Regardless, the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing stands as the ultimate tangible manifestation of Don's farsighted belief that last year's race car is worthy of remembering—and saving.

Until Don Garlits took it upon himself to build his Museum of Drag Racing, there was not a single museum, anywhere, dedicated to our hobby/sport/culture of hot rodding. But there certainly should be.

He has built and operates the Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum there. It’s right on the intersection of Interstate-75 and County Road 484 at Exit 67. Horse farms surround his place. A horse’s ...

A Thunderbolt recently struck the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing. A 1963 Ford Fairlane 500 replica of a championship-winning 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 quarter-mile drag car known as a Thunderbolt ...

One sprawling tract encompasses the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing and an ancillary antique-road-car exhibit, plus a smattering of garages and a personal workshop. The bunker-like complex sits ...

Since 1984, the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, south of Ocala, has been a must-see destination for anyone with an interest in the sport. Garlits was drag racing's first icon and perhaps its ...

Garlits started racing in 1950 and has a museum in his name in Florida. He owns the car along with chassis builder Brad Hadman and Mike Gerry. “Big Daddy” Don Garlits and the SR-37 “Quest ...

Garlits, a Tampa area native, has lived in Marion County and operated the museum complex, which also houses a separate Antique Car Museum, for 35 years. The most recent addition, Don's Garage ...

Don Garlits "Match Races for a Cause" in support of the Darrell Gwynn Foundation and Don Garlits Museum of Drag racing. About the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing: The Don Garlits Museum of Drag ...

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits back in the early stages of his drag racing career ... “I’m also very proud of the Drag Racing Museum, where I’ve captured the history of the sport all the way back to the 40s’ ...

At age 90, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits has thrown down the ... to have a really fun time with these cars,” Garlits, who operates his own Museum of Drag Racing on his property at Ocala, said.

Big Daddy Don Garlits _ his nickname spread his fame more ... who married Garlits in 1953 and helps run the Museum of Drag Racing he opened in Ocala in 1984. "It was a trauma for the family ...