Drag Racing legends Don “Big Daddy” Garlits, ... The 17-time World Champion driver who amassed 144 national event titles is famous for his innovative Swamp Rat dragster designs.

In June I wrote about the early success of Formula E – the electric equivalent of Formula 1. Today I’m circling back around to an interview I did several weeks ...

Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing. The origins of Top Fuel drag racing go back to 1957, ... in fact, the Swamp Rat 1-R only made 1,500 hp when it came out. Slowly, ...

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 ...

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits: Don Garlits Museum Of Drag Racing, on Interstate ... I took the Swamp Rat 34, built in 1993, and refitted it with new motors and clutches, and went 323.04 mph, at ...

Garlits is back, and with him is his Swamp Rat 12 nitro burning slingshot dragster, which he will fire and cackle on the track under the lights in both nights of the event. Advertisement ...

Don Garlits, now 91, has earned lofty place among legends after contentious start decades ago. ... He took it as a badge of honor, proudly calling himself and his cars “Swamp Rat.” ...

That said, it should be obvious why I approached the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing with some preconceived notions:— that it would […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

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.

Dragster legend Don “Big Daddy” Garlits, at 87, is pursuing the 200 mph mark in the quarter-mile. ... Patricia Bieger Garlits, with a sticker on the Swamp Rat 38, his EV dragster.

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 ...

Although it has a different engine, Garlits still uses his "Swamp Rat" moniker, this version being "Swamp Rat 38." It’s the end of one era and the start of another, his team says.