BRIAN LEPPO JOINS KEEN
MOTORSPORTS, LLC
By Brad Vores for Brian Leppo
Racing/Keen Motorsports
11/10/11
HARRISBURG, PA
Jesse and Lorraine Keen, owners of
Keen Motorsports, LLC have hired New
Oxford’s Brian Leppo to pilot their
No. 17 sprint car for the 2012
racing season.
Joining Leppo on the Keen team for
2012 will be new crew chief Steve
Suchy, who brings a long list of
experience to the team having worked
with several top sprint car teams
and drivers during his career.
Leppo has piloted a car owned by
Floyd Swope for the past five
seasons in Central PA but will
become the full-time driver for the
potent Keen sprint that has seen
several different pilots in the seat
over the past few seasons.
“I’m thrilled to assemble the
ultimate team that I’ve envisioned
for a couple of years now,” Jesse
Keen stated. “I’ve never really had
the right driver/crew chief
combination and now I feel I have
the right driver with the right crew
chief and I’m really looking forward
to the new season. I think Brian has
continued to develop and has proven
himself. He’s a gentleman-he
represents sponsors and owners very
well and he’s a great time trialer
and a great racer. I’d like to think
that I’m giving him the next level
in depth of equipment and with the
ultimate experience of Steve Suchy,
I think that the team I have will be
a real good one.”
Leppo is equally looking forward to
the next chapter of his racing
career.
“I’m really looking forward to one
of the best opportunities I’ve been
faced with in racing,” Leppo said.
“Jesse is a top shelf car owner and
Steve is a top shelf crew chief. We
are all really excited for next year
and the chance to work together
under the Keen Motorsports banner.
It took some time to get everything
worked out, but we are all on board
for the long haul and are looking
forward to a great first season
together.”
Peterbilt and Hunter Truck Sales
will once again be the major sponsor
on the Keen Motorsports No. 17 in
2012. This will be the fourth season
that the company has been the
primary sponsor.
While a complete schedule will be
released later, the team will
compete weekly at Williams Grove
Speedway in 2012 on Friday night and
will compete in Saturday night time
trial shows in Central PA along with
both Speedweek series and various
other special shows.
“We’re gonna take a look at running
for the Williams Grove championship
next year but we are not committing
to any track for a regular Saturday
night stop at this point,” Keen
added.
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