Johnny Leonard (racing driver)

Johnny Leonard (born June 28, 1969) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series.

Johnny Leonard
Born (1969-06-28) June 28, 1969 (age 55)
Cape Coral, Florida
ARCA Menards Series career
42 races run over 4 years
Best finish10th (2005)
First race2003 ARCA Re/Max 200 Presented by Hamot & Siemens (Lake Erie)
Last race2006 Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & It's Mighty Ezy (Toledo)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of January 11, 2024.

Racing career

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Prior to his ARCA career, Leonard raced late-models in his home state of Florida, and competed in series like the FASCAR Goodyear Challenge Series.[1]

In 2003, Leonard made his debut in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Lake Erie Speedway, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet for Jeff Caudell, where he started sixteenth and finished 26th. After failing to qualify at Winchester Speedway, he moved to Wayne Peterson Racing and the No. 6 Chevrolet for two races, finishing fifteenth at Salem Speedway, and 31st at South Boston Speedway. For the following year, Leonard competed speradically throughout the year, running seven races and getting a best finish of twelfth at Michigan Speedway.

In 2005, Leonard, alongside racing partner and former hydroplane racer Rick Woodward, formed Florida Motorsports Group, and ran the full ARCA schedule that season, driving the No. 13 entry. Three races into the year, the team relocated from Florida to North Carolina, and was renamed to Boca Bay Racing for the remainder of the season.[2] Alongside this, Leonard also announced that he would be running for rookie of the year honors.[2] Throughout the year, Leonard scored three top-ten finishes with a best result of ninth at Nashville Superspeedway,[3][4] and finished tenth in the final points standings, and fifth in the rookie of the year standings.[5]

In 2006, Leonard ran the first eight races of the year, with a majority of those starts being fielded in collaboration with Mark Gibson Racing. He only finished inside the top-twenty once out of those eight starts, that being a twentieth place finish at Winchester.[6] After the eighth race at Michigan, he did not attempt another race until the series returned to the track later in the year, where he failed to qualify, before making his final start of the year at Toledo Speedway, where he started 23rd and finished 21st. This would be his most recent event as a driver, as he has not competed in the series since then.[1]

Motorsports results

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ARCA Re/Max Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMC Pts Ref
2003 Jeff Caudell 14 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER
26
POC POC NSH ISF WIN
DNQ
DSF CHI 80th 330 [7]
Wayne Peterson Racing 6 Chevy SLM
15
TAL CLT SBO
31
2004 Johnny Leonard 13 Pontiac DAY
15
TAL
13
27th 940 [8]
Chevy NSH
33
SLM KEN TOL CLT
14
KAN POC MCH
12
SBO BLN KEN
30
GTW POC LER NSH
18
ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM
2005 Florida Motorsports Group Pontiac DAY
34
10th 4160 [9]
Chevy NSH
29
SLM
14
Boca Bay Racing KEN
24
TOL
21
LAN
17
MIL
19
POC
29
MCH
18
KAN
16
KEN
11
BLN
31
POC
10
GTW
22
LER
19
NSH
9
MCH
29
ISF
27
TOL
10
DSF
16
CHI
30
SLM
12
TAL
29
2006 DAY
30
POC
32
MCH
DNQ
ISF MIL TOL
21
DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 37th 1095 [10]
Mark Gibson Racing NSH
39
SLM
27
WIN
20
KEN
32
TOL
27
MCH
22
KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH

References

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  1. ^ a b "Johnny Leonard". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Johnny Leonard news 2005-05-16". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Johnny Leonard Nashville race report". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "Johnny Leonard Racing". 20m.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "2005 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES SPECIAL AWARDS". 20m.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Johnny Leonard Winchester race report". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  9. ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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