Leh Keen Racing




2008 News February 11, 2008 Leh now holds overall PCA Track Records at Sebring (2:05.0), Road Atlanta (1:21.8), Watkins Glen (1:50.1) and Daytona (1:49.9) February 8, 2008 - Sebring, FL Leh wins first ever "Night Race" at 48 Hours At Sebring and sets a new PCA track record of 2:05.0. January 27, 2008 Daytona Beach, FL Henzler, Keen, Lux, Massen and Bergmeister finish a disappointing 19th after a leading performance in the number 86 Porsche at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. January 26, 2008 Daytona Beach, FL Leh Keen puts the FarnbacherLoles Porsche GT3 into the lead in wet conditions at the 5 Hour mark! January 4-6, 2008 - Daytona Beach, FL Leh joins teammates Eric Lux, Wolf Henzler, Sascha Massen and Jorg Bergmeister for January Test Days at Daytona. 2007 News December 14 - Road Atlanta - Braselton, GA Leh test Farnbacher Loles 2008 Porsche GT3 Cup at Road Atlanta. Best lap time of 1:24.7 November 5 - Daytona Beach, FL Leh brings home 1ST PLACE “Continental Trophy” in Rennsport Reunions III race at Daytona International Speedway in the Shoes For Crews/Shock Doctor/GSC Motorsports Porsche GT3 RSR. Special thanks to Gordon Friedman and all the Autometrics Motorsports crew for their support during an incredible weekend. Hundreds and hundreds of Porsche racecars were featured at this historic event! October 26 FARNBACHER LOLES ANNOUNCES DRIVER LINE UP FOR 2008 SEASON! "Horst Farnbacher and I are happy to say we have secured Leh Keen to drive exclusively for us in Rolex GT for 2008." Greg Loles stated. Lars Giersing joins team as engineer. More... October 02 Interesting news about the 2008 season coming soon! October 02 Leh to drive the Shoes For Crews/GSC Motorsports Porsche 996 GT3 RSR at Rennsport Reunion 3 at Daytona International Speedway, November 1, 2, 3, 4, 2007. More... September 15 - Miller Motorsport Park - Salt Lake City, UT Leh, Dominic and Ian Baas join forces to celebrate a fantastic SECOND PLACE finish in the 10 Hour Sunchaser 1000 Rolex race at Miller Motorsport Park in Salt Lake City, Utah! More... September 14 - Miller Motorsport Park - Salt Lake City, UT Leh returns to action for the final Rolex race of the 2007 season at Salt Lake City and qualifies THIRD in the FarnbacherLoles Porsche GT3! July 5 Leh's on the fast track to recovery from a painful broken collar bone. More... June 24 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Lexington, OH Leh injured in heavy crash with # 30 Racers Edge Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R at Mid Ohio Sportscar Course. More... June 9 - Watkins Glen International - Watkins Glen, NY In a race that reminded us of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Leh and Dominik ran at or near the front in the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen for five hours and 40 minutes only to have the car break with 20 minutes to go. More... June 3 - Watkins Glen International - Watkins Glen, NY Leh breaks his own PCA track record at Watkins Glen International Raceway with a new lap of 1:50.1 in the MeadowChase Farms Porsche 996 GT3 RSR! May 28 - Lime Rock Park - Lakeville, CT Late race penality knocks Leh and Dominik from a sure podium finish to 6th place in historic Memorial Day race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut! May 20 - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - Monterey, CA 2005 Rolex GT Champion Craig Stanton joins Leh in the # 85 Shoes For Crews Porsche for the race at Laguna Seca. After leading for many laps, an untimely late race pit stop drops our duo to a 6th place finish. May 5-12 Leh and Greg Caloudas finish a fantastic third overall in the GSC Motorsports Toyota Supra at the 24th Annual Cannonball One Lap of America! More... April 29 - Virginia International Raceway - Alton, vA At Virginia International Raceway, mechanical problems prevent Leh from qualifying which relegates him to the rear of the field for the start. Leh brings the car from last to second place within the first 45 minutes of the race. A cracked radiator with 15 minutes to go dashes a sure podium finish. But FarnbacherLoles gets their first win of the year with Dirk and Bryce in the sister Porsche. More... March 31 - Road Atlanta - Braselton, GA Leh sets new overall PCA track record at Road Atlanta with a time of 1:21.82 in MeadowChase Farms 996 GT3 RSR! March 24 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL Leh and Dominik lead the most laps at Miami-Homestead but endup 5th after fighting gearbox problems. More... March 23 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL Leh grabs his first ever Rolex Grand-Am GT Pole! More... March 22 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL Leh is second quickest in Thursday practice at Miami! More... March 3 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City Leh and teammate Dominik Farnbacher take 2nd Place Podium in Mexico More... March 2 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City Leh qualifies FarnbacherLoles Porsche on "Outside Pole" in Mexico City More... Febuary 5 Leh Keen Signs With FarnbacherLoles For Entire 2007 Season More... January 29 - Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL Dominance And Disappointment At Daytona Rolex 24 More... January 20 - Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL FarnbacherLoles Heads To Daytona Rolex 24 With 4-Car Effort More... After extensive testing twice at Daytona International Speedway and once at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Leh is most optimistic about the FarnbacherLoles Race Team, his new 2007 Porsche Grand Am Cup GT3 Racecar, and his co-driver for the season, Dominik Farnbacher who will join the team full time beginning at Mexico City. 2006 News September 2 - Miller Motorsport Park, Salt Lake City After the podium at Infineon, hopes were sky high the following weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City.David qualified in the 8th spot but our duo quickly moved up into the top four in the early going of the 9 hour race. A broken suspension resulted in a 30 minute pit stop and then a broken shock with 45 minutes to go in the race moved Leh from fourth to fifth in the final season points standings. August 26 - Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA Leh had never driven at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California but he took to the track like a duck to water. David qualified the car in the 5th spot and held that position until the driver change. Leh was able to take over third place from Tommy Kendall in one of the GTOs with about thirty minutes to go and maintained