John Mulkey (drag racer)
John Mulkey is an American gasser drag racer.
In 1956, Mulkey won NHRA's B/SR championship at Kansas City, Missouri, driving a 1932 Ford powered by a transplanted Ford engine. He recorded a pass of 14.43 seconds at.
Mulkey repeated his class win at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1958, the Ford now powered by a small-block Chevrolet. His winning pass was 13.36 seconds at.
By winning two titles, Mulkey became NHRA's third two-time national class champion. He was first to achieve it in B/SR.
Mulkey's winning 1932 Ford was used in the science fiction movie "The Giant Gila Monster" . In the finale, Chase, the hero of the movie, loads the car with nitro and runs it into the monster gila monster and destroys it and the car. In reality a model of the car is destroyed, not the actual race car.
