McLeod began his racing career in 1980 at the relatively old age of 32, progressing immediately into touring car racing where in just three seasons to become one of Australia's fastest privately entered touring car racers, and usually had the fastest Mazda RX-7's behind Allan Moffat's factory supported team (though with reportedly more horsepower than Moffat's cars).
Edgar Allan Poe | Gary Allan | Allan Holdsworth | Allan Ramsay | Allan Cunningham | Max Allan Collins | Allan Sherman | Steven Moffat | Allan Ramsay (artist) | Allan Moffat | Allan Cunningham (botanist) | Allan Border | Mitch Allan | Allan Octavian Hume | Allan Kaprow | Allan Harris | David Allan Coe | Bethwell Allan Ogot | Allan Cup | Ted Allan | Moffat County, Colorado | Lucy Allan | Edgar Allan Poe's | Allan Williams | Allan Warren | Allan Vogel | Allan R. Bomhard | Allan Quatermain | Allan McCollum | Allan Heinberg |
The Holder Dealer Team Commodore finished a lap ahead of Allan Moffat and Japanese driver Yoshimi Katayama in their Peter Stuyvesant sponsored Mazda RX-7.
The Boss Mustang also enjoyed considerable success in Australia with Canadian born driver Allan Moffat driving his Coca-Cola-sponsored Mustang to a recorded 101 wins from 151 starts.
The first occurred in 1977 when Allan Moffat and Colin Bond spent the majority of the final lap side-by-side in their Ford XC Falcons.
Australian open wheel and touring car stars Bib Stillwell, Lex Davison, Leo Geoghegan, Frank Matich, Frank Gardner, Spencer Martin, Kevin Bartlett, John Harvey, Ian Geoghegan, Norm Beechey, Bob Jane and Allan Moffat also raced at the circuit.
Leading contenders included John Harvey and Colin Bond in Torana Repco V8s, Bill Brown and Jim McKeown driving Porsche Carreras, Leo Geoghegan's Porsche 911S, and Allan Moffat's famous Trans-Am Mustang.
The change to Group A touring car regulations for the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship forced McLeod, and others such as Allan Moffat, to abandon the RX-7 as the cars would have to revert to running the standard 12A motor, would have no aerodynamic aids and would generally be uncompetitive.