Leo Geoghegan

Who is Leo Geoghegan?

Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver. he is the elder of two sons of former New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s. While his older brother Ian "Pete" Geoghegan had much of his success in touring car racing winning five Australian Touring Car Championship's, Leo spent much of his racing career in open wheel racing cars and sports racing cars.

Leo also drove Group E Series Production Cars and Group C touring cars at the annual Bathurst 500/1000 endurance race for the Ford Works Team, Chrysler Australia and the Holden Dealer Team.

Leo and Ian Geoghegan drove their Ford Cortina GT500 in the 1965 Armstrong 500 at Bathurst while wearing business suits as part of a sponsorship deal with a Sydney clothing store.

His best finish at Bathurst for the endurance race was second in 1967 driving a Ford XR Falcon GT with his brother Ian. The pair were flagged in first, but a protest by team mate Harry Firth saw the brothers relegated to second after a re-count of the lap charts.