| Johnny Leonard | |
| Nationality: |  American |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Coral, Florida |
| Total Arca Races: | 42 |
| Years In Arca: | 4 |
| Best Arca Pos: | 10th (2005) |
| First Arca Race: | 2003 ARCA Re/Max 200 Presented by Hamot & Siemens (Lake Erie) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2006 Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & It's Mighty Ezy (Toledo) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 3 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | 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.
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.[3] Throughout the year, Leonard scored three top-ten finishes with a best result of ninth at Nashville Superspeedway,[4] [5] and finished tenth in the final points standings, and fifth in the rookie of the year standings.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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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 | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Jeff Caudell | 14 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | NSH | SLM | TOL | KEN | CLT | BLN | KAN | MCH | LER | POC | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | 80th | 330 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Peterson Racing | 6 | Chevy | SLM | TAL | CLT | SBO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Johnny Leonard | 13 | Pontiac | DAY | TAL | 27th | 940 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Florida Motorsports Group | Pontiac | DAY | 10th | 4160 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | NSH | SLM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boca Bay Racing | KEN | TOL | LAN | MIL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | MCH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | DAY | POC | MCH | ISF | MIL | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW | 37th | 1095 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Gibson Racing | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | NSH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||