Don Garlits’ 1971 rear-engine dragster, also known as Swamp Rat 14. Swamp Rat 30 scared him with his famous blow-over in 1986 at Englishtown, New Jersey, and ended up in the Smithsonian.

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 ...

In the final part of Forbes' interview series with "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, he gives advice to aspiring young racers, discusses his museum in Ocala, Florida, dissects his own fears, and more.

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 ...

At 87 years old, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits is looking in the rearview mirror – not to reminisce, but at the drivers and records he’s still leaving to settle in the dust.

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 ...

JUPITER — Drag racing legend "Big Daddy" Don Garlits fell short of the elusive 200 mph electric dragster record in attempts Saturday at Palm Beach International Raceway, although a new quarter ...

In drag racing, there is "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and there is everyone else. Some won more races and championships, but Garlits will always loom largest among the straightliners. He was the ...

Don Garlits, the 87-year-old drag racing legend, hoped to be the first racer to reach 200 mph in a battery-powered dragster. But after several attempts over a span of more than five hours, Garlits ...