Dave Leonard was a long time fan of BriSCA F1, with a few outings in BriSCA F2.
Dave also sponsored many a driver during his time, but ultimately he will be remembered for adding the Under 25's Championship to the BriSCA Calender.
Dave sadly passed away in 2016, to head up to the giant Stock Car track in the sky. His untimely exit left friends and family stunned and of course the sport had a heavy heart when the news came through.
His depth of knowledge and ability to retain the minutest of detail from years gone by was, frankly, astounding.
He also had a wicked sense of humour, sometimes could push the boundaries of good taste to the extreme but underneath it all had a heart of gold, would go way out of his way and inconvenience himself (sometimes others) to help anyone and was always, always the life and soul of any gathering.
Many had presumed that the 2016 Under 25's Championship race, if it went ahead, would be renamed in Dave's honour but Debbie was quite insistent that that would not have been Dave's wish so the BriSCA F1 Under 25's Championship will remain just that.
However, a close group of friends and family had pledged separate sponsorship to allow a trophy to be raced for in Dave's name.
This will be raced for in the meeting final on the same night as the Under 25's thus giving all drivers most of which knew Dave very well the chance to hold the "Dave Leonard Memorial Trophy".
