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At 86 years old, legendary drag racer “Big Daddy” Don Garlits has found the fountain of youth: Batteries. No, we’re not talking about batteries for a heart pacemaker or the kind you put in your TV ...

Big Daddy is still the one to beat. Fifty years after he became the first drag racer to break 200 miles per hour in the quarter-mile, Don Garlits is aiming to hit that mark again -- only this time in ...

Ocala.com exclusive story - Most race fans probably think Don Garlits' interest in cars started the first time he slipped into the seat of a hot rod. Not so. For Garlits, the fascination goes back to ...

Super-laudable feats of Stars and Bars-garbed Don Garlits, expert crewmen Mike McKissack, Tommy Lemons (right) and precedent-breaking engine location. in. Swamp Rat 1 blew off Winternat'ls field.

Spotted this 1995 Dodge Ram Big Daddy Don Garlits limited edition parked just off Woodward Avenue during the Dream Cruise. No. 55 of 180. Spotted this 1995 Dodge Ram Big Daddy Don Garlits limited ...

On the 50th anniversary of mankind's first moon landing, last Saturday, another kind of new record hit the electric car community. Legendary drag-racer Don Garlits, who was setting racing records ...

Even though he’s now 87 years old, the lure of strapping himself into an 11,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragster still courses through the veins of legendary “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. One of the greatest ...

How do you introduce a garage like this? Everyone knows who "Big Daddy" Don Garlits is, and, as you may guess, he has a monster collection of vintage goodies to go with the 250 cars on display in the ...

The National Hot Rod Association's best drag racer of all time has never been one to rest on his laurels, and at age 83 he's still blazing trails. After more than six decades of roaring engines and ...

Don Garlits, now 91, has earned lofty place among legends after contentious start decades ago. NHRA founder Wally Parks ultimately conceded that Garlits was “bait” and improved the sport’s bottom line ...

Just before 5:30 p.m. on March 8, 1970, Don Garlits edged his top-fuel dragster to the starting line at the old Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, the car’s 2,000-horsepower engine belching directly in ...