Sports Car Racer
Whitehead teamed with Peter Walker to win the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans, in a Jaguar, with an average speed of 93.112 miles per hour. In July 1952 Whitehead qualified his Alta 2nd to Harry Schell for the Grand Prix of Rouen. In July 1953 Whitehead won a 12-hour endurance race together with Stirling Moss, at Reims, driving a Jaguar. In 1954 Whitehead and Ken Wharton piloted a new model 'D' type Jaguar to win the 12-Hour Race of Reims on 4 July. They were victorious with an average speed of 104.3 m.p.h. The same driving pair placed 5th at Belfast, Northern Ireland, in September, in the Ulster Tourist Trophy road race. Whitehead was behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DB3S when he placed 7th in a 1957 Belgian Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
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