Johnny Leonard (racing driver)
Johnny Leonard | |||||||
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Born | Cape Coral, Florida | June 28, 1969||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
42 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 10th (2005) | ||||||
First race | 2003 ARCA Re/Max 200 Presented by Hamot & Siemens (Lake Erie) | ||||||
Last race | 2006 Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & It's Mighty Ezy (Toledo) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of January 11, 2024. |
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.
Racing career
[edit]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
[edit]ARCA Re/Max Series
[edit](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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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
[edit]- ^ a b "Johnny Leonard". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Johnny Leonard news 2005-05-16". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard Nashville race report". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard Racing". 20m.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2005 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES SPECIAL AWARDS". 20m.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard Winchester race report". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Leonard – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Johnny Leonard driver statistics at Racing-Reference