Leeper named Rookie of the Year

BEMIDJI -- Bemidji’s Kade Leeper, 15, has been named 2016 Wissota Pure Stock Rookie of the Year at Grand Rapids Speedway.

But that’s just part of the story. While in the third grade in the spring of 2010, in Kade’s own words, “I had little interest in school or good grades.” Over the Memorial Day weekend that year, his dad, Buck Leeper, took his son to the races at Bemidji Speedway.

“I was hooked,” Leeper expressed, and told his dad, “I’m going to be a racer when I’m older.”

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