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‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits Reflects On His Drag-Racing Career, Suggests Changes To Competition Rules

Por: Forbes Life March 16, 2023

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BRAINERD, MN - AUGUST 01: Don Big Daddy Garlits works on his AA Fuel Dragster at North Star NHRA ... [+] Nationals held in August 1986 in Brainerd, Minnesota. (Photo by Alvis Upitis/Getty Images)Getty Images In the heyday of drag racing, the sixties and seventies, one name stood above all the rest, Don Garlits - better known as “Big Daddy.” His major competitors back then also had colorful nicknames: Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, Shirley... + full article



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