Joe Leonard

Joe Leonard (born August 4, 1932 in San Diego, California), is a retired American motorcycle racer and racecar driver.

Biography

Motorcycle career

Leonard won the first A.M.A. Grand National Championship Series in 1954 and won it again in 1956 and 1957. His record totals 27 wins, including the 1957 and 1958 Daytona 200. He also resulted vice-champion in 1958, 1960 and 1961, third in 1955, and fifth in 1959. He retired from motorcycle racing at the completion of the 1961 season and turned his attention to auto racing.

USAC National Championship career

Early years

Leonard would make his USAC National Championship debut during the 1964 season when he competed in five races for various teams. Leonard would get a best finish of 5th at the season-ending Bobby Ball Memorial at Phoenix International Raceway driving the #65 Travelon Trailer Christensen-Offenhauser. Leonard would finish in 24th-place finish the standings.

Early success

Joe Leonard (baseball)

Joseph Howard Leonard (November 15, 1894 – May 1, 1920) was an American Major League Baseball player, born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1894. He died in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1920.

Leonard played in parts of five seasons (1914, 1916–1920) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Senators. He recorded 179 hits over 791 at-bats in 269 games during his career. Defensively, Leonard was primarily a third baseman.

In 1918 Leonard's career was interrupted while he served in World War I.

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