[Rod Birley]

One of the unsung heroes of northern club motorsport, John Leek, sadly died on Sunday. John was responsible for helping design and build some of the iconic special saloons and special GT cars, mainly from the 1970s to the 1990s. One of his best known comrades was Tony Sugden, who campaigned a very quick Skoda, which was based on a March monocoque chassis converted by John and fitted with a Cosworth YB turbo engine..