L. D. Ottinger

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.

L. D. Ottinger
Born (1938-12-30) December 30, 1938
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.

Cup Series

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

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

NASCAR

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

Grand National Series
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
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
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1974 Russell Large Racing Chevrolet 39 29

Busch Series
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

(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
  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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