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Doug Whiteford was an Australian racing driver.

Whiteford was best known as a competitor in the Australian Grand Prix where he won the race three times in four years most fondly remember for his 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, who first raced the Grand Prix in the last pre-war race in 1939, continued to race the Grand Prix regularly up to 1961 with occasional appearances continuing up until 1978. Whiteford died the following year.^[1][2]

Whiteford also raced touring cars well into the 1960s, as a regular member of the Datsun Racing Team he was a fixture in small capacity Datsuns, usually as partner to John Roxburgh.

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Crouch	Winner of the Australian Grand Prix 1950	Succeeded by Warwick Pratley
Preceded by Warwick Pratley	Winner of the Australian Grand Prix 1952 & 1953	Succeeded by Lex Davison

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