Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum Photos

[cobra_4]

Had the chance to go through Don Garlits Museum over the weekend. First time I'd been since I was a little boy. Pretty incredible place! I'll be posting my photos in three parts as they upload. Below is part one!


The Antique Building

CLICK the link for all the photos!

https://jdsmotorsports.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/don-garlits-museum-the-antique-building/

Part Two, The Engine Room, coming soon!

 

[P49Y-CY]

very cool, i went there in the 80s and it was awesome

 

[SID297]

I need to go there.

 

[03cobra#694]

Me too, been by it so many times.

 

[ZD302GT]

I was there about 3 years ago or so. Amazing place. Somewhere you could spend days looking at everything.

 

[Deceptive]

Went there with my wife's family back in December. Really cool place.


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[Lzr96Snake]

I've been there a few times in the early 00's. Pretty cool place with lots of history. Got my picture with Don first time I went. Definitely worth the stop.

 

[cobra_4]

I was there about 3 years ago or so. Amazing place. Somewhere you could spend days looking at everything.

For sure, the website says to allow three hours, I was like, yeah right, an hour tops? WRONG! I think we probably spent two hours or so there but I could have stayed for days!!

 

[NastyGT500]

Great pics! That place is awesome. Visited a year or two ago and it was great!

 

[cobra_4]

Now, the meat and potatoes of the museum! Drag racing! Some truly amazing, SCARY machines in here! Crazy to see how some of these cars have the rear chunk basically right between the drivers legs. I guess that was okay though because anyone getting in one of these old monsters obviously had balls of steel!




All the pictures at the link!!


https://jdsmotorsports.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/don-garlits-museum-the-drag-racing-building/







Some of my favorites.

 

[ZD302GT]

Now, the meat and potatoes of the museum! Drag racing! Some truly amazing, SCARY machines in here! Crazy to see how some of these cars have the rear chunk basically right between the drivers legs. I guess that was okay though because anyone getting in one of these old monsters obviously had balls of steel!

Exactly! It fascinated me that they drove those cars with their legs srapped around the diff.

 

[P49Y-CY]

I believe that Big Daddy losing his right foot to clutch shrapnel at Lion's in '71 is what caused the move to rear engine dragsters.