This 1/24 scale model from 1320 is Beebe and Mulligan's Fighting Irish dragster, number 5 in the Fuelers series.
Teaming up with engine builder and tuner, Tim Beebe, driver John Mulligan piloted the famed Beebe & Mulligan Fighting Irish green-striped car from 1967 until his untimely death weeks after he was injured in a first-round accident at the 1969 U.S. Nationals.
Starting the 1969 season with a new Woody Gilmore car, Beebe & Mulligan used the 1969 Winternationals as their stage as they recorded their first and only NHRA National event victory. At the U.S. Nationals qualifying that year, 'the Zookeeper' rocketed his Beebe-tuned dragster down the Indianapolis quarter mile with a 6.43 e.t. The run was more than two tenths quicker than the national record and stood for a year. Tragically, Mulligan was badly burned in a first-round accident and died weeks later from his injuries. The Beebe & Mulligan car held the NHRA speed record at 229.59 mph from September 1968 until July 1970. |
