Career
He also raced in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup and Busch Series. Leslie ran his first race in 1975, and soon began racing throughout the Midwest, winning championships at Mountain. Clemens and Toledo Speedway.
He collected three more wins over the next two years as well.
He made his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing debut in 1989 at the Coca-Cola 600, starting 29th and finishing 25th in a car owned by A. J. Foyt. He ran another race that year for Foyt at Michigan, finishing 20th.
In 1990, Leslie ran the 600 in his own #72, but suffered engine failure. Later in the year, he teamed with owner Ron Parker to field the #72 Detroit Gasket Chevy.
He ran two more Cup races in the entry, both resulting in DNF’son
Leslie made his Busch Series debut in 1991 at the Goody’s 300 in the Detroit Gasket Oldsmobile, but was involved in a lap 1 crash and did not finish the race. He ran the season full-time, posting a second-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park, and finished fifteenth in points. The next year, he had ten top-tens and finished fifteenth in points again.
He finished eleventh in points at the end of the year.
He would finish eleventh in points the next year as well, posting eight top-tens. In 1996, Leslie began running a limited schedule in his #11.
He ran eight races, his best finish a 10th at IRP. He also attempted the Daytona 500 in the Cup series in a car owned by Philosophy Barkdoll, but he failed to qualify. In 1997, he signed to drive the #63 Lysol Pontiac Grand Prix for Hensley Motorsports.
He had five top-tens and finished seventeenth in points.
He returned to the ride in 1998, his best finish a thirteenth before he was released. He has not raced in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing since. In 1999, he returned to the Associate of the Royal College of Art series driving a car owned by Jack Bowsher, and picked up wins at Winchester Speedway and Salem Speedway.
