Don Whittington | |||||||
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 Whittington's 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning car | |||||||
| Born | Reginald Donald Whittington January 23, 1946 | ||||||
| Nationality |  American | ||||||
| Relatives | Bill Whittington (brother) Dale Whittington (brother) | ||||||
| Champ Car career | |||||||
| 9 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| Years active | 1979–1980, 1982–1983, 1985 | ||||||
| Team(s) | No. 91 (Whittington Bros. Racing) No. 20 (Patrick Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 48th (1980) | ||||||
| First race | 1979 California 500 (Ontario) | ||||||
| Last race | 1985 Dana 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |||||||
| Years | 1978–1981 | ||||||
| Teams | Whittington Bros. Racing, Kremer Racing | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (1979) | ||||||
| Class wins | 1 (1979) | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 10 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 46th (1980) | ||||||
| First race | 1980 Winston Western 500 (Riverside) | ||||||
| Last race | 1981 Winston Western 500 (Riverside) | ||||||
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Reginald Donald Whittington[1] (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 in 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.[2] 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.