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	Don Garlits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Garlits was an early promoter of a full-body, fire-resistant suit--complete with socks and gloves.
		In 1959, Garlits traveled to Bakersfield California for the March Meet, then called the U.S. Fuel and Gas Championship, to show that the times he was setting were as legitimate as those set by the west coast racers.
		Garlits was also known for signing the Contract with America in 1994, making a run for the United States House of Representatives from his district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Garlits (641 words)

	V8Central Forums - Don Big Garlits
		Don Garlits won't be driving his Top Fuel dragster in competition this year, but he will be driving his racecars down the drag strip just the same.
		Garlits did not qualify for that race and had a best elapsed time of 4.761 seconds and a top speed of 323.04 miles per hour.
		Garlits said that after his work on the film about his life is complete, he may drive his brother's car, the Cochran car and other cars from the museum collection at nostalgia meets in 2005, explaining the he can't drive them this year because of his commitment to working on the film.
	www.v8central.com /snitz3403/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5858 (726 words)

	Superman Meets Supermachine
		Don Garlits, alias "Big Daddy," alias "Swamp Rat," alias "Tampa Don," the legendary superman of drag racing, is forming an acquaintance with the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 - a legendary supermachine.
		Garlits said, "There are not many automobiles like this; the faster you go, the faster you want to go." At that point the car was easing through a long bend at 100 mph.
		Despite his occupation, Garlits' appreciation of machinery prompts him to evaluate road automobiles on a broader basis than their simple ability to accelerate, and the Mercedes' broad capabilities are severely muted on a drag strip.
	mars.superlink.net /~rriegler/mb/6point3/big.html (2382 words)

	Competition Plus.com - Drag Racing's Internet Magazine
		Garlits once said, "There are only two kinds of Top Fuel drivers - those that have crashed, and those that are going to crash." And when you examine his drag racing career, it’s easy to understand why he’s become such a safety pioneer.
		Garlits is quick to mention that drag racing’s safety doesn’t end with his fully enclosed cockpit and mono-strut wing.
		Garlits is quick to mention, however, that drag racing’s safety doesn’t end with his fully enclosed cockpit and mono-strut wing.
	www.competitionplus.com /2005_02_03/garlits.html (2145 words)

	50th Anniversary Mac Tools U.S. Nationals: Memorable Moment No.4: 1984, Top Fuel final, 'Big Daddy' returns, Part I
		Garlits had run only a handful of NHRA events in the early 1980s, and with the exception of his runner-up at the 1982 Gatornationals, he had been largely uncompetitive at most of them.
		Garlits had traditionally done some of his best work at the U.S. Nationals, winning Top Fuel titles in 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975, and 1978, and when he arrived in 1984, it didn't take long for him to discover that old Indy magic.
		Garlits was not challenged in eliminations until he reached the semifinals, where he was paired with Beck's car owner Larry Minor and his highly funded Miller Lite entry.
	www.50th-usnationals.com /apcm/templates/50th_news.asp?articleid=1316 (683 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"Big Daddy" Don Garlits, born January 14, 1932, is that man, and one of the inaugural inductees into the Motorsports Hall of Fame.
		He is as much revered for the technical innovation he has brought to the sport of drag racing as for the national championship events he has won.
		Garlits was the first driver ever to accelerate to 200 mph from a standing start in a quarter mile, and also the first to run 250 mph and 270 mph.
	www.mshf.com /hof/garlits_don.htm (324 words)

	Sports: It'll be a drag race for the ages
		Garlits and Muldowney, each three-time Top Fuel champions, were fierce competitors for most of the 1970s and '80s.
		Garlits, a Tampa native who owns a drag racing museum in Ocala, made his first 300 mph run last season at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.
		Garlits was settling into his dragster for a qualifying run when Muldowney's voice came through the loudspeaker.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/03/14/news_pf/Sports/It_ll_be_a_drag_race_.shtml (650 words)

	50th Anniversary Mac Tools U.S. Nationals: Memorable Moment No. 9: 2001, Top Fuel: Big Daddy returns, Part II
		Garlits, who called the run “the most wonderful feeling in the world,” shared the celebration with his loyal fans.
		By the time he retired in 1992, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits had won every race and received every honor a drag racer could hope for, but he was still haunted by one yet-unachieved dream: earning a four-second, 300-mph time slip.
		Garlits then made plans to update his mono-wing-equipped Swamp Rat 34 for the Big Go, but that plan also failed when the eight-year-old car could not be updated in time to current NHRA specifications.
	www.50th-usnationals.com /apcm/templates/50th_news.asp?articleid=1260&zoneid=54 (1033 words)

	CARkeys - Don Garlits Returns To Drag Racing
		Garlits himself is physically not all that big, but his influence on the sport has been immense.
		Garlits had already become fed up with engines blowing up and setting fire to him, and in March 1970 he decided to adopt a different design when a clutch exploded and blew his car to bits, one of which had until recently been part of his right foot.
		From then on Garlits continued to rack up an astonishing number of race and championship victories, even though his career was punctuated by several retirements and comebacks.
	www.carkeys.co.uk /columns/david_finlay/76.asp (878 words)

