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Doug Whiteford

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Doug Whiteford
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born1914 (1914)
Died (aged 64)
Australian Drivers' Championship
Years active1957–1960

Douglas Seymour Whiteford[1] (1914 – 15 January 1979) was an Australian racing driver.

Whiteford raced from the mid-1930s through to 1975 with a short period of inactivity during the 1960s.[2] He was best known as a competitor in the Australian Grand Prix which he won three times in four years. He raced a Talbot-Lago T26 Formula One car which he used to win his second and third Grands Prix. His third win was at the first Albert Park street circuit which today hosts the modern Australian Grand Prix. Whiteford first contested the Australian Grand Prix in 1948[3] and continued to compete in the race regularly up to 1961 with a final appearance in the 1964 event.[4] Whiteford also raced touring cars well into the 1970s.[5] As a regular member of the Datsun Racing Team he was a fixture in small capacity Datsuns, usually as partner to John Roxburgh.

Doug Whiteford died on 15 January 1979.[2]

Career results

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Whiteford won the 1950 Australian Grand Prix driving a Ford V8 Special
Whiteford won the 1952 Australian Grand Prix driving a Talbot-Lago T26C
Season Series / race Position Car Entrant
1950 Australian Grand Prix 1st Ford V8 Special D. Whiteford
1950 New South Wales 100 1st Ford V8 Special
1951 Redex 50 Mile Championship 1st Talbot-Lago T26C
1952 Australian Grand Prix 1st Talbot-Lago T26C
1953 Australian Grand Prix 1st Talbot-Lago T26C
1955 Argus Trophy 1st Talbot-Lago
1955 Moomba TT 1st Triumph TR2
1956 Moomba TT 5th Triumph TR2
1957 Australian Drivers' Championship 11th Maserati 300S
1957 Victorian Tourist Trophy 1st Maserati 300S D Whiteford
1958 Australian Drivers' Championship 5th Maserati 300S
1958 Victorian Tourist Trophy 1st Maserati 300S D Whiteford
1959 Australian Drivers' Championship 6th Maserati 300S
1960 Australian Drivers' Championship 13th Cooper T51 Climax
1960 Australian Tourist Trophy 2nd Maserati 300S

References

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  1. ^ "Motorsport Memorial - Doug Whiteford". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ray Bell, Vale – Doug Whiteford, Racing Car News, February 1979, page 11
  3. ^ The official 50 race history of the Australian Grand Prix, R&T Publishing, 1986, page 135
  4. ^ The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix
  5. ^ Bill Tuckey, Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1981
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Australian Grand Prix
1950
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Australian Grand Prix
1952 & 1953
Succeeded by