🇺🇸 Butch Leitzinger

Butch Leitzinger is a competitive amateur racing driver with a Racer Rating of 1,558, placing him in the club and regional racing band. This rating reflects a driver competing consistently in amateur or semi-professional fields rather than at the established professional level. His record shows six starts in International GT racing between 2022 and 2026, yielding five podium finishes but no wins, with an average finishing position of 2.8 that demonstrates solid consistency in the races he enters.[1]

Leitzinger's head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals reveals the competitive landscape he navigates. Against Reg Williams, a semi-professional driver, Leitzinger trails 0-5 across five shared races. Against Tom Pank, a three-time champion of the International GT GT4.R class, the record stands 1-4 in Pank's favour across five encounters, with Leitzinger's single victory representing a notable result. Against Tom Long, an FIA Gold graded professional, Leitzinger has not finished ahead in three meetings. In isolation, Leitzinger has beaten stronger drivers on occasion, including semi-professional Michai Stephens and professional Cory Friedman twice, though these remain single or occasional successes rather than patterns of superiority.[2]

The biographical record indicates Leitzinger carried significant professional credentials from an earlier era, including multiple IMSA championship titles and three Daytona 24 Hours victories, but the current record on file covers only his most recent activity as an active driver in International GT racing, where he competes as a competitive amateur in club and regional-level fields.