Leh Keen
Leh Keen (right) | |
Nationality | American |
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Participating years | 2010 - |
Teams | Hankook Team Farnbacher |
Best finish | 12th (2010) |
Class wins | 0 |
Lehman McGrath Keen III (born July 22, 1983) is an American-born racecar driver born in Dublin, Georgia who currently competes in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Brumos Racing.
In 2004, Keen competed in three races towards the end of the season, accomplishing two podium finishes in the Autometric Motorsports' SGS-class Porsche
Keen drove for Autometrics for the 2005 season also. He started strong with a 6th place finish at Rolex 24 at Daytona and ended the year in 5th place in Rolex points.
Leh also raced in 2005 in the GT2 class of American Le Mans Series driving the #79 J3 Porsche GT3 RSR in the Petit Le Mans.
Keen drove the Shoes for Crews #80 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car with David Murry for Synergy Racing in the 2006 season. With a podium finish in Mexico City and another at Infineon Raceway for the season, over all Leh finished 6th in points for the GT Class.
In 2007 Leh drove the Farnbacher-Loles #85 Porsche GT3 sponsored by Shoes for Crews and Recaro. During the 2007 Rolex 24 hours at Daytona, Keen, one of four drivers to drive the number 85 car, led the GT class for the first 22.5 hours. However, they failed to finish the race due to engine trouble. At the second race of the year in Mexico City Leh finished second with co-driver Dominic Farnbacher.
He also competes in time attack racing. In 2007 Leh piloted GSC's Unlimited Class Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Modified class Toyota Supra in the Redline Time Attack Series and drove in Car & Driver One Lap of America competition driving GSC's Modified Class Toyota Supra.
In 2009 Leh and his co-driver Dirk Werner clinched the Rolex Grand-Am GT championship with 359 points each. They finished the season out with a total of 7 podiums (4 wins, 1 second and 2 third).
For the 2010 season, Leh piloted the #41 Mazda RX-8 for Dempsey Racing with co-driver James Gue.
In 2011, Leh again changed teams as he is driving the #59 Porsche 911 GT3 for Brumos Racing with co-driver Andrew Davis. The pairing took their first win together at the 2011 Six Hours of Watkins Glen.
For 2012, Leh returns with Brumos Racing and co-driver Andrew Davis in the team's #59 Porsche 911 GT3.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2010 | Hankook Team Farnbacher | Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen |
Ferrari F430 GT2 | GT2 | 336 | 12th | 2nd |
2011 | Hankook Team Farnbacher | Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen |
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro |
137 | DNF | DNF |