L.D. Ottinger is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity for Parker Racing. Ottinger has recorded 3 wins and 21 podiums from 206 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,514 ranks Ottinger 1939th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1991-02-16 | Daytona International Speedway | P19 | −10 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +147 | Peach State 1987 | NASCAR Xfinity | P2 |
| +146 | Darlington 1984 | NASCAR Xfinity | P4 |
| +146 | Martinsville 1984 | NASCAR Xfinity | P3 |
| +139 | Orange County 1987 | NASCAR Xfinity | P2 |
| +138 | North Carolina 1983 | NASCAR Xfinity | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | −11 | 4,954 | |
| 1990 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Parker Racing | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −473 | 4,964 |
| 1989 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Parker Racing | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +511 | 5,437 |
| 1988 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Parker Racing | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P13 | −68 | 4,926 |
| 1987 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Parker Racing | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −111 | 4,994 |
| 1986 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Parker Racing | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −27 | 5,105 |
| 1985 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +844 | 5,132 | |
| 1984 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P15 | +157 | 4,288 | |
| 1983 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | +80 | 4,131 | |
| 1982 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | +2,701 | 4,051 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Tommy Houston | 3,993 | 206 | 81 | 125 | 39% |
| 🇺🇸 Jack Ingram | 3,905 | 201 | 88 | 113 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Rick Mast | 4,413 | 192 | 106 | 86 | 55% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Hensley | 4,538 | 173 | 83 | 90 | 48% |
| 🇺🇸 Dale Arnold Jarrett | 4,439 | 158 | 74 | 84 | 47% |
| 🇺🇸 Joe Thurman | 3,777 | 158 | 112 | 46 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Ronnie Silver | 4,209 | 140 | 76 | 64 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Elton Sawyer | 4,808 | 139 | 84 | 55 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Tommy Ellis | 3,759 | 139 | 54 | 85 | 39% |
| 🇺🇸 Ed Berrier | 4,224 | 137 | 89 | 48 | 65% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeff GordonFIA Gold | 5,270 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam ArdHigher-rated, 2× champion | 5,204 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 7% |
| 🇧🇪 Thierry TassinHigher-rated | 4,735 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,929 | 🇺🇸 Sam Craven | GT4 America | 4,519 |
| 1,930 | 🇨🇭 Esteban GARCIA | WEC | 4,518 |
| 1,931 | 🇧🇷 Fritz d'Orey | Formula 1 | 4,518 |
| 1,932 | 🇦🇹 Markus Winkelhock | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,518 |
| 1,933 | 🇦🇺 Paul Hawkins | Formula 1 | 4,518 |
| 1,934 | 🇦🇹 Robert Lechner | FIA GT Championship | 4,517 |
| 1,935 | 🇦🇺 Jayden Ojeda | Supercars Championship | 4,516 |
| 1,936 | 🇺🇸 Mark Martin | PCA Club Racing | 4,516 |
| 1,937 | 🇦🇪 Ed Jones | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,515 |
| 1,938 | 🇺🇸 Matt Hirschman | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 4,515 |
| 1,939 | 🇺🇸 L.D. Ottinger | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,514 |
| 1,940 | 🇬🇧 Oliver Jarvis | European Le Mans Series | 4,514 |
| 1,941 | 🇵🇱 Tymoteusz Kucharczyk | Euroformula Open | 4,514 |
| 1,942 | 🇨🇦 Wei Lu | GT World Challenge Asia | 4,514 |
| 1,943 | 🇫🇮 William Alatalo | Formula 3 | 4,514 |
| 1,944 | 🇬🇧 Daniel Burkett | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,513 |
| 1,945 | 🇯🇵 Kosuke Matsuura | Super GT | 4,513 |
| 1,946 | 🇬🇧 Richard Robarts | Formula 1 | 4,513 |
| 1,947 | 🇺🇸 Bill Cheesbourg | Formula 1 | 4,512 |
| 1,948 | 🇺🇸 Bob Earl | Formula 3 Macau | 4,512 |
| 1,949 | 🇺🇸 Oswaldo Negri Jr. | WEC | 4,512 |
L.D. Ottinger was a professional stock car racing driver who spent a decade in NASCAR Xfinity, the national single-class championship run entirely on American ovals and a handful of road courses. Driving primarily for Parker Racing, he started 206 times between 1982 and 1991, taking three wins and twenty-one podiums across the series' mixed field of amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals.[1]
Ottinger raced most often against entry-level professionals Tommy Houston and Jack Ingram, the latter a two-time Xfinity champion; he and Ingram finished closely matched across their meetings, as did Ottinger and Houston. His best scalps came against established professionals: he finished ahead of Sam Ard, a back-to-back Xfinity champion, twice across their encounters, and beat Jeff Gordon, a Gold-graded professional, once in their single meeting. Parker Racing's strongest driver across its roster, Ottinger carried much of the team's five indexed wins during his tenure there.[2]