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Jan 31, 2017 · Longtime Modified racing legend Leo Cleary passed Tuesday in Florida. Cleary, a veteran of 44 years of competition in the Northeast, was 88 years old. According to the New England Antique Racers, Cleary won 14 track championships over a varied group of divisions in his six decades of competition, which included stints at all three current ...
Leo Thomas Cleary (June 15, 1894 – April 11, 1955) was an American character actor in radio and film, and a vaudeville comedian and singer, perhaps best known as Dizzy Dean's minor league manager in The Pride of St. Louis, as the Catholic priest in The Red Menace, and as the original Old Ranger on the radio series, Death Valley Days.
Mar 21, 2021 · In a career that spanned over 40 years, Leo Cleary won multiple races and championships at various different tracks in New England. He started his career at Seekonk in 1955 and it continued all the way through the early 1980s, when he won his final championships at the third-mile oval.
In his 44 years behind the wheel, Cleary took down 14 track championships, including the Norwood, Seekonk and Thompson. These championships have come behind the wheel of jalopies, cutdowns, coupes, modifieds, pro-stocks, and mini modifieds.
Jan 31, 2017 · Leo “The Lion” Cleary, who is a New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame member and a Seekonk Speedway Wall of Fame member, passed away at the age of 88. In his over 40 years time in racing, Cleary won multiple races and championships at various different tracks in New England.
Jan 31, 2017 · In his 44 years behind the wheel, Cleary took down 14 track championships, including the Norwood Arena, Seekonk, and Thompson. These championships have come behind the wheel of jalopies, cutdowns, full coupes, modifieds, pro-stocks, and mini modifieds.
Mar 29, 2017 · (Press Release from Thompson Speedway) This January, within four days the Northeast Modified racing community lost two pioneers. Photographer, Howie Hodge, and Modified legend, Leo “The Lion” Cleary, both passed away. At this weekend’s Icebreaker, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Officials have announced that they will honor the memory of both men, inviting their families’ as […]
