 After that race, Leonard began to drive for Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing in the #20 Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid Mongoose-Ford (also sponsored by Vel's Ford Sales at the Hanford 200 at Hanford Motor Speedway and the Rex Mays 300 at Riverside International Raceway).His best finish of the season wound up being at Indianapolis as he would finish 9th in points.In 1968, Leonard would begin the season in the #9 Vel's Ford Sales Morris-Ford for Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing.