DOUG @ ECS

Terrible news

I was just there on Thursday speaking with him after he finished a cage for us, and we had hashed out some old bs, we have all lost a great asset to the Corvette community.

Our condolenses from the entire ECS crew to Leo's family and friends.

sixspdvet

I just saw this, God this is a sad day for all of us.. Prayers go out to his Family. He will be missed by all..

Ernie

Major Spray

This has been a rough. For all of you that truly know Leo. You know the man always spoke his mind, he was real, he held nothing back.(not always politically correct but genuine). I first met Leo back when I and Paul Z were battling back and forth as the two top dogs in the C5 world. Leo had just completed the solid axle conversion on Paul’s car and I was snooping around. Well I and Leo exchange some wise *** comments and Paul diffused the situation with his hummer. Well it wasn’t long before I got to know the guy that would do anything for his customers/friends. He always has your back and best interest in mind. His talent for custom fabrication and chassis tuning is second to none. Many people have sat in my car including Leo and asked how the f@ck do you drive this thing, you can’t see. I just tell them how it is, you don’t need to see much when you have Leo tuning your chassis you just need to trust the man as I did. He was a man that you can count on, a man that you could go have a drink with and just shoot the ****, a man that put his daughter on a pedestal his pride and joy. This was a huge lost he will be missed. I have had many talks with my friends and crew and as we all talk about this man his hummer always seems to surface with comments like to much hook Leo as I nearly put my car on the roof or the great times we always have at the many events we have gone to as a group. I am grateful that Leo was able get his stuff together for The Shake Down as I know the side line was not where he wanted to be. He was a competitor and always wants to be in control.

I understand that a college fund will be created for his daughter in the near future his family has requested that no flowers be sent. Contributions to this fund would be greatly appreciated. I will forward the info as I get it.


RIP my friend
You will not be forgotten

hookedup

RIP Leo....you will be missed

ralph

Sad, sad day for drag racing and the corvette community. What a shame.....i'll miss ya brotha My prayers go out to the family

RacerX70CC

I just found out about this over in the C4 folders... my deepest condolences and prayers for Leo's family and friends.


Truly a great loss

STEALTH 99 C5

I just wanted to bring this post back up as my own tribute to Leo , it really meant a lot to me that night he hung out with me at the track and made a pass in my car , I'll always remember the smile on his face when he came back to the lanes . It was a fun night , it started off with Leo coming up to me all pissed off because some guys yelled at his wife in the parking lot and she was all upset , Leo asked me if I could back him up while he went looking for these guys , of course I said yes , I'll always back up my friends . We walked around for about 30 minutes looking for these guys , it's probably good we didn't find them , finally we just gave up , Leo was all stressed , I said why don't you take your mind off it and make a pass in my car to help me figure out what's up with the t-brake , it was the first time since he had the accident with the C4 that he strapped in to a car , when he came back to the lanes he was grinning from ear to ear , I'll always remember that smile on your face Leo .

Leo shared a lot of knowledge with me when we worked together on the 4L80E conversion , I spent a lot of time with him on the phone and at his shop over those few months , we got to know each other pretty well . He was a stand up guy and a true friend to me . I will miss you Leo . Rest in peace my friend .

C5pilot

Sad news. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

1320direct

I saw this posted and could not believe it.

So sorry to hear.

supercoupe01

My condolences to his family.

Mr Mojo

I just heard the news this morning when I was delivering packages to DHL. The mechanic there knew Leo and told me about it.
I don't even know what to say.

He will be missed.

HRTBRCR

My condolonces for his family and friends...he definately sounds like he was one of the good guys!!

JOE VALLA

I met Leo about 4 years ago threw my brother angelo and friend paul m. Leo and I became friends and instantly felt like we knew each other for years. The news is devistating and i just cant stop thinking about all the great times we had.The more i think about it, the more i come to realize that Leo would make light of the situation and would want us to remember him as the greatest racing car builder,friend ,husband and most of all dad. The way we can keep Leo in our memories is to keep racing hard and have fun doing it. We feel blessed to have had the chance to meet and get to know Leo. He was a great guy and will be missed. His memory will always have a special place in our hearts. Regards, Joe V. and family

JoeC427

Harry7239

I'm very saddened to hear this. I have never met anyone who had a bad thing to say about him. There's no doubt that he was a great family man and a tremendous part of the drag racing community. My condolences go out to his family.

96collector

Paul_Z06

Ummmmm........ I seriously don't recall giving anyone a hummer (truck or otherwise) but I'm glad you and Leo worked together on your car because your Vette is now a part of Leo that's still around and hopefully will remain around for a long time.

Leo was one of the most generous and helpful people I've ever met. I could write volumes about him and still wouldn't do him any justice. You just had to KNOW him to realize what a great person he was. He bent over backwards for everyone and he truly loved what he did for a living. I was pretty upset when he was almost forced to leave his business because he was struggling so badly and now he's really gone. I've never been hit this hard by someone's passing.

j-stingray

RIP LEO
Our sincere condolences to his family and friends from us racers here in the netherlands

STEALTH 99 C5

I read about the crash in an online news article , and it's very disturbing , the article doesn't make sense to me . It's so disturbing to me I didn't want to post it here . I hope there's more to the story than I read .

CraZee ZO6

RIP Leo. God bless you Im so sorry.