Doug Whiteford

The Ford V8 Special in which Whiteford won the 1950 Australian Grand Prix. The car is pictured in 2014.

Whiteford won the 1952 Australian Grand Prix driving a Talbot-Lago T26C

Doug Whiteford was an Australian racing driver.

Whiteford raced from the mid 1930s through to 1975 with a short period of inactivity during the 1960s.^[1] 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 ^[2] and continued to compete in the race regularly up to 1961 with a final appearance in the 1964 event.^[3] Whiteford also raced touring cars well into the 1970s.^[4] 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.^[1]

Career results

Season	Series / race	Position	Car	Team
1950	New South Wales 100	1st	Ford V8 Special
1955	Moomba TT	1st	Triumph TR2
1956	Moomba TT	5th	Triumph TR2
1957	Australian Drivers' Championship	11th	Maserati 300S
1958	Australian Drivers' Championship	5th	Maserati 300S
1959	Australian Drivers' Championship	6th	Maserati 300S
1960	Australian Drivers' Championship	13th	Cooper T51 Climax
1960	Australian Tourist Trophy	2nd	Maserati 300S

References

1. Ray Bell, Vale - Doug Whiteford, Racing Car News, February 1979, page 11
2. The official 50 race history of the Australian Grand Prix, R&T Publishing, 1986, page 135
3. The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix
4. Bill Tuckey, Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1981