Returning for a third year, the special “Swamp Rat Alley,” featuring historic cars from legendary “Big Daddy” Don Garlits ...

Don Garlits, also known as Big Daddy, took a 420-volt dragster down the quarter mile at the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida in just 7.25 seconds at 296.14km/h. This is a new world record ...

Case in point: the very speedy maiden voyages of Don Garlits' Swamp Rat 37. Though his tarmac-tearing time of 7.26 seconds at 184.01 miles per hour didn't qualify as a record – his next-fastest ...

HERE IS A VERY NICE DIXCO 10,000 RPM BIG DADDY DON GARLITS TACHOMETER. NO STARS AND STRIPS ON THIS ONE. I THINK SOME EARLY ONES DID NOT GET THE TREATMENT. SOME IN CANADA HAD GARY BECK OPTION. THE LENS ...

First, the story about Don Garlits and the arrival of the 426 Hemi Chrysler (to replace the well-developed 392 Hemi that preceded it). Supposedly the 426 was a disappointment when “suited up ...

The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala was the only other Florida museum to make the top 20 worldwide list. "For ...