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sprintmidget11
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Posted: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 03:12 AM |
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 03:30 AM |
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| Very kewl to see Rick. Hope all of the Leighty's are doing well.
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Posted: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 03:54 AM |
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I agree Curt, way kewl beans. Good to see the Leighty's here.  Hope they are doing well.
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Posted: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 02:16 PM |
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Very cool website with alot of history......... breakfast at the tavern soon Rich?
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sprintmidget11
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 18th, 2008 03:42 AM |
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| Leighty Racing would like to thank pushinthecushin for having Rich Leighty as the Driver Profile on the front page of their great site. Pushinthecushion does a lot to promote and help our sport. If you haven't seen pushinthecushin, it is at http://www.pushinthecushin.com. Also, thanks to everyone who has stopped by the Leighty Racing site. Updates and additions to the site are taking place on a regular basis. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
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T. Michael
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Posted: Thursday Mar 20th, 2008 04:01 AM |
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Comment: Awesome website and great exposure on pushinthecushion.
Suggestion to Rick: Several years ago we had a WESCO Christmas party at my house and your Dad captivated me with the stories and efforts he put into racing at Sky Valley and Skagit over the many years. My suggestion is : fix Dad two drinks of Black Velvet and get the tape recorder out and record the historic stories that he can tell about consistently traveling from PACIFIC BEACH and racing; crashing at friends places and the finally making it back home; time and time again for what must be a record consecutive races attended. Definitely a long haul award is justified. The Silver Fox just gets better.
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Fletch
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Posted: Sunday Mar 23rd, 2008 05:25 PM |
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Hope no one minds but I copied & pasted from Pushin' The Cushin' !
Driver Profile: Rich Leighty Pacific Beach, Washington
Name: Rich Leighty
Residence: Pacific Beach, Washington
Age: 70
Marital status: Married 52 years to wife Gloria
Family: Son, Rick (52) Daughter, Wendy (49) Grandaughter, Megan (13)
Occupation: Retired Shingle Weaver, Retired Volunteer Fireman
Years in racing: 2008 will be the 49th consecutive season of driving
How I got involved: Attended a race at Elma, WA as a spectator and became hooked
What have you raced: Jalopies, Limited Modifieds, Sprint cars
2008 series: Washington Econo Sprint Car Organization
Favorite drivers: AJ Foyt, Doug Wolfgang
Major accomplishments: Winning features in 5 different decades
2008 plans: Race as much as possible and have fun
Chassis: Sargent/Walker
Engine: 360 Chevy by Axel Walker
Crew: Rick Leighty, Randy Hooper
Team website: http://www.leightyracing11.webs.com/
Series website: http://www.freewebs.com/wescosprints/
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360cid
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Posted: Sunday Mar 23rd, 2008 07:29 PM |
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I'm half Rich's age and I just hope that when I am 70 and older than dirt, I am still able to kick some tail and take some names like he can!! Especially in a sprint car. Lots of respect due here!! And very easy to chat with as well!
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sprintmidget11
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Posted: Friday Mar 28th, 2008 04:01 AM |
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T. Michael,
Here is an adventure Dad and I were talking about not to long ago. Back in '71 Dad was running for points at both Elma and Skagit. So, we were making the trip to Skagit every Friday night and occasionally hitting Sky Valley on Saturday night (this was before Skagit and Sky Valley switched days). Elma ran about 2 Sunday afternoons a month. On Memorial Weekend and Labor Day Weekend, Skagit would also run a special Sunday night show and of course Elma raced on those Sundays. Before Memorial Weekend, Dad talked to the Elma officials and they agreed to run the modifieds first and give any cars that wanted to head to Skagit a chance to get out of the pits before starting the jalopy main. The plan was set, we would run 3 shows in 3 days. So, we headed to Skagit as usual on Friday, raced and stayed at Bub Beck's, but somewhere along the line Dad got talked into racing Sky Valley on Saturday and we stayed at Jerry McGrew's. Sunday, we made it to Elma, and everything worked out and we headed back to Skagit, pulled in just in time to qualify and run our 4th race in 3 days. (All top 5 finishes by the way.) It worked so well we repeated the scenario on Labor Day weekend. The worst part, I wasn't old enough to get into the pits and had to sit in the stands.
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T. Michael
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Posted: Saturday Mar 29th, 2008 02:16 PM |
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| "Amazing Races" , so fun to hear. Love those old stories.I am sure there are many more to share.
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Posted: Monday Apr 7th, 2008 12:39 AM |
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Recent Updates:
Two new albums have been added to the Photo Gallery. Northwest Visitors and Northwest Racers show a few with which Rich Leighty has taken the track. Also (T. Michael should like this), a Bench Racing page has been added where Rich will retell his racing adventures.
Don't forget the Cast Iron Nationals at Ephrata on May 3rd.
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Fletch
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Posted: Monday Apr 7th, 2008 02:30 PM |
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THIS IS THE GOOD STUFF !
Love Seeing Old Pics, Hearing Stories
GREAT JOB & Thanks For Sharing With Us !
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