Don Waterman | |||||||
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Born | Portland, Oregon, United States | April 14, 1950||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 49th (1981) | ||||||
First race | 1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 (Riverside) | ||||||
Last race | 1983 Winston Western 500 (Riverside) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
66 races run over 12 years | |||||||
Best finish | 4th (1981) | ||||||
First race | 1975 Coca-Cola 150 (Portland) | ||||||
Last race | 1991 Winston 200 (Portland) | ||||||
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Statistics up to date as of June 1, 2025. |
Don Waterman is an American former professional stock car racing driver whose NASCAR Winston Cup Series career spanned from 1980 to 1983. [1]
The primary vehicle for Waterman was the self-owned #38 St. John's Auto Parts Buick. [2]
Only three races were spent inside an Oldsmobile machine. [3] His only top-ten finish came at the January running of the 1981 Winston Western 500. [1] This driver has led only two laps out of 896 - the equivalent to 2,352.2 miles (3,785.5 km). [1] After starting an average of 26th place and finishing an average of twentieth, Waterman has earned a total career savings of $19,285 ($60,883.38 when adjusted for inflation). [1] DNFs made up about 44% of Waterman's career. [3] He raced in eight road courses and only one intermediate oval track. [3]
Waterman's final race in motorsports came on June 30, 1991, in a NASCAR Winston West Series race at Portland Speedway. [4] He improved on his eleventh place start with a seventh-place finish and received prize winnings of $1,100 after 198 laps of racing ($2,539.43 when adjusted for inflation). [4]