Don White (racing driver)
Don White | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | June 24, 1926 |
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Retired | 1983 |
USAC Stock Car | |
Years active | 1959 to 1983 |
Wins | 53 |
Best finish | 1st in 1963, 1967 |
Previous series | |
1949 to 1958 | IMCA |
Championship titles | |
1963 and 1967 USAC Stock Car champion 1954, 1955, and 1958 IMCA champion |
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Awards | |
2013 | USAC Hall of Fame |
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NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
24 races run over 9 years | |||||||
Best finish | 79th (1955) | ||||||
First race | 1954 (Daytona Beach) | ||||||
Last race | 1972 Miller High Life 500 (Ontario) | ||||||
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Don White (June 24, 1926 – April 29, 2016) was an American stock car racing from Keokuk, Iowa.[1] He won two USAC Stock Car championships in the 1960s and was the series' winningest driver.[2] White also had 24 starts in the NASCAR Grand National / Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series) between 1954 and 1972 with 12 Top Ten and 7 Top Five finishes.[3] At his death in 2016, he was the oldest living winner in ARCA history.[1] He also won three IMCA championships: 1954, 1955 and 1958.[1][4]
Racing career
White started his first national race in 1949.[2] This IMCA race happened at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; he was second place before retiring because of mechanical problems.[5] White won IMCA championships in 1954, 1955, and 1958.[5] By the time that he ended IMCA racing in 1958, he had won at every track on the circuit.[5] White's biggest competitor in IMCA was his brother-in-law Ernie Derr.[5]
He moved to the USAC Stock Car series in 1959.[5] His national racing career ended at a USAC Stock Car race at Milwaukee on August 28, 1983.[2]
White won the most races USAC Stock Car history.[2] He had 53 wins and A.J. Foyt was second with 41.[2] In a mid-2015 interview on ARCA's website, he said "I think I liked Milwaukee as well as any place. Won 14 or 15 there, so I'd say that was my favorite.[2] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel cited in his obituary that he was the winningest driver in major races at the track.[2]
Death
White died on April 29, 2016 at age 89.[2] A.J. Foyt reacted to his death by saying, "Don White was a good racer, real fair because he never did anything dirty, and real smooth. He always had beautiful equipment and his cars handled real well. He was a super guy."[2]
Legacy / Honors
White was named to the USAC Hall of Fame in 2013.[6]
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | USAC Stock Car champion 1963 |
Succeeded by Parnelli Jones |
Preceded by | USAC Stock Car champion 1967 |
Succeeded by A.J. Foyt |
References
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