the position and grabbed the second podium of the year for the Synergy Racing Team. July 30 The new Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama is arguably the most beautiful racing facility in the US. David had the best qualifying effort of the year and landed the car 4th on the starting grid. Unfortunately, it was discovered during tech inspection that the front lip of the car was 3/16th of an inch too low and we were DQed and moved to the back of the field. Things didn't get any better after that. The header broke on the race warm up lap which lead to numerous stops for repairs and eventually a DNF due to a melted wiring harness. A 16th place finish. Our duo maintains the 4th position in points but must finish well in the final two races of the season! June 29 It's back to Daytona for the traditional "hot" 4th of July race weekend. This time David started the car 5th on the grid and Leh took the checkered flag in 7th after an untimely late race pit stop for fuel. June 25 The Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course is also a track Leh really enjoys so a seventh place starting spot was somewhat of a disappointment - but Leh was able to gain some spots during the first half of the race and we ended up with a sixth place finish. Leh and David maintain their 4th place position in the Grand Am GT points chase. June 3 Watkins Glen is one of Leh's favorite tracks and he holds the PCA all time track record there. So the Six Hour At The Glen was a race Leh had been looking forward to - especially after winning there in 2005. What the team did not expect was Leh coming down with the flu. He only got 5 laps during practice and it looked like David would do most of the driving during the 6 hour race. Special thanks goes to Paul Booth, President of Glycomax, for working with Leh before the race. David started 5th and turned the car over to Leh who ended up driving two hours and fifty five minutes before turning back over to David. With Glycomax, Leh could have driven another 3 hours - the stuff really works! Our duo ran most of the last 3 hours in third place but both GTOs muscled past on the last lap of a six hour race to bump us back to a 5th place finish... May 29 A GT race on Memorial Day at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut is as much about history as it is racing. With no prototypes in the mix, Leh is able to show his stuff even though this was his first ever visit to the track. After starting sixth, he quickly moves up to third after dogging one of the GTOs on the start. We're never out of the top 5 and David brings the car home in fifth. May 14 Usually heat is a major factor at Phoenix and the 2006 race weekend there was no exception. David finishes the Qualifying Race in eighth place. However, this time Leh is able to improve on his starting position and turns the car over to David in sixth place. David easily maintains the position and we're able to break the string of eighth place finishes. Our duo continues to maintain their 4th place standing in the points battle. May 7 It's always great to visit Northern California and historic Laguna Seca Raceway. Once again Grand Am called for a qualifying race. This time David has a great battle with one of the BMWs and ends up eighth. Leh starts the race and David drives the final leg with another eighth place finish. April 23 This year's event at Virginia International Raceway included a qualifying race. The "Q" race was run under wet conditions and David had a very rare "off" in the rain and finished fifteenth. So Leh started the race fifteenth on Sunday but moved up to fifth at the thirty minute mark. An untimely caution flag just after our pit stop ultimately gave our duo an eighth place finish. March 26 Both David and Leh had excellent finishes last year at the Grand Prix of Miami. So the Synergy drivers entered this year's race with a lot of confidence. It was not discovered until after the race, but the racecar was "down on power" all weekend and this lead to Leh qualifying 10th and David finishing 6th. Nonetheless, our duo moved to 4th in the points standings. March 4 It's the new 997 GT3 Cup for Mexico City and the team again has high expectations after weeks of development on the new car. Leh qualifies the car 4th on the grid and moves up to third on the first lap of the race. Thanks to a great pit stop by the Synergy team, co-driver Murry is able to rejoin the fight in second place. David easily maintains his position and the team gets its first podium of the young 2006 season! January 29 Expectations are high as French driving sensation Xavier Pomeidou joins Keen, Murry and Craig Stanton for the 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona. The team qualifies as the Championship winning #80 993 GT3 seventh on the GT grid. A series of small but nagging problems occur during the first six hours of the race and eventually a gearbox needs to be replaced. The team leaves Daytona with a very disappointing 22nd place finish. January 7 Leh makes his debut with Synergy Racing by joining David Murry and 2005 GT Champion Craig Stanton for Daytona Test Days. While many teams elect to run the sleek new 997 GT3 Cup, our trio is consistently in the top ten all weekend with their year-old Porsche 996 GT3 Cup. 2005 News November 30 Leh Keen and Cory Friedman are recognized for their sixth place finish in the series at the 2005 Rolex Grand American Banquet in Orlando, Florida. Autometrics Motorsports in recognized for their third place finish in team points. Gordon Friedman, Leh and Cory accept the trophy on behalf of the team. November 5 Leh has a true international experience in Mexico City where over 100,000 fans turn out for the event. Leh qualifies his Porsche GT3 third on the grid just ahead of the Bunting/Lally Pontiac GTO. Leh and Cory finish the race in sixth place and their eleventh top ten of the season and enough to pass Tom Milner and Justin Marks to lock up sixth place in the points championship. October 9 Leh and Cory have another good weekend at Virginia International Raceway. Cory started the car from the 4th position and turned the car over to Leh about halfway through the 2¾ hour race. Leh was able to capture the team's fifth top five of the season with a 5th place finish. September 24 After winning the Watkins Glen Six Hour earlier in the year, the fall Glen race turned out to be a real disappointment. Leh turns the Porsche GT3 over to Cory in 4th place with about an hour to go in the race. Cory easily maintains the position but ends up with an eleventh place result thanks to broken wheel studs and resulting crash.