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Butch Leitzinger
American racecar driver

Butch Leitzinger

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American racecar driver
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Place of birth
Homestead, USA
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55 years
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Biography

Robert Franklin "Butch" Leitzinger (born February 28, 1969) is a professional racing driver. He is best known as an ALMS driver with Dyson Racing, but he has also driven for a variety of other teams and race series.

Racing career

Sports car racing

Leitzinger has driven for the Bentley factory team at Le Mans in 2001 and 2002, for the Cadillac team at Le Mans in 2000 and for Panoz at Le Mans in 1999. Leitzinger has also driven in the GT classification for Risi Competizione at Le Mans in 2003. Leitzinger was also named 2002 Rookie of the Year in the Trans-Am Series. Butch drove the Alex Job Racing (AJR) # 81 Porsche GT3 car in the first four events in the American Le Mans Series GTC class for the 2010 season with Juan Gonzales earning victories at the 2010 12 Hours of Sebring as well as at Long Beach and a podium finish at Laguna Seca resulting in the duo achieving a healthy lead in the points standings before unfortunate circumstances forced Alex Job Racing to down size to a single car effort with the #23 car for the remainder of the season.

Leitzinger spent the 2011 season as a substitute driver when needed and as a third driver during endurance races. As a substitute, Leitzinger ran a total of two ALMS races, one of which was the Lime Rock race in which he and Bill Sweedler finished third in class in the AJR GTC Porsche. The other race was the Road America race in which he drove the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMPC car with Rudy Junco and on his first time ever driving an LMPC car and the first time with the team Leitzinger qualified on pole in class and along with Junco, won the race in class. As a third driver in endurance races Leitzinger drove along with Humaid Al Masaood and Steven Kane in the # 20 Oryx Dyson Racing car at Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta. At Laguna Seca the 20 car led much of the race and finished in third. In the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta the car was sidelined early with a throttle position sensor problem. Shortly after returning to the track something in the left rear of the car broke as Leitzinger rounded turn 1 at about 150 mph (240 km/h) which sent him off the track and hard into the tires ending the day for the 20 car.

It was later announced that Leitzinger would drive the full 2012 season in the ALMS in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMPC car. The 2012 season will reunite the successful combination from Road America 2011 of PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Leitzinger, and Junco, who were co-drivers for the majority of the 2012 season.

Leitzinger shared the 1999 United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) championship with teammate Elliott Forbes-Robinson and won the famed Rolex 24 at Daytona: twice with Dyson Racing (1997 & 1999), and once in a Nissan 300ZX (1994) co-driven with Scott Pruett, Steve Millen and Paul Gentilozzi.

At the beginning of their involvement in ALMS, Leitzinger and the Dyson team fielded Ford-powered Riley & Scott cars but switched to the newer MG-Lola EX257 midway through the 2002 season. Dyson Racing achieved its first ALMS victory in the car when Leitzinger and James Weaver scored an overall win at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. This also marked the first time that an LMP675 (now called LMP2) class car scored an overall win in an ALMS race.

NASCAR

Leitzinger competed in NASCAR races as a road course ringer. He ran in three Winston Cup Series races at Watkins Glen with a best finish of 12th in 1995. On June 24, 2007, Leitzinger ran the NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Infineon Raceway in the Bill Davis Racing-owned #23 Caterpillar Toyota and finished 28th.

Personal life

Leitzinger lives in State College, PA with his wife, Kirsten, and their daughter and son. He earned a Bachelor of Science in business management from Penn State University in 1991. He is the son of IMSA driver, Bob Leitzinger.

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1997 David Price Racing Andy Wallace
James Weaver
Panoz Esperante GTR-1GT1236DNFDNF
1999 Panoz Motorsports David Brabham
Éric Bernard
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-ÉlanLMP3367th6th
2000 Team Cadillac Franck Lagorce
Andy Wallace
Cadillac Northstar LMPLMP90029121st11th
2001 Team Bentley Andy Wallace
Eric van de Poele
Bentley EXP Speed 8LMGTP3063rd1st
2002 Team Bentley Andy Wallace
Eric van de Poele
Bentley EXP Speed 8LMGTP3624th1st
2003 Risi Competizione Shane Lewis
Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari 360 Modena GTGT138DNFDNF

NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NNCCPtsRef
1994Butch Leitzinger Racing03ChevyDAYCARRCHATLDARBRINWSMARTALSONCLTDOVPOCMCHDAYNHAPOCTALINDGLN
31
MCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARPHOATL72nd70
1995Dick Brooks Racing40PontiacDAYCARRCHATLDARBRINWSMARTALSONCLTDOVPOCMCHDAYNHAPOCTALINDGLN
12
MCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARPHOATL54th127
1996Diamond Ridge Motorsports29ChevyDAYCARRCHATLDARBRINWSMARTALSONCLTDOVPOCMCHDAYNHAPOCTALINDGLN
20
MCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARPHOATL58th103
2007Bill Davis Racing23ToyotaDAYCALLVSATLBRIMARTEXPHOTALRCHDARCLTDOVPOCMCHSON
28
NHADAYCHIINDPOCGLNMCHBRICALRCHNHADOVKANTALCLTMARATLTEXPHOHOM66th79

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
1994Butch Leitzinger Racing91FordDAYCARRCHATLMARDARHCYBRIROUNHANZHCLTDOVMYBGLN
27
MLWSBOTALHCYIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTMARCAR113th0
1995American Equipment Racing95ChevyDAYCARRCHATLNSVDARBRIHCYNHANZHCLTDOVMYBGLN
16
MLWTALSBOIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCARHOM86th115
1996Butch Leitzinger Racing91FordDAYCARRCHATLNSVDARBRIHCYNZHCLTDOVSBOMYBGLN
15
MLWNHATALIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCARHOM78th118
2000Innovative Motorsports30ChevyDAYCARLVSATLDARBRITEXNSVTALCALRCHNHACLTDOVSBOMYBGLN
2
MLWNZHPPRGTYIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCARMEMPHOHOM87th175
2006NDS Motorsports79DodgeDAYCALMXCLVSATLBRITEXNSHPHOTALRCHDARCLTDOVNSHKENMLWDAYCHINHAMARGTYIRPGLN
21
MCHBRICALRCHDOVKANCLTMEMTEXPHOHOM116th91

Leitzinger's team was a post-entry for the race and thus did not receive points.

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Who is Butch Leitzinger?
Butch Leitzinger is an American professional racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsports, including sports car racing and NASCAR.
What is Butch Leitzinger known for?
Butch Leitzinger is best known for his success in sports car racing, particularly in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), where he achieved multiple wins and championships.
Has Butch Leitzinger competed in NASCAR?
Yes, Butch Leitzinger has competed in NASCAR. He made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) in 2001 and also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series (formerly Winston Cup Series) in the same year.
What are some of Butch Leitzinger's notable achievements?
Some of Butch Leitzinger's notable achievements include winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1994 and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2000. He also won the ALMS overall championship in 1997 and 1999.
What is Butch Leitzinger's current racing career status?
As of now, Butch Leitzinger is no longer actively competing in professional racing. However, he remains involved in the motorsports industry as a driver coach and occasionally participates in vintage car racing events.
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