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John Mulligan (M) from
Garden Grove, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
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1966 - Category: TOPFUEL, Type: TN, Class: AA/FD, Div: 7 |
| "Adams-Warye-Mulligan" Owned by Gene Adams & Jack Warye
from
Garden Grove, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Gene Adams |
| '65 Dragster by
Woody Gilmore |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 420 Chrysler Hemi with
direct drive |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
6.950 at Carlsbad CA 10/66 (NR) |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
221.12 at Carlsbad CA 10/66 (NR) |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1966 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 100.0,
MPH 94.27 |
Entry is 0.90613 times average ET and 1.08350 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1966 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.950 ET, 223.32 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1966 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 7.670 ET, 204.08 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1966 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 8.390 ET, 186.57 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: Amazing times. Early in the year, ran 7.71/198.22 at Lions 2/01/66. | Ran 7.73/195.64 at Bakersfield March Meet 3/66. | Ran 7.30/212 at Pomona 4/66 beating the Surfers' 7.34. | Ran the first generally accepted 7.1-second time with a 7.16 at the AHRA Nationals at Lions in August, and two months later ripped the first six in a match-race at Carlsbad, Calif., with a 6.95. - Drag Racing Online | John ran six of the 20 quickest ETs in 1966 and three of the fastest 19 speeds. - NHRA | Runner-up AHRA Winternationals Irwindale. | John started the season by winning the Jackpot Circuit race at Carlsbad on Jan 9. He qualified second with a 7.62/199.10. He beat Dick Lechien and Bill Leavitt before running a 7.59/205 in the final to beat Tommy Allen's 7.90/208. On January 23 he was at Pomona for its Jackpot race. John qualified fourth with a 7.80/204.08. That wasn't bad considering that there were 34 cars going for the 16 positions. In round two, John lost to Dave Beebe. At the AHRA Winternationals at Irwindale, the team ran well, beating Tom McEwen in the semifinals, but losing an engine while winning. Unfortunately, they were unable to run in the final giving Bob Hightower a single for the win. John's 7.71/198.22 qualified #14 in the 32-car field at Lions for the UDRA Winternationals on February 26. He failed to reach the finals. At the Bakersfield March Meet, he ran on Saturday, March 5, for the hoped for "sit out" position for Sunday. Unfortunately, he fouled away a 7.67/195.22 in the first round. John had still qualified for Sunday's show, but he got out of shape in the first round, of eliminations against Mike Snively and lost. The team was at Lions for a sixteen-car show on March 26 where a 7.89/198.66 qualified #7. He beat Gary Casaday in the first round, with a 7.96/196.50, but lost in the next round. Another sixteen-car show was run at Irwindale on April 2. Mulligan beat Dwight Salisbury in the first round, with a 7.76/199.54 before slowing to a 10.64/91.63 second round loss to Dave Beebe's 7.70/210. He won at Lions over an eight-car field on April 9. He qualified #2 with a 7.37 and ran a 7.88/160.71 over Bivens and Fisher in the first round. In the semifinal, Connie Swingle fouled against him and he ended up winning by beating Roy Thode in the final with a 7.65/170. Another win came their way on April 17 at Riverside for a Jackpot Circuit event. John qualified #1 with a 7.67 and he set Low ET with a first-round 7.61, beating Jack Ewell. In the semifinal, a 7.80 beat Tommy Allen who shut off early. In the final, a holeshot 7.95/205.00 beat Paul Sutherland's quicker 7.83/188. The following day (April 18) found them all Lions for an eight-car show. Again John qualified #1; this time, a Low ET of the meet 7.47 at 205.46 got him the spot. Nick Marshall fouled against him in the first round, and Connie Swingle did the same in the semis. John's two runs were 8.05/138.46 and 9.37/106.00, but here he was in another Top Fuel final round. Unfortunately, a final round 8.03/146.34 was no match for James Warren's 7.72. John was runner-up at Lions again on April 23 when he fouled away a 7.57/197.80 against Beebe in the final. Mulligan qualified second with a 7.68/181.08 and had run a 7.85/179.64 over an out of shape Warren and an 8.26/146.10 beat Krohn and Angeleri's Injected Chevy fueler in the semifinals. It was on April 24 that the drag racing world really started to notice the Adams-Warye-Mulligan team when they were at Pomona for a Jackpot Circuit race. In the first round, John soared to Low ET and Top Speed with a 7.30/219.50 drilling of Allen. In the second round, he faced Chuck Griffith, but John's clutch was failing and the car pulled through the beams and fouled. He still ran a 7.43 in the loss. They ran at Beeline's Fuel and Gas Championships on April 30 and even though they beat Glenn Brown in the first round, with a 7.66; the speed of 180.36 showed that they hurt their engine and were unable to run in the semifinal. Lions held a sixteen-car show on May 14, and a 7.96 qualified in the middle of the field. John shut off early in the first round, and his 8.08/142.65 lost to Larry Faust's engine blowing 8.14/182. Since Faust was unable to return, John got back in on the "break rule", but lost again with an ailing 9.58 losing to John Edmunds' 7.92/201. The team traveled to Sacramento on May 22 for the Division 7 points race and qualified with a 7.97 at only 159.50. They failed to reach the finals. John set Lions track records of 7.31/216.34 while qualifying #1 on May 28 for a sixteen-car show. In the first round, he beat Ron Goodsell's 7.85/200 with a 7.39/213.76, but Beebe's 7.59/207 beat John's quicker 7.51/204.54 in the second round. Mulligan set Low ET in qualifying #1 at an eight-car show at Lions on June 11. His 7.42/203.16 led the field, but in the first round, his 7.51/187.50 beat Beebe, but a cylinder wall collapsed and they had to withdraw from competition. John cracked off a Low ET 7.24 at 219.50 to lead qualifying at Riverside for the HRM Championships. Unfortunately, he lost to Mike Sorokin in the first round. He did better at Irwindale on July 9 where he set Low ET and Top Speed in qualifying at 7.44/214.00. Another 7.44 at 205.94 beat Allen and a 7.50/206.88 beat Ron Hampshire in the semifinals. In the final, he met Danny Ongais who lost a clutch on the line and Mulligan won with a 7.53/213.28. Another win came at Carlsbad on May 29 where he qualified #1 with a 7.49 at a track speed record of 221.12. He ran 7.87/215.30 and Low ET of the meet, 7.44 at 218.44 in the rounds leading up to the final where a 7.91/203.16 beat Tommy Allen's 8.27. On August 7, Mulligan ran 7.16 to qualify first at Lions for the AHRA World Championships. A first-round 7.31/218.44 (Top Speed) beat Bob Brooks, but in the second round, the car failed to fire. Dave Beebe met John at Irwindale on August 20 for a best of three match race. This was big as Dave was winning a lot of races at the time. John won the match two straight with times of 7.49/203.16 over Beebe's 7.68/208 and 7.30/206.88 to Beebe's early shut off 7.76/191.08. |
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Submitted by Draglist Archives, Last updated on Thursday, October 30, 2025, 02:47:55 PM by
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Rankings updated: 10/31/25 03:02:59 am EDT
