S4 E3 James Leckey on returning to Rallying after 25 years - The 1998 Rally of The Lakes win & more!
The Irish Rally PodcastShow Notes
James Leckey was on the crest of a wave in 1998 having won the Killarney Rally of the Lakes in dramatic circumstances in a showdown with Austin MacHale. But after that year James decided to focus on work. Now he has returned to scratch the rally itch and we catch up with him to find out why he has returned, why he chose business over Rallying, and that infamous Killarney Rally of the Lakes win in 1998 which had a lot more to it that many might have thought! Shoutout to SVS Productions, CRS pics and Techntools.ie
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