Bill Whittington 1949-2021

GARY WATKINS

OBITUARY Bill Whittington, who has died aged 71 in a plane crash, achieved a lot in a short racing career that ended after just eight seasons when he was imprisoned on drugs-related charges. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours and a total of 10 IMSA GT Championship races, as well as making five Indy 500 starts. Whittington, along with elder brother Don, arrived in the IMSA series from the world of air racing in 1978. Little more than a year after their respective sportscar debuts, they won Le Mans together with Klaus Ludwig aboard a Kremer Porsche 935 K3 Group 5 car. They triumphed in a race of attrition despite their Porsche spending an hour parked on the side of the Mulsanne Straight after the injector belt failed. Don Whittington managed to…

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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 06/05/21

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