The Garlits Collection: Cars That Made Drag Racing History
CarTech
The history of drag racing goes back more than half a century — and in those 50 years, a handful of people whohave become drag racing heroes and maintained that status. One of those few is "Big Daddy" Don Garlits.
But it isn't just his racing accomplishments that set Big Daddy apart. This man truly loves drag racing, and on his own, he has constructed one of the best motorsports museums in the world — The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, in Ocala, Florida.
Garlits is one of the most prolific record-setters and innovators ever to blast the quarter mile, so who better pick the cars that illustrate the sport's history? His museum contains hundreds of cars, but in this book, author Mike Mueller takes an in-depth look at the cream of the crop — the most significant cars in Big Daddy's museum and probably the most significant cars in drag racing.
From primitive machines like The Bug — so rough it'll tear your pants — to Garlits' own Swamp Rat 34 — a high-tech top fueler with thousands of horsepower on tap, and everything in between. Funny cars, Pro/Stocks, Fuel Coupes, roadsters, streamliners, Super Stocks, Gassers, and more — this book covers them all, with spectacular colour photos of the restored machines right alongside vintage black-and-white images from Garlits' own collection.
By the time you're done with this book, you'll understand not just the cars but the history of drag racing and the life and times of one of its legendary figures — Don Garlits. It's a trip worth taking, one quarter-mile at a time.
- Publisher : CarTech Inc (1 October 2004)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 160 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-1884089817
- Dimensions : 25.4 x 2.54 x 25.4 cm
