TAMMY STEINER

LEONARD WAS A HARD WORKING, HARD PLAYING, FULL OF LIFE MAN. HE IS THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF A "GOOD 'OLE BOY!" HE HAD A DIFFICULT, YET FULLFILLING LIFE. HE HAD 6 CHILDREN OF WHOM 5 SURVIVED HIM. AN INFANT SON PRECEEDED HIM INTO HEAVEN AND IS BURIED SOMEWHERE IN ARIZONA. LEONARD'S THREE SONS CARRIED ON THE FAMILY RACING LEGACY HE CREATED BY RACING THEMSELVES AND RAISING THEIR CHILDREN WITHIN THE RACING COMMUNITY. AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER ALL OF LEONARD'S GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN HAVE BEEN APART OF THIS LEGACY EITHER BY RACING THEMSELVES OR BEING PIT CREW TO A COUSIN. DIRT TRACK RACING RUNS DEEP IN THE HEARTS AND SOULS OF ALL OF LEONARD'S DECENDANTS. FAMILY MEMBER'S BELIEVE THAT LEONARD IS LOOKING DOWN ON THEM FROM THE BACK STRETCH IN THE SKY, PROUD AS PEACOCK FOR ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOT ONLY IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES, BUT IN THE RACING COMMUNITY AS WELL. FAMILY MEMBER'S FEEL THAT LEONARD NEVER THOUGHT HIS CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WOULD CARRY ON HIS LEGACY THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY LATER. THE PESICKA RACING FAMILIES WOULD NOT BE WHERE THEY ARE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR LEONARD'S LOVE OF CARS, QUICK WIT, INTELLIGENCE, INGENUITY, CURIOSITY, STEELED DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED, AND MANY OTHER FACTORS THAT MAKE UP THIS MAN AND HIS DECENDANT'S.