1. Robert Franklin "Butch" Leitzinger was born on February 28,1969 and is an American professional racing driver.
14 Facts About Butch Leitzinger
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Butch Leitzinger is best known as an ALMS driver with Dyson Racing, but he has driven for a variety of other teams and race series.
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Butch Leitzinger won the IMSA Pro WSC Ckampionship driver's titles in both 1997 and 1998 while driving for Dyson Racing.
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Butch Leitzinger has driven in the GT classification for Risi Competizione at Le Mans in 2003.
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Butch Leitzinger was named 2002 Rookie of the Year in the Trans-Am Series.
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Butch Leitzinger drove the Alex Job Racing No 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 downsize to a single-car effort with the No 23 car for the remainder of the season.
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Butch Leitzinger spent the 2011 season as a substitute driver when needed and as a third driver during endurance races.
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Butch Leitzinger shared the 1999 United States Road Racing Championship championship with teammate Elliott Forbes-Robinson and won the famed Rolex 24 at Daytona: twice with Dyson Racing, and once in a Nissan 300ZX co-driven with Scott Pruett, Steve Millen and Paul Gentilozzi.
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Butch Leitzinger competed in NASCAR races as a road course ringer.
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Butch Leitzinger ran in three Winston Cup Series races at Watkins Glen with a best finish of 12th in 1995.
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On June 24,2007, Butch Leitzinger ran the NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Infineon Raceway in the Bill Davis Racing-owned No 23 Caterpillar Toyota and finished 28th.
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Butch Leitzinger earned a Bachelor of Science in business management from Penn State University in 1991.
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Butch Leitzinger is the son of IMSA driver, Bob Leitzinger, and artist Sandra Leitzinger.
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Butch Leitzinger's team was a post-entry for the race and thus did not receive points.