Butch Leitzinger

Quick Facts

Full Name	Butch Leitzinger
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1969(1969-02-28)
Age	55
Birthplace	Homestead
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Aquarius

Butch Leitzinger Biography

Butch Leitzinger is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on February 28, 1969 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States. Robert Franklin “Butch” Leitzinger, born February 28, 1969, is an American professional racing driver. Although he is most well-known as Dyson Racing’s ALMS driver, he has also raced for several other teams and series.

Leitzinger and Dyson initially had Ford-powered Riley & Scott cars. However, they switched to the newer MG-Lola EX257 in the middle of the 2002 season. Dyson Racing won its first ALMS win in the car with James Weaver and Leitzinger scoring an overall victory at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California. This was also the first win for an LMP675 class car (now known as LMP2) in an ALMS race.

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 No. 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 has been a driver for the Bentley factory team in Le Mans 2001 and 2002, the Cadillac team in Le Mans 2000 and 1999, and Panoz at Le Mans 1999. Leitzinger also drove in the GT class for Risi Competizione Le Mans 2003. Leitzinger was also named Trans-Am Series Rookie of Year 2002. Butch drove the Alex Job Racing’s (AJR) No. The No. 81 Porsche GT3 car was in the four first events of the American Le Mans Series GTC Class for 2010. Juan Gonzales won victories at Long Beach, Laguna Seca and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Unfortunately, Alex Job Racing had to reduce its efforts to just one car with the No. 23 car for the remainder.

Butch Leitzinger Net Worth

Butch Leitzinger is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Butch Leitzinger 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leitzinger lives with Kirsten, his wife, and their son and daughter in State College, Pennsylvania. In 1991, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in business management at Penn State University. Bob Leitzinger, his father is the driver of IMSA.

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

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 No. 23 Caterpillar Toyota and finished 28th. Butch’s nearest-miss in NASCAR racing was the Busch Series race at Watkins Glen in 2000 when he drove the No. 30 car for Innovative Motorsports; he led 13 laps, and finished second behind fellow ringer Ron Fellows.

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Butch Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Butch Leitzinger celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.