Talk:Don Garlits

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Big Daddy, do you remember anything about Tony Nancy's 1964 Rear Engine rail called "the Wedge"? I have an old Hot Rod issue with this ride on the cover.

I believe he has this car in his museum. It is black with an enclosed top. There were several cars of this type during the early days of "funny car" when the cheap and dirty way to reduce the coefficient of drag was to merely chop off the top! Faster, but not the best in aesthetical satisfaction. Do be sure to take in this museum in central Florida--there are actually two buildings--one is drag-racing specific and another is his collection of historic street-restored cars207.178.98.103 01:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

This needs further editing
I'm not sure how to do it myself, but some of the information in the introduction that relates to the design of Swamp Rat XIV needs to be moved to the "Accident leads to innovation" subsection. This should be done with the addition of some references to sources, which are sorely lacking in this article. Respectfully, SamBlob 17:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, could someone explain to those of us who are not drag racing fans what a "blow over" is? (First sentence of "Retirement and post-career activities.") If it's important, put it in the article. We could also use a clarification of the "backup run," I am not certain what it is.SamJohn2013 (talk) 04:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

FYI
I think this is from HRM, but I don't have the issue in front of me... Big met Shirley, in only her 2d TF final round (& their first meeting in a final), at Indy 1975. He'd been running 5s all weekend; she had trouble & clocked a 6.44, losing to Big's 5.93. She'd finally beat him at Gainesville in 1982 with a 5.86 to Big's 6.18. (You wouldn't get in the 16 with a 5.86 anymore....) And when SR14 first appeared, HRM claimed "the drawbacks are obvious"; it took 'em, oh, 30yrs to admit, "Guess not". TREKphiler  hit me ♠  12:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Early days on the Salt Flats in Nevada? "...the sport migrated from Muroc to Rosamund and Harper dry lakes, then to El Mirage," See: Wally Parks, Drag racing: Yesterday and Today, Page 9, Trident Press, New York, 1966. All these venues are in Southern California. Bonneville is in Utah. Rupertlt (talk) 11:40, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect
Garlits was not the first official 260. Joe Amato was in Gainesville in '84. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evil Prince (talk • contribs) 01:36, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

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First To...
I believe Don Garlits was the first to 200 MPH. I remember the headline in the LA Times sports section Sunday, February 7, 1965, page 42, simply "206.88". He is my hero. -- Cdw ♥'s ♪ ♫ ( talk ) 20:13, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Slipper clutch
I like to know when the first slipper clutch was discovered. My dad always told me that Jocko stumbled upon it. 2603:8000:705:ADEF:F1A6:15F8:778F:8DB7 (talk) 23:05, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Poster
Don going through some of my old things I found a poster from the drag race track on Montgomery New York I do remember going watching you in the green monster if you’re interested in the poster for your museum let me know and I’ll mail it off to you just give me the address 174.73.236.98 (talk) 19:00, 18 June 2022 (UTC)