	1320inc.com
		Garlits agreed to the persimmon red color for the 1966 season at the request of his friends and sponsors.
		Always a pioneer of and advocate for safety, Garlits used the same roll cage that protected him through two 190-mph crashes in the construction of this dragster that was powered by a late model 426 power plant.
		And typical of all Garlits' "Fuelers", Tony Nancy upholstery was the norm for the cockpit.
	www.1320inc.com /product_info.php?products_id=28 (393 words)

	rpm.espn.com: Legendary drivers share many qualities
		Garlits and Muldowney battled fiercely over the past 30 years at drag strips across the country, but their motivation for winning differed in some respects.
		Muldowney, who has announced her retirement at year's end, and Garlits, who makes no mention of retirement at the age of 71, were besieged at their respective pit areas with well-wishers and autograph seekers.
		Although neither enjoyed a memorable weekend on the track -- Garlits was unable to qualify his "Swamp Rat XXXIV" mono-strut dragster and Muldowney lost her first-round match to Doug Kalitta on a redlight -- they both retained a fiery spirit and unflickering passion for Top Fuel competition.
	espn.go.com /rpm/nhra/2003/0324/1528716.html (500 words)

	1320inc.com
		A lot of Don’s success came because he was always striving to improve his car, his performance and the sport.
		In the course of one year it was nothing for Don to go through a couple of cars with several different engine, body and drive line configurations and 1964 was certainly no exception.
		Don, who was recording big speeds everywhere he went, came to Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey in August of 1964 with “Swamp Rat 6B” and with the expressed intention of running 200 mph and setting the national record.
	www.1320inc.com /product_info.php?products_id=92 (485 words)

	Don Garlits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Don Garlits rarely lifted the front end, and I had prefocused further down track.
		Garlits was one of the first professional drag racers to tour nationally going back to the 1950's, and he became perhaps the most famous drag racer in the history of the sport.
		This was "Tampa Don's" long-wheelbase KENDALL car (notice how much distance there is between the drivers cockpit and the rear axle) that he built just before it began flying the SUPER SHOPS sponsorship.
	www.sd455.com /crm/garlits_don/crmgarlits.htm (359 words)

	No. 1: Don Garlits
		Garlits was the first to exceed 250 mph, at the 1975 World Finals, with an e.t.
		Garlits' first rear-engine dragster not only rejuvenated "the Old Man's" career -- he was 39 -- but revived the class at a time when the danger of the diggers and the surging popularity of the new Funny Cars had Top Fuel on the ropes.
		He further contributed to the sport in the 1980s when he opened the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Fla., in 1984, but not before experimenting with two different methods of locomotion that were reminiscent of the earliest days of the sport.
	www.nhra.com /50th/top50/index.html (2151 words)

	Sports: Garlits? Who? Oh, you're talking about Big Daddy
		OCALA -- As the lights went from yellow to green, Don Garlits stomped on the accelerator and popped the clutch.
		Instead, Garlits spent his time in the hospital designing and refining one of the most significant changes in the National Hot Rod Association's 50 years, the rear-engine dragster.
		Garlits was born in Tampa and raised in Seffner.
	www.sptimes.com /News/031501/Sports/Garlits_Who_Oh__you_r.shtml (2194 words)

	USATODAY.com - Drag legends Garlits, Muldowney at Nationals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Drag-racing icons Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney will return to the quarter-mile for this weekend's U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the biggest drag-racing weekend of the year.
		Garlits was a technical innovator, introducing a rear-engine dragster in 1971 that quickly made the conventional front-engine cars obsolete.
		Garlits' main goal is to break the 300-mph barrier.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nhra/2001-08-30-nationals.htm (422 words)

	On the Road with Big Daddy: Don Garlits
		Don’s high school sweetheart is his wife Pat, however, his first love is the automobile, and his passion is winning.
		Garlits’ distinct ability to conceptualize his dreams has allowed him to be master over the end result.
		Don Garlits began racing in 1950 and scored his first major victory in 1955.
	speedtalk.com /shows/016_garlits_lehman.html (710 words)

	Interview with Don Garlits
		We could write for pages on the impact within drag racing that Garlits has made, but we'll condense it to the point to say that he was voted to the #1 ranking of all NHRA drag racers in the first 50 years of its existence.
		Garlits has been outspoken throughout much of his 50-plus years in drag racing.
		Citing what he calls hearing problems, Garlits has pointed out this may be the last phone interview that he does.
	www.competitionplus.com /07_15_2004/don_garlits.html (1670 words)

