About Sam Parriott
Sam Parriott was an American racing driver.
Sam Parriott is an American drag racer.
Driving a Cadillac-powered Kurtis-Kraft sports cars named City of Industry (variously a 1953 or 1963 Kurtis), Parriott won several NHRA national gasser titles.
In his 1953 Cadillac V8-powered Kurtis-Kraft 500S sports car, he took A/SP (A Production) at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1958 (with a pass of 12.17 seconds at ), AM/SP (A Modified Production) at Detroit Dragway in 1960 (with a pass of 12.29 seconds at ), and at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961 (with a pass of 11.91 seconds at ) and 1962 (with a pass of 12.53 seconds at ).
In his second car, a 1962 Kurtis-Kraft Aguila, powered by a supercharged big block Ford FE engine, Parriott won the national AAM/SP (A Modified Production supercharged) title at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1964 with a 10.62/ pass.
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