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Ben Leslie began his career in his native state of Michigan working on his brother Tracy's ARCA car. As Tracy moved up to the Busch Series in 1991, Ben followed suit.
Leslie's career at Roush Racing began in September of 1994 working for Ted Musgrave's No. 16 team as a mechanic and rear tire changer. Later, he moved to Martin's No. 6 team, where he served as a mechanic and rear tire changer.
When Roush moved Martin's team to Mooresville, N.C., at the end of the 1997 season, Leslie remained in Liberty, N.C., where he teamed up with Johnny Benson's No. 26 team. He was the team's car chief, and later in 1998 served as the interim crew chief. During his tenure as crew chief, Leslie helped Benson earn two ninth-place finishes in only 10 starts.
In 1999 Leslie joined Matt Kenseth's No. 17 team as car chief. He continued as Kenseth's car chief until his promotion to crew chief of the No. 97 team with driver Kurt Busch. He helped the rookie Busch to three top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes. Leslie also helped Busch capture the pole at Darlington in September of 2001. | |
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