Don Garlits and ace wrench Tommy (“T.C.”) Lemons, while deep into servicing the new rear-engine Swamp Rat I between rounds, muse on the day’s happenings: Garlits: “Saw a big ol’ ⅜-inch ...

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 Revives His Old Swamp Rat. According to Big Daddy, the front-engined rail you see pictured here is Swamp Rat XIIA, which he and his crew originally built for the '68 season.

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits is a legend in drag racing. Over the decades he's set a lot of records, and was the first to break hit 200 miles per hour in the quarter-mile (and the eighth-mile, for that ...

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits may no longer strap himself into a nitro fueled drag car and rocket down the quarter mile in three-plus seconds but he plans to soon test his new, in-house built, Swamp Rat ...

Going fast never gets old, and neither, it seems, does Don Garlits. At 82 years of age, the legendary drag racing pioneer still feels the need for speed and the desire to break new ground and ...

Garlits, who set a record of 185.6 mph in Swamp Rat 37 in April 2014, said he hopes breaking the speed barrier will garner attention for a trend bigger than racing.

In 2002, he took his Swamp Rat out of the Museum of Drag Racing and turned a career best 318.54 mph in 4.76 seconds. Today, Garlits makes his home in Ocala, Fla., on the grounds of the Don Garlits ...

The post Don Garlits Is Disgusted With 145 Miles Per Hour appeared first on The Online Automotive Marketplace. Hemmings. ... This one, to be named Swamp Rat 38-B, ...

Don "Big Daddy" Garlits is the most innovative man in drag racing history. ... Swamp Rat 14 stands as the most significant design in drag-racing history, both in safety and speed; ...

More than 160 vintage race cars and 32 members of the international racing hall of fame are expected at Laguna Seca this weekend.

Garlits, who set a record of 185.6 mph in Swamp Rat 37 in April 2014, said he hopes breaking the speed barrier will garner attention for a trend bigger than racing.