Garlits and His Pomona RED Debut

[Bobby Bennett]

THE REAR ENGINE CAR HAD ITS CRITICS; BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT HAD GARLITS

 

[john]

The harshest words came from the wife of a fellow Top Fuel driver.
“She walked around that car and she says, ‘I pray to God that this thing doesn’t work,” Garlits recalled. “It is the ugliest dragster I have ever seen.”

Form over function wasn't a big deal for him I guess.

 

[mikey]

“I saw so many of my friends getting maimed and killed in those cars,” Garlits said. “And I thought, well, I’m going to try to design something here that will make it safer.”
Gosh Mr. Garlits, too bad you were not smart enough to talk everyone into just racing to 1000 ft.! How dare you use your brain to fix a problem when you could have just neutered the sport. Innovation and new design ideas no longer have a place in this sport...it's all about the "entertainment" value. Ok my fellow Maters,come yell at me for being a closed-minded dinosaur ! hahaha

 

[Prestaged]

Ok my fellow Maters,come yell at me for being a closed-minded dinosaur ! hahaha

No yelling from me. I am with you.