Jason Leffler
Race Car Driver
Former NASCAR race car driver whose career spanned from 2001 to 2013.
He started out racing midget cars in the USAC series, where he obtained three consecutive championships: 1997, 1998, and 1999.
In 2003, he was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
In June 2013, he died from complications related to a blunt force neck injury from a racing accident; he left behind one son, Charlie Dean.
He was fired by Joe Gibbs Racing in 2005, and replaced with Denny Hamlin, JJ Yeley, and Terry Labonte.