Leon Sales (October 4, 1923 - April 27, 1981) was a NASCAR driver from Winston-Salem, NC. In eight career Sprint Cup Series starts, Sales earned one victory and three top-tens.
Sales' debut came in 1950, when he competed at North Wilkesboro, and what a debut it was, taking over the lead with just eight laps to go and pulling away to victory over Jack Smith. He is one of the few drivers who have won in their first career start. Sales, though, had the flip happen at Martinsville later that year, finishing last (21st).
Sales' busiest year was in 1951, when he competed in four events. It was a great year for Sales, finishing no worse than 17th at Hillsboro and having an 11th place effort at North Wilkesboro be his only other finish out of the top-ten. His top-ten finishes were a 7th at Darlington and Martinsville.
Sales' final two races came in the 1952 season, but they turned out to be a struggle for the successful driver. He was 26th in the season opener at Palm Beach, and then struggled to a 57th place effort at Daytona Beach in the next event.