Still from NHRA video. With more than 50 years now separating us from the two historical racing events we discussed this past week – Don Garlits’s transmission explosion at Lions in 1970 and Ken Mile...
Don Garlits in Swamp Rat XIII, March 1970. Photo courtesy NHRA. 1,300 pounds. 1,600 horsepower. 220 inches out to those front wheels. No more bodywork or paint than necessary. Like many a Don Garlits...
The Seventies. Big hair, bell bottoms, platform shoes, disco, and proto-malaise. Not all of it was bad, though, and this video is here to remind you that drag racing in the Nixon era ruled, in the da...
Courtesy of Bloomington Gold Bloomington Gold Charlotte is approaching next month and the two-day show is a must for Corvette enthusiasts. In addition to the over 500 Corvettes on display and the Blo...
Testing Swamp Rat 38 in Ocala. Photos courtesy Lisa Crigar Images. Last January 14, drag racing legend Don Garlits celebrated his 87th birthday. At an age where most are content to reflect on their l...
I wanted to meet “Big Daddy” Don Garlits when he raced Swamp Rat-I at Atco Dragway in 1962. But it wasn’t to be, and I had to wait 41 years for it to happen. Photo courtesy Garlits Museum of Drag Rac...
By William Hall. Photos by the author. A new summer-long exhibit at Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson Museum showcases vintage drag cars and motorcycles and celebrates drag racing pop culture from the 1950...