L. D. Ottinger

L. D. Ottinger
Born	(1938-12-30) December 30, 1938 Newport, Tennessee
Achievements	1975 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion 1976 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
10 races run over 4 years
Best finish	56th (1973)
First race	1966 Smoky Mountain 200 (Maryville)
Last race	1984 Holly Farms 400 (North Wilkesboro)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
206 races run over 10 years
Best finish	4th (1989)
First race	1982 Miller Time 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	1991 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
First win	1986 Busch 200 (Langley)
Last win	1990 Budweiser 250 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 94 4
NASCAR Grand National East Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	1972 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

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

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	-
		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
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	-

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
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
	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
			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
			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
			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
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
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
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
			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

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	-

External links

• L. D. Ottinger driver statistics at Racing-Reference