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Harry Leary

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to the side until it is 90 degrees to the direction of travel. As he does this, his upper body twists to follow it around as he maintains his grip on the bars, his back almost completely pointing toward his direction of travel and his face almost completely pointing rearward, as if trying to execute a quick 180-degree turn in mid air. At this extreme position lower the shin of his leg, either his left or right depending in which direction he turned the bars, is resting on the top tube of the frame of his bicycle. His feet ideally stay in contact with the pedals. He maintains this position for a second at most and then uncoils himself before landing. The whole maneuver takes about one to two seconds.
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executed perfectly the knees are locked with the legs completely parallel with the ground, as is the bicycle, with the bicycle's head tube pointing straight at the rider's crotch. The rider's feet are perfectly flat on the pedals with the crank arms perpendicular with the ground. Another variation is the "Turndown". The rider has the bicycle pointing up, i.e. the front end of the bike pointing toward the sky with the rider twisted around and facing toward the back wheel with the bicycle's head tube pointing toward the rider's chest. An even more extreme variation is the "Turndown Flip", which is a "Leary" with the
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Team manager which he began in early 1988. Like a lot of notable retired pros, they didn't stop racing completely. He raced the two day, two event 1991 ABA Fall Nationals with a fourth in Pro Cruiser and a third in Pro Open on Saturday. While he was retired from the top competition in the "A" pro class ("AA" in ABA parlance) point and money chases, he was reclassified as a "B" pro ("A" pro in ABA parlance) and later as a Veteran pro in the 20" class and raced competitively well into his mid 40s.
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the BMX world as it was, that his career brought. He went as far as to attend a sports medicine clinic for stress management in July 1984. He met many stars of the more established sports at the facility. The stresses that come with the burden of fame was and is a widespread if little discussed aspect in the career of a top amateur or professional athlete.
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A BMX jumping style he invented is named after him, a "Leary". It involves launching a bicycle to a great height off a ramp or dirt berm. Near the apex of the jump, the rider turns the handlebars of his bicycle until they are practically facing backwards. He also kicks the rear portion of the bicycle
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March 1980 – 1992. After leaving JMC, he had a hard time finding a sponsor "'cos I never won anything big". At a national he had an announcement made that he was looking for a sponsor. Diamondback Team Manager Sandy Finkleman heard it and signed him on a six-month probationary trial basis. He became
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One of the most respected racers in BMX history, his career was not as laden with titles as many of his contemporaries. His career was plagued by many injuries, in particular his knees which cut many promising seasons off and required surgery. Also, he had trouble dealing with the fame, as limited to
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At the time there was no separate pro class for pros due to the relatively small number of pros. They raced with the 16 Experts, making it a Pro/Am class essentially. This is why during the early years of the pro division the national number one racer of a sanctioning body could be either an amateur
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Officially after the 1989 ABA Grand Nationals at age 30 on November 29, 1989, just as he had to tell the entire Diamondback team that they were discontinued due to their not winning a national title. He had not raced much in the preceding three years due to injuries and commitments as Diamond Back's
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turning "pro" in 1975 at 16 years old racing for small amounts of money at track events when offered even before the NBA, regarded as the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. The NBA was the first sanctioning body to establish one, beginning in 1977. For the sake of
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confirms that Leary was the first documented case of anyone doing a "Leary". At the time of the controversy, the maneuver was generically and neutrally known as a "Helicopter". Today, the modern variation of the "Leary" is called a "Lookback". This is an extreme version of the "Leary" in which when
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Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National and International titles. Only sanctioning bodies that were active during the racer's career are listed. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and
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He never won a major title as a top amateur or professional, his biggest win being the $ 5000 first place award at the 1982 Murray World Cup. He won a measure of redemption when he won back to back ABA Veteran Pro No. 1's in 1993 & 1994 against many of his 1980s peers. He later raced well into
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but even more so. In addition, while Tommy had a problem with attitude but remained physically healthy for the vast majority of his career, Harry had both mental attitude and physical injury to contend with. His physical misfortunes often happened when he was on a streak of doing well, cutting
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This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
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In the early days of professional racing, 1976 and prior, many tracks offered small purse prize money to the older racers of an event, even before the official sanctioning bodies offered prize money in formal divisions themselves. Hence early professionals like
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consistency and standardization noted professional first are for the first pro races for prize money offered by official BMX sanctioning bodies and not independent track events. Professional first are also on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
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knee surgery and was laid up for a further two months, not racing again until December 20, 1982, on the local level. He was not back up to race form until mid 1983. The two injuries effectively put him out of contention for almost one full
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During this era with the NBA, professionals could and did race with the amateurs and earn amateur titles even though they had their own class called "Open Expert". This was because the pro class was still relatively small.
