Career
Bill"s brother Dale also competed in open wheel racing
Together with Randy Lanier they owned the Blue Thunder Racing Team in 1984, with Marty Hinze. Bill also raced in 5 Indianapolis 500s with a best finish of 14th. Whittington made two National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup starts in 1980, earning an 8th in his debut at Riverside International Raceway (besting brother Don by one spot) and then 32nd in the Daytona 500.
In 1986, Bill plead guilty plea to income tax evasion and conspiracy to smuggle marijuana into the United States from Colombia and was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to surrender $7 million in property and other assets.
In 2005, Bill"s daughters, Nerissa Whittington and Keely Reyes, purchased The Springs, in Pagosa Springs, the facility includes a hotel, spa and outdoor hot springs facility.