| Sam Parriott | |
| Nationality: | American |
Sam Parriott is an American drag racer.[1]
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 122.44mph),[2] AM/SP (A Modified Production) at Detroit Dragway in 1960 (with a pass of 12.29 seconds at 130.62mph), and at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961 (with a pass of 11.91 seconds at 128.2mph) and 1962 (with a pass of 12.53 seconds at 111.8mph).[3]
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 10.62/132.93mph pass.[4]