WEST Australian motocross legend Jeff Leisk is one of eleven motorcyclists included in a list of 30 historically-significant people to be inducted into the Confederation of Australia Motor Sport hall of fame.
The hall of fame is a new initiative by CAMS with support from a bunch of motorsport organisations including Motorcyling Australia.
Leisk won a world title as a junior and finished second in the world motocross titles in 1989, behind Englishman David Thorpe and ahead of Belgian Eric Geboers. (Wonder what Leisk is up to these days? There’s a nice quick read from KTM Australia’s website here.)
Other riders to make the inaugural CAMS list were motocrosser Stephen Gall, road racers Casey Stoner, Mick Doohan, Wayne Gardner, Troy Bayliss, Gregg Hanford and Kel Carruthers, and speedway riders Jason Crump, Jack Young and Lionel van Praag (Australia’s first motor sport world champ, in 1935).