Huff had been locked in “the quest for 200” with his rival, drag racing legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. Garlits held the electric dragster speed record of 189 mph. Following some tweaks to ...

DHL/Kalitta Air NHRA Top Fuel Dragster looks on during the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Saturday, April 2, 2022, at The Strip at ...

When I started racing Top Fuel (in 2008) he came and tapped me on the shoulder and he says, ‘Antron. I remember you.’ I’m like, remember me what? He goes, ‘You as that ...

The NHRA’s 4-Wide Nationals this weekend in Concord will mark the 1,000th Top Fuel race. Milestone races like this always provide a bonus for competitors — especially for Force, who won the 800th, and ...

Today I’m circling back around to an interview I did several weeks ago when Don “Big Daddy” Garlits was in town for the World Series of Drag Racing and his efforts to push electric power in ...

whose designs are based on a dragster made by Don Garlits called The Swamp Rat 1-R, which made its debut in 1971. During the early days of Top Fuel drag racing, the engines used were a lot less ...

250 mph and 5.63 seconds: Author Dave Wallace takes us back in time to 1979, when Don Garlits still on top of the drag-racing record books. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up ...

In the first part of this interview series with drag-racing legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, we discussed his colorful competition in the sixties/seventies against the likes of Don “The Snake ...

A special weekend is in store for drag racing fans on July 15-16 at Mo-Kan ... drag race will be a special appearance by 'Big Daddy' Don Garlits, who at one time held the Mo-Kan Dragway speed ...

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits has thrown down the gauntlet. Maybe that should read: Seattle innovator Steve Huff has thrown down the gauntlet. Garlits, for decades a trailblazer in drag-racing ...

Garlits pulled the car from his collection at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala. “I honestly think that’s where the car should be, over there at the round-track museum and the car ...

We often tend to forget about the local, not-so-famous racers, so here's an interesting story about Terry Hood and his "Super Falcon" dragster. Terry might not be as famous as Don Garlits ...