By now Y’all have heard of the unfortunate death of racing
driver Jason Leffler who perished at the age of 37 during a Sprint Car race at Bridgeport
Speedway, New Jersey on Wednesday June 12th.
As I was unaware that the young Jason began cutting his
teeth literally in the motor racing world at age 13 by working at Parnelli Jones
shop in Torrance, CA - as Jones recently spoke of how he was considered family,
having grown up with P.J. and Page en route to winning three consecutive USAC Midget
championships from 1997-99, along with the Silver Crown title in ’98 before
ultimately making the jump to thee DARK side, aka ‘RASSCAR where he amassed a
staggering combined total of 423-starts in its top-three series, i.e.;
Nationwide, Camping World Trucks and Sprint cup.
Leffler also made three Indy Racing League starts for
Tredway Racing including the 2000 Indy 500 in a ride backed by Roger Penske’s
United Auto Group.
Yet, the worst part of this tragedy is that Jason leaves
behind a five-year old son named Charlie Dean who’ll now grow-up without a
father...
