L. D. Ottinger

L. D. Ottinger
Born (1938-12-30) December 30, 1938 (age 85)
Newport, Tennessee
Achievements1975 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
1976 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
10 races run over 4 years
Best finish56th (1973)
First race1966 Smoky Mountain 200 (Maryville)
Last race1984 Holly Farms 400 (North Wilkesboro)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
206 races run over 10 years
Best finish4th (1989)
First race1982 Miller Time 300 (Charlotte)
Last race1991 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
First win1986 Busch 200 (Langley)
Last win1990 Budweiser 250 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 94 4
NASCAR Grand National East Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race1972 Maryville 200 (Maryville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of April 10, 2013.

Lloyd Doth "L. D." Ottinger (born December 30, 1938) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He raced occasionally in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series during his career. Driving the Black Diamond Coal No. 2 Chevy, he was a Champion in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman series, predecessor of the Busch Grand National Series.

Cup Series

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Ottinger made his major NASCAR debut in 1966, where he drove for Ken Carpenter at Smoky Mountain Raceway. He started 21st in the 29-car field, but finished 28th after a crash on lap 33.

Ottinger's next start came in 1973 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He drove the #45 Chevy for James Bryant. Starting from the 11th position, Ottinger made his way through the field to the 2nd position. His next start was at Talladega a few weeks later. Driving the #02 Lonesome Pine Raceway Chevy, Ottinger started 26th and finished 10th. At another race at Charlotte, Ottinger had to settle for a 27th-place finish after his engine expired.

L.D. made four starts in 1974. However, L.D. did not finish any of the races and the best he could muster was a 25th at both Bristol events.

L.D. made his last Cup race in 1984, driving for Ron Benfield and the #98 Levi Garrett team, replacing the recently released Joe Ruttman for two races. He finished 21st and 22nd at Charlotte and North Wilkesboro Speedway, respectively.

Busch Series

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Ottinger made his Busch debut in the series first year of 1982. He started 8th in the #84 Kelly Builders Chevy at Charlotte. He was only able to complete 155 laps before he crashed out of the event.

In 1983, Ottinger made start. In his first race, he finished 4th at Rockingham, and also had runs of 24th at Darlington and 27th at Charlotte, retiring from both races with transmission problems.

His runs from previous Cup and Busch starts earned Ottinger a full-time ride in 1984. Driving the #10 Schlitz Pontiac, L.D. qualified for 26 of the 29 races. Despite not making those three races, he made up for it with three poles at Daytona, Charlotte, and IRP. Racewise, he had 3 top-5s, with his best being a 3rd at Martinsville. Along with 7 other top-10s, L.D. earned a 7th-place finish in points.

Ottinger was able to make all the races in 1985. Despite the fact that he had no poles or no wins, it was still a solid season. He matched his career best finish of 3rd, (Rockingham and Richmond. This led to 6th in the final points.

For 1986, Ottinger got funding from All Pro Auto Parts and moved over to the #2 Parker Racing team when CB Gwyn, owner of the #10 Pontiac team, sold the team to Parker. It resulted once again in a 6th place final showing, but in his first career win. It came at Langley Speedway, where he started fifth and dominated the race. In addition, Ottinger had 12 top-5s and twenty top-10s. His average start was a 10.5 and finish was 11.9, making it by far his best season.

In 1987, Ottinger fell to 9th in points. This was largely because of 9 DNFs. Also, Ottinger could only muster 6 top-5s and 10 top-10s. Despite that, Ottinger finished 2nd four times.

In 1988, Ottinger improved a little, but still finished 9th in the standings. He stayed in the #2, but had a new sponsor in Detroit Gasket. Once again, he did not win any races, but did earn his final Busch Series pole at Myrtle Beach. His best finish of the season was 2nd at Martinsville and Louisville Speedway. He had 5 top-5s and 11 top-10s.

Most important for Ottinger, he was able to return to victory lane in 1989, by virtue of winning the season finale at Martinsville. He had 7 top-5s and 16 top-10s, including a 2nd at Bristol. This improvement made a drastic rise in the standings for Ottinger, as he went to 4th in the final standings.

Ottinger won his final race at Bristol in 1990, in which it was marked by the violent crash of Michael Waltrip. However, the rest of his performance fell. He only managed 5 top-5s and 7 top-10s. Ottinger fell to 8th in the standings. Ottinger closed out his career with a 19th-place finish at Daytona, in 1991

Ottinger made a return to the track in 2009 to compete in a legends race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ottinger finished 3rd in a field of twelve competitors which included Rusty Wallace, Terry Labonte, Harry Gant, and race winner Sterling Marlin.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

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NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 NGNC Pts Ref
1966 Ken Carpenter 35 Olds AUG RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT DTS ASH PIF SMR AWS BLV GPS DAY ODS BRR OXF FON ISP BRI SMR
28 		NSV ATL CLB AWS BLV BGS DAR HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR 128th 16 [1]

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 NWCC Pts Ref
1973 James Bryant 45 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV CLT DOV TWS RSD MCH DAY BRI
2 		ATL 56th - [2]
02 TAL
10 		NSV DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
28 		CAR
1974 Russell Large Racing RSD DAY
29 		RCH CAR BRI
25 		ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY
37 		BRI
25 		NSV ATL POC TAL MCH DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ONT 62nd 11.24 [3]
1984 Benfield Racing 98 Chevy DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT
21 		NWS
22 		CAR ATL RSD 77th - [4]
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1974 Russell Large Racing Chevrolet 39 29

