Turbo's Racing Photos - Rear Engine Dragsters
Don Garlits
AA/FD
Photography by Pat Smith
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1971
HERE'S THE CAR THAT CHANGED TOP FUEL DRAG RACING FOREVER. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT AN AHRA EVENT AT GREEN VALLEY TEXAS IN EARLY 1971.
THIS WAS THE FIRST REAR ENGINE TOP FUEL CAR THAT I EVER REMEMBER SEEING AND I THINK IT WAS JUST AFTER DON BUILT THE CAR. DON DESIGNED THE CAR WHILE RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A WICKED CLUTCH EXPLOSION AT LIONS THAT CUT HIS FRONT ENGINE DIGGER IN HALF.
IT WAS THE ONLY REAR ENGINE CAR AT THIS EVENT AND ALL THE TOP NAMES WERE THERE. I REMEMBER HOW STRANGE IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO SEE DON'S FACE WITHOUT THE MASK!
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