Barry Lee

{{short description|British racing driver (born 1944)}}

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Barry John Lee (born 17 August 1944 in Wisbech), nicknamed "Leapy" or "No 351", is a British racing driver who has been successful in many areas of motor sport.Living with Spede - The first 10 Years of Spedeworth International (Spedeworth Publishing, 1972) He started as a jockey, and then a speedway riderThe Barry Lee Book of Hot Rod Racing (Speedsport Motobooks, Brentford, Middlesex (1972)) for Hackney and then moved into autocross, rallying and rallycross. His greatest successes were in short oval hot rod racingBacktrack - the Golden years of Oval racing - {{ISBN|0-7524-4080-2}}Hot Rod Racing the Golden years - {{ISBN|0-7524-3609-0}} where he won four world titles.The Bary Lee Guide to Hot Rod Racing (1979)

After retiring from short oval racing Barry moved into raid rallying, making three attempts (1987-1989) at the Paris-Dakar Rally with Ted Toleman. In 1994 he won the inaugural Eurocar V6 Saloon Car Championship. He successfully defended the title in 1995 before moving into the new V8 Championship in 1996. Barry has also competed in the British Saloon Car Championship and the British Truck Racing Championship.

In short oval racing Lee notched up over 1400 wins, a number that Motorsport magazine described as "never likely to be bettered".{{Cite news|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-2005/17/cult-heroes-barry-lee|title=Cult heroes -- Barry Lee {{!}} Motor Sport Magazine Archive|date=2016-06-12|work=Motor Sport Magazine|access-date=2018-10-29|language=en}}