Busch Series

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NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
1982 Fred Kelly 34 Pontiac DAY RCH BRI MAR DAR HCY SBO CRW RCH LGY DOV HCY CLT ASH HCY SBO CAR CRW SBO HCY LGY IRP BRI HCY RCH MAR CLT
25 		HCY MAR 157th 88 [5]
1983 DAY RCH CAR
4 		HCY MAR NWS SBO GPS LGY DOV BRI CLT SBO HCY ROU SBO ROU CRW ROU SBO HCY LGY IRP GPS BRI HCY 60th 333 [6]
Gwyn Racing 26 Olds DAR
24 		RCH NWS SBO MAR ROU
Pontiac CLT
27 		HCY MAR
1984 10 DAY
8 		RCH CAR
4 		DAR
26 		CLT
32 		ROU
8 		HCY
19 		IRP
23 		LGY SBO
8 		BRI
26 		RCH
25 		NWS
7 		CLT
33 		HCY
8 		MAR
3 		7th 3069 [7]
Olds HCY
21 		MAR
13 		ROU
9 		NSV
9 		LGY
15 		MLW
19 		DOV
14 		SBO
26 		HCY
12 		ROU
13 		SBO DAR
4 		CAR
21
1985 Pontiac DAY
8 		HCY
9 		BRI
19 		MAR
15 		DAR
3 		SBO
6 		LGY
13 		DOV
6 		CLT
3 		SBO
15 		HCY
5 		ROU
8 		IRP
8 		SBO
13 		LGY
13 		HCY
10 		MLW
6 		BRI
8 		RCH
3 		NWS
7 		ROU
5 		CLT
37 		HCY
10 		CAR
3 		MAR
7 		6th 3732 [8]
Olds CAR
6 		DAR
11
1986 Parker Racing 2 Pontiac DAY
35 		HCY
3 		MAR
4 		BRI
15 		SBO
10 		LGY
7 		JFC
5 		DOV
8 		CLT
32 		HCY
6 		ROU
7 		IRP
4 		SBO
6 		RAL
5 		OXF
28 		SBO
24 		HCY
25 		LGY
1* 		ROU
18 		BRI
27 		RCH
8 		MAR
3 		ROU
17 		MAR
3 		6th 4094 [9]
Olds CAR
10 		DAR
16 		DAR
5 		DOV
4
10 Pontiac SBO
4
2 Buick CLT
4 		CAR
24
1987 DAY
34 		HCY
4 		MAR
11 		DAR
14 		BRI
22 		LGY
22 		SBO
15 		CLT
31 		DOV
26 		IRP
25 		ROU
2 		JFC
16 		OXF
13 		SBO
22 		HCY
15 		RAL
2 		LGY
7 		ROU
25 		BRI
30 		JFC
2 		DAR
22 		RCH
2 		DOV
3 		MAR
7 		CLT
6 		CAR
9 		MAR
22 		9th 3261 [10]
1988 DAY
22 		HCY
14 		CAR
30 		MAR
2* 		DAR
29 		BRI
17 		LNG
14 		NZH
20 		SBO
6 		NSV
10 		CLT
15 		DOV
11 		ROU
9 		LAN
4 		LVL
2* 		MYB
21 		OXF
24 		SBO
14 		HCY
23 		LNG
13 		IRP
13 		ROU
5 		BRI
9 		DAR
21 		RCH
8 		DOV
8 		MAR
23 		CLT
24 		CAR
14 		MAR
4 		9th 3670 [11]
1989 Pontiac DAY
20 		CAR
6 		MAR
17 		HCY
13 		DAR
11 		BRI
7 		NZH
14 		SBO
12 		LAN
16 		NSV
10 		CLT
14 		DOV
13 		ROU
21 		LVL
4 		VOL
4 		MYB
22 		SBO
4 		HCY
8 		DUB
5 		IRP
7 		ROU
6 		BRI
2 		DAR
8 		RCH
9 		DOV
8 		MAR
5* 		CLT
23 		CAR
15 		MAR
1 		4th 3916 [12]
1990 Olds DAY
10 		CAR
26 		MAR
27 		HCY
12 		DAR
4 		BRI
1* 		LAN
22 		SBO
19 		NZH
16 		HCY
11 		CLT
11 		DOV
28 		ROU
24 		VOL
23 		MYB
2 		OXF
11 		NHA
20 		SBO
18 		DUB
22 		IRP
17 		ROU
2 		BRI
12 		DAR
15 		RCH
18 		DOV
18 		MAR
5 		CLT
18 		NHA
13 		CAR
21 		MAR
9 		8th 3693 [13]
Pontiac RCH
20
1991 Beard Motorsports 00 Olds DAY
19 		RCH CAR MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLT DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT NHA CAR MAR 89th 106 [14]

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ATCSC Pts Ref
1985 Gwyn Racing 10 Pontiac ATL DAY ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP
8 		CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL 116th - [15]

References

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  1. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1984 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1985 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  9. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  10. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  11. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  12. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  13. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  15. ^ "L.D. Ottinger – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
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