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 ...

Drag-racing legend Don Garlits will enter the Stock class for this weekend's Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, his first NHRA competition since 2003.

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 ...

NHRA Top Fuel champion was the first driver to score victories in two pro classes at the same race, in 1971 and 1972.

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.

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits, Joe Amato and six other legends still to be revealed will be back behind the wheel and drag racing during the upcoming 50th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, to be ...

Drag racing fans will need no introduction to "Big Daddy" Don Garlits. The father of modern drag racing hung up his racing suit six years ago after a decades-long career, but Chrysler has lured ...

Don lost half his right foot in 1970, driving the last of the front-engined Swamp Rats; so he came back 11 months later with a revolutionary back-motored fueler that merely won the 1971 NHRA ...

Placing the driver in front of the engine instead of behind it in a dragster has saved lots of lives. Just ask "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, who helped pioneer this revolutionary change.

This weekend at zMAX Dragway, four-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Brown has the opportunity to earn a 65-pound replica trophy of the one the now 93-year-old Garlits received when he won the inaugural ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Big Daddy” Don Garlits tried to get NHRA legend John Force into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame years ago. Several times, actually. Force declined every ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — “Big Daddy” Don Garlits tried to get John Force into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame years ago. Several times, actually. Force declined every invitation.