
1981	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 935 K3	Don Whittington	Ted Field	failure	Cylinder overheated
1982	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kremer CK5	Danny Ongais	Ted Field	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1979	Whittington Bros. Racing	Porsche 935/79	Don Whittington		failure	accident
1980	Whittington Brothers Racing	Porsche 935K3	Don Whittington	Dale Whittington	Rank 3
1981	Marty Hinze Racing	Porsche 935K3	Milt Minter	Marty Hinze	Rank 3
1982	T-Bird Swap Shop	Porsche 935K3	Don Whittington	Marty Hinze	failure	malfunction
1983	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	Porsche 935K3	Don Whittington		Rank 11
1984	Blue Thunder Racing Team	March 83G	Randy Lanier	Marty Hinze	Rank 2
1985	Blue Thunder Racing Team	March 84G	Randy Lanier		failure	Engine failure

Web links

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