I was at the Winter Nationals in Pomona in (I believe) Jan Feb 1974. Could have been 75 or 76 also because I went every year to work on a car from the Northwest. Leal ran that DC cover car in B/MP and I believe won the eliminator or came in second. Long time ago for my memory.

I was struck by how clean the car was constructed. It almost appeared as though it came off of the assembly line and looked like it had.
It had a 426 hemi engine and I believe nearly everything was available in the DC catalog. Motor, transmission, Dana 60 and front suspension all looked factory. The interior, except for the seats looked factory. He used a Long style shifter and that was it, I don't even remember a tachometer.

Really a nice racer.