Turbo's Racing Photos - Fuel Dragsters
Don Garlits
Swamp Rat XXX
Photography by Pat Smith
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HERE'S A COOL CLOSEUP OF THREE TIME NHRA TOP FUEL CHAMP "BIG DADDY" DON GARLITS' STREAMLINER IN THE STAGING LANES AT THE WORLD FINALS IN POMONA IN 1986.
DARRELL GWYNN TOOK THE EVENT IN TOP FUEL WITH A BEST 5.46 ET & 257 MPH.
DON WAS CARRYING THE #1 ON THE REAR WING FROM THE 1985 CHAMPIONSHIP AND REPEATED IN 1986. DON ALSO WON THE 1975 CHAMPIONSHIP. DON WON THE U.S. NATIONALS IN INDY EIGHT TIMES, INCLUDING THREE IN A ROW IN 84, 85 & 86.
THIS CAR IS NOW IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON DC. A REAL NICE PIECE!