Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Sam Parriott page on 26 September 2021, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Sam Parriott is an American drag racer.

Driving a Cadillac-powered gasser named City of Industry (variously a 1953 or 1963 Kurtis), Parriot won several NHRA national gasser titles.

In the 1953 car, he took A/SP (A Production) at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1958 (with a pass of 12.17 seconds at 122.44 mph (197.05 km/h)), AM/SP (A Modified Production) at Detroit Dragway in 1960 (with a pass of 12.29 seconds at 130.62 mph (210.21 km/h)), and at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961 (with a pass of 11.91 seconds at 128.20 mph (206.32 km/h)) and 1962 (with a pass of 12.53 seconds at 111.80 mph (179.92 km/h)).

In the 1963 car, he won the national AAM/SP (A Modified Production supercharged) title at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1964 with a 10.62/132.93 mph (213.93 km/h) pass.

Photographs

Subject:  Blown Ford Engine Source:  Hot Rod Spec Sheet Caption:  Sam Parriott's beautiful Modified Sports class entry in drag racing is a Kurtis body powered by a healthy blown Ford engine. View image of Hot Rod Spec Sheet "Blown Ford Engine" Front - 2.0MB View image of Hot Rod Spec Sheet "Blown Ford Engine" Back - 495KB