	Reyes On Tour - "Big Daddy" Don Garlits
		Don Garlits came from humble beginnings in the Tampa, Florida area, and became involved in drag racing in the 1950’s, he eventually became voted the number one NHRA Drag Racing Driver of all time by a jury of his peers at the turn of the last Century, and rightfully so.
		Garlits was inducted into both the Florida Pro Sports Hall of Fame in Lake City, Florida, and the Race Drivers Hall of Fame at Ontario, California in 1973.
		In 1975 Don was elected to the Goodyear Motorsports Advisory Board and received the Key to the City of Tampa.
	www.cruisenewsonline.com /ROT-DonGarlits/Story.html (807 words)

	NMAH: Don Garlits Top-fuel Dragster "Swamp Rat XXX"
		Swamp Rat XXX is a drag racing car of the top-fuel class, designed, built and raced by Don Garlits of Ocala, Florida.
		Garlits, better known as "Big Daddy," is one of the pioneers of drag racing, which is a test of acceleration on quarter-mile tracks.
		It carries a Christian cross and the words "God is Love," reflecting Garlits' experience in 1959 when, after an accident, his system could not handle pain-killing drugs.
	americanhistory.si.edu /collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=263 (244 words)

	Don Garlits - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
		Don Garlits, born January 14, 1932, in Tampa, Florida must have raised havoc with the Florida State Police as he tested the engines he built on the highways of the Tampa Bay area, learning the trade which was to take him to the heights of drag racing.
		In 1986 Don Garlits drove his dragster to a NHRA record of 271.08 mph, breaking the 270 mph barrier.
		Don Garlits was the first drag racer to have his vehicle placed in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Don was voted Man of the Year by Drag News in 1971, '73 and '75.
	www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1997/Don_Garlits_main.htm (295 words)

	Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, FL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, FL museumstuff.com :: museums :: Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
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	www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020201_12082.html (214 words)

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		Driving chassis he fabricated that were powered by engines he built, Garlits won 144 major open events and 17 national championships in the sport's three major hot rod associations.
		By 1986, Garlits had also become a three-time NHRA national champion, along the way repeating his 1984 win at the U.S. Nationals in 1985 and 1986 to become the event's only three-straight winner.
		Garlits had driven at a national event just once since 1992, when he competed at this year's U.S. Nationals in Gary Clapshaw's car.
	www.racingone.com /article.asp?artnum=11031 (1980 words)

	Big Daddy Don Garlits Blog
		Don and his brother Ed, who was born in 1933, did everything together, from milking the cows to maintaining the truck and farm equipment.
		Innocently, Don made a few runs in their 1950 Ford two door sedan, garnered the class win, along with a trophy, and the rest is history.
		Garlits was comfortable driving slingshots again when a nasty transmission explosion cut the dragster in half.
	www.newsbull.com /m.asp?id=38 (1113 words)

	The Learning Tree Mechanic - by AVP Productions
		Don has won Driver of the Year honors nine times in the Top Fuel Division, has been named Man of the Year by Drag News Magazine three times, Driver of the Year four times, and has been inducted into nine Halls of Fame including the NHRA, Florida Sports, and the Motorsports Hall of Fame.
		Garlits was the first dragster to run over 170mph in 1957, 180mph in 1958, and 200mph in 1964.
		In 1979 Don smashed past 250mph with a 255.68 and the records continued to mount when in 1986 "Big Daddy" broke the 270mph barrier at the Gatornationals in Gainesville, FL.
	www.autovideo2000.com /dongarlits.htm (312 words)

	Jupiter Florida Online Guide - JupiterDaily.com - Palm Beach County, FL - Don Garlits Museum -
		The Garlits Museums complex encompasses a 16 acre grassy plot which Don and Pat purchased in 1982.
		Garlits Museums are conveniently located on Interstate 75, only about 15 minutes south of Ocala Florida, off exit 341.
		The deep commitment that propelled Don Garlits to Drag Racing fame, results from his view of a purpose.
	www.jupiterdaily.com /index.php?Don_Garlits&cdir_jupiterr_newcity=9e46ea8f3ff173f4864248592c5e85b6 (343 words)

	Don Garlits - Definition, explanation
		, Wynn's Jammer Donald Glenn Garlits (born January 14, 1932, Tampa, Florida) is considered the father of drag racing.
		Don Garlits being from Florida was the outsider who came in and beat them at their own game.
		Garlits was the first driver to win three National Hot Rod Association national titles and three world championships, the last coming at the age of 54.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/do/don_garlits.php (255 words)

	Naval Aviation News: Big Daddy "flies" Navy - Don Garlits respairs Corsair aircraft damaged in storm at his museum
		The 1997 International Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee owns the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Fla. He has added some muscle to his growing collection of Navy memorabilia with the addition of an A-7A Corsair II (BuNo 152650) mounted on a pedestal in front of the museum.
		After its retirement in 1978, the plane was mounted on a pedestal at NAS Cecil Field, Fla. When the base was later closed, it was known that Garlits was interested in obtaining an airplane for his museum, so the Navy loaned him the Corsair II for display.
		Garlits also has other Navy memorabilia in his museum.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAX/is_2_85/ai_98166192 (481 words)

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