Drag Racing ace “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, who topped the list of NHRA's Top 50 Racers in a 2000 poll of historians, media, officials, drivers and racing insiders, earned his respect grudgingly ...

So did HOT ROD Magazine, at the time edited by NHRA founder Wally Parks, and Garlits came to view the scene as ... everybody in the joint on his side. These days Don Garlits is the crowd favorite ...

For our money, Don Garlits--chassis builder ... ROD), were you ever able to out-accelerate a jet? DG]There never was side-by-side racing on those three aircraft carriers, but after the last ...

The night of racing royalty in Pomona celebrating the career of Don Garlits, left, lincluded an appearance by current NHRA driver/owner John Force. "TV Tommy" Ivo combined a love of racing and ...

In the first part of this interview series with drag-racing legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, we discussed his colorful competition in the sixties/seventies against the likes of Don “The Snake ...

Just before 5:30 p.m. on March 8, 1970, Don Garlits edged his top-fuel dragster to the starting line at the old Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, the car’s 2,000-horsepower engine belching ...

JUPITER — Drag racing legend "Big Daddy" Don Garlits fell short of the elusive 200 mph electric dragster record in attempts Saturday at Palm Beach International Raceway, although a new quarter ...

That's today's magic in Don's Garage. That's the sound of a sealed connection. Garlits sprays the completed side with brake cleaner and repeats the process on the opposite end. Garlits rolls the ...

“That’s as quick as you can get after it,” Don Garlits says, climbing out of the ... We swing open a side door and enter the museum. The space is an overflowing labyrinth, thousands of ...

They are everywhere, and "Big Daddy" Don Garlits sees them ... "The country has been good," Garlits said Friday. "I want to give something back." His competitors may view that giving spirit ...

BELLEVIEW -- When "Big Daddy" Don Garlits grins ... physics genius on his side." On Saturday, during the Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., a "Rat Roast" will mark Garlits' 80th birthday.

In drag racing, there is "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and there is everyone else. Some won more races and championships, but Garlits will always loom largest among the straightliners. He was the ...