Born in Dumfries in 1953, David Leslie raced in the BTCC for 13 years winning 9 races and finishing second in the 1999 Championship. His father, David Leslie senior, was a well known figure in Scottish motorsport and David jnr followed in his footsteps winning the Scottish Karting Championship five times as a youngster before graduating to Formula Ford 1600 where he was again successful. A spell in British F3 was followed by racing in the C2 class of the World Sportscar Championship for the well-known Scottish Ecurie Ecosse team, which yielded a second overall in the 1987 Championship for Leslie and partner Ray Mallock. Tragically, Leslie was killed in March 2008, along with his friend and fellow racer Richard Lloyd, when the light plane in which they were travelling crashed in Farnborough, Kent. |