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having a volatile temper. Considered generally a good example of the sport, he did have a volatile side. In mid 1980, just after he was picked up by Diamondback he received a one-month suspension at his local track in
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or professional. This practice continued until the NBA's 1979 season in which the pros earned separate pro points and a separate pro plate from the amateurs. The NBL and ABA followed suit a year later.
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1975 – March 1980. Harry quit JMC because he felt they had no confidence in him as a racer past being a regional pro as well as apparently Jim Melton, the head of JMC, not taking the team to nationals.
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January 1988 Vol.11 No.1 In right hand insert on F-1 bicycle. In left hand insert freestyler Dizz Hicks. Main Image: Rick Allison on F-1 bicydle.
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October 1985 Vol.8 No.10 pg.61 Harry Leary himself wrote this account of his and other racers for this invitational race series in
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Perhaps despite his attendance of the clinic, Harry Leary could never really get the psychological aspect of the sport, similar to
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1977 Aged 18. He was one of the first eight official professionals. Leary credited Bob Hadley with getting the pro class started.
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Nicknamed "Scary Harry Leary", and later "Turbo", the former for his aggressive racing style, the latter was a moniker coined by
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September/October 1996 Vol.3 Iss.5 No.12 pg.58 Combination article about Leary and his company and product evaluation
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In 2007 he ended his professional career and reclassified himself as an amateur, still racing at 48 years of age.
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2007–Present. in October 2007 Leary reclassified himself as an amateur, ending 30 years of professional racing.
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July 1987 Vol.10 No.7 in triangle insert (1) ahead of Scott Towne (70) and Robby Rupe. In rectangle insert
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July 1986 Vol.9 No.7 pg.39 Article about a home electronic starting gate product with Harry Leary testing.
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May/June 1996 Vol.3 Iss.3 No.10 pg.68 Leary discusses his Vet pro career, his bicycle company.
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refuting issues raised by BMX Dirt Jumper Chris Moeller's interview in the previous issue of
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June 1992 Vol.15 No.6 pg.22 Sidebar mini-interview on Harry Leary's comeback in pro racing.
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did not number it pages at this time) This is the controversial joint rebuttal issue with
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October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.26 A sidebar outlining a charitable contribution of Leary's.
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Many have claimed credit or were given credit for the invention of this jump, including
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Harry Leary was a founding member of the Professional Racing Organization (PRO) racers
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October 1981 vol.6 no.10 pg.90 Leary's tips on how to use a front brake effectively.
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NBL National on Sunday June 19, 1988, and was laid up for approximately four weeks.
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ran into him in a race at the July 24, 1982, NBL/IBMXF Huffy World Championship in
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Due to a change in ownership and scheduling conflicts there was no May 1983 issue.
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March 1988 Vol.11 No.3 In top insert second from left with freetyler Woody Itson,
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Leary died of heat exhaustion in Arizona, on September 7, 2024, at the age of 65.
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wheel almost completely pointing toward the sky at as much as a 70-degree angle.
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August 1984 Vol.2 No.9 In insert in third place behind Bart McDaniel (17), and
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He was the first BMX racer to have his signature on a BMX bicycle, namely the
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National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "X" (Orange/Los Angeles County);
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magazine when he "Turboed" himself into finishing National No. 2 in both the
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February 1984 Vol.9 No.2 pg.46 Joint Harry Leary and Eddy King interview.
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July 1979 Vol.4 No.7. Famous cover of Harry doing his "Leary" in JMC
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October 1995 – 2000. This was Harry Leary's own BMX bicycle company.
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his 40s in The Veterans Pro class (which is similar in concept to
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East Coast Nationals in the following October. He had to undergo
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1975 – March 1980. Turned professional while with this sponsor.
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in fourth to Harry Leary's behind/left. (SBMX special edition)
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July 1984 Vol.9 No.7 Harry executes a classic "Leary". (BMXA)
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Severely bruised a shoulder in a crash at an ABA national in
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and Jeff Utterback, but a photo in an October 1976 issue of
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Super BMX Presents The 1985 World Championship Winter 1985.
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Harry Leary is a 1986 Inductee of the ABA BMX Hall of Fame
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May 1985 Vol.10 No.5 with Kirk Chrisco in second. (BMXA)
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tester Todd Britton, and Kevin Hull. In bottom insert
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BMX magazine and general media interviews and articles
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DiamondBack's BMX racing team manager in October 1986.
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1981 "AA" Pro & Pro Trophy Grandnational Champion
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magazine (August/September 1993 Vol.2 Issue.4 No.6).
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August 1980 Vol.5 No.8 pg.46 Several shots of Harry.
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