Doug Whiteford Doug Whiteford 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. 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 and continued to compete in the
1972 Formula One season time since 1960. The short No.9 arena configuration of the Buenos Aires city autodrome was used, and Argentine Carlos Reutemann, in his first ever F1 race took pole position in a Brabham-Ford/Cosworth. Reutemann however did not win – defending champion Jackie Stewart of the UK won in a Tyrrell-Ford/Cosworth. The southern hemisphere tour continued in South Africa at the Kyalami circuit near Johannesburg in March. Denny Hulme won the race in a McLaren-Ford/Cosworth, which was McLaren's first F1 victory since 1969. With the cancellation of the United States Grand Prix West at the Ontario Motor Speedway near Los Angeles, Formula