LEIGHTY RACING HIGHLIGHTS
July 4, 1960 1st Race at Forks, Washington
May 11, 1968 1st Night Race and 1st Race on Asphalt at Salem, Oregon
May 30, 1968 1st Feature Win at Shelton, Washington (won $22)
June 15, 1968 1st Feature Win at Elma, Washington (won $86)
September 8, 1968 George Wixson drove car to victory at Chehalis, Washington
1969 Elma (EARA) Sportsmanship Award
1971 Skagit (SHRA) B Championship and Most Improved Driver
1974 Elma (EARA) Track Championship (old 1/2 mile track)
June 8, 1975 Raced with Jan Opperman in the Elma Dirt Cup Feature
September 16, 1979 Won the final race on the Elma 1/2 mile
1981 Elma (EARA) Track Championship (first year of 3/10 mile track)
1982 Elma (EARA) Track Championship
1982 NASCAR NW Limited Modified Champion
1983 Elma (EARA) Track Championship (Rick Leighty)
1995 Spanaway/WOW Track Championship (Final year of WOW)
2007 1 victory, 4th Place WESCO Points
2008 2nd Place WESCO Points
LEIGHTY RACING QUICK FACTS
Seasons of Racing: 49
# of Tracks Raced At: 43
# of Associations Raced with: 20
Championships: 7
Times in Top 10 Points: 46
# of Decades with Victories: 5
Favorite Dirt Track Raced On: Skagit (original configuration)
Favorite Asphalt Track Raced On: Spanaway
Who has been behind the wheel: Rich Leighty, George Wixson, Bob Johnson,
Rick Leighty, Donnie Spoon, Ken Stearns,
Ed Kvistad, Glen Walker, Randy Hooper,
Ken Rhodes, Ken Carlson, Mike Ehlers,
Axel Walker, Randy Bauer, Jeff Jewell
Car #s: 11*, 14, 22, 10, 12, 71 *Leighty Racing has always had an 11