Race Car history

This 57 Ford is the original Gunfighter, that Iraced in 1967 through 1969. It was deigned after that era of early funny cars, particularly the

fuel injected, altered wheelbase Mopars. We used a 293 cubic inch 289 Ford, with ported cylinder heads, a Crane roller cam, and a Hilborn fuel injection, followed up by a aluminum case Borg Warner 4speed with Hurst shifter,and a 9" differential with 5.67 gea

Next I built a 69 Mustang fiberglass replica, using an Injected Boss 302 engine and a four speed. After going over a guardrail in Seattle, a result of a broken rear axle, I mounted a Comet body, I raced that car through the 1970, 71, and 72 seasons. We won a lot of races with this car, including a class win at the Winternationals.

During the 1973 season I raced Darrell McCleavy's Pro Stock Hemi Dod

I purchased a 73 Pinto Wagon brand new. My wife  drove it for almost a year, then I stripped it to a bare shell and had M&S Welding in

Irwindale builds a Pro Stock chassis. Iacid dipped the doors, bumpers, tailgate. We built a 351 Cleveland with a tunnel ram manifold and

Holley Dominator carbs. We used a Lenco 4 speed transmission, which is 3 planetary two speeds, bolted together. It was supposedly 

Over the 1977 to 78 winter, we converted a wrecked 74 Mustang Il to appear as a 1978 model. I painted it Candy apple red and received many compliments on the paint. Similar to the Pinto, limited success in Pro Stock, lots of success in Comp Eliminator. Isold everything at the end of the 79 season, including spare parts and trailer.

Brother in law Rick gathered eight of us to attend the US Nationals in

Indianapolis in 2010. There was a 67 Mustang for sale. Imade the seller a ridiculous offer, and found myself back in racing. It was a 434 cubic inch 351 Windsor, with a powerglide. Pretty nice Car except it sat too

high. I raced Pro Bracket with limited success, but had a lot of fun going fast again.

I learned about Ford's CobraJet program and placed my name of the list. In July 2012 I took delivery of this 2013 Cobrajet Mustang. A truly

great racecar in every way. Ihave won a lot of rounds, but never a final round. The car is now driven by Dave Reichert 2020 season forward.

Over the winter 2019 -2020, we completely changed Daryl's car.

Besides the blue and white wrap, we discarded the damaged 520 inch big block and had Modular Motorsports Racing (MMR) install a turbo charged 315 inch billet Coyote. We have had a ton of challenges sorting this combination out but it is almost a second faster. We use a Fueltech

engine management system, which we are still learning.

Daryl 

My friend Craig made me purchase this body about 2010. The project has been slow and it was at the chassis builder's for over 3 years. But finally it all came together in 2020. We use a 327 cu in Coyote, with a 4.9 liter Kenne Bel Supercharger, and a powerglide. It uses a Motec engine management system, an intercooler, and is really a pretty high tech car. I used a wrap instead of paint mainly to 

While competing at the 50th Anniversary of the CobraJet in Norwalk Ohio,  we learned about the 50th Anniversary model. I put my name on the list of hopefuls. Not only did I get one, it is number 006, same as my 2013. Don Strong and I went to Watson Racing to pickup the car and another for fellow racer and friend Larry McClanahan. I asked them how many had been picked up? They told us these are the

As a result of a crash in Boise, Daryl chose to change to a 67 Mustang body. Same car as the 2009, just a new body.