The Woody-built "Fighting Irish" Top Fueler of Tim Beebe & John "Zookeeper" Mulligan was a crowd favorite on the So-Cal circuit and at national events in 1968-1969. Driver Mulligan demonstrated the car's strength when he set an NHRA national speed record of 229.59 mph at Orange County Int'l Raceway Sept. 14, 1968. After several runner-up national event finishes, the team won the 1969 Winternationals, and carried on winning until that year's NHRA Nationals, where Mulligan qualified with an astonishing 6.43. Sadly, Mulligan suffered fatal injuries during eliminations that weekend, and the car was destroyed.

In 1999 Californian Dave West commissioned Pat Foster to build a recreation of the famous car, which has been thrilling drag fans young and old alike since its 2000 debut.