Let's See Your Garlits Photos

[willy]

Wow, Steve.

I feel 17 again..what a fantastic montage of prime time.

 

[Ian]

Steve, this is an incredible photo gallery!

I agree. Awesome images! Thanks!

Ian

 

[RacerRose]

This is an exact replica of Swamp Rat 1-B that was built in 1959 after the Chester, SC fire.

 

[Watchman]

This link has a picture with Big Daddy, My two brothers and I When Don was trying to go 300mph in his own car


http://www.c3outreach.com/assets/donGarlits.jpg

also click the link below and see this video these are some of the most poerful things Don has ever said and not many have heard before.


YouTube - Don Garlits Words of Wisdom

Amazing insights amazing Words.

Mike

 

[epper]

Re: Big Daddy on U-Tube

Mike;
Thanks for posting that! It made my day.


Dale <><

 

[You!]

Hey Mike,

Tell your brother Tim "hey" for me! And ask him if he saw that Spar is driving a sprint car now!

 

[mick]

steve,
i think your photo album is the best group of pics anyone has ever shared
here on the mater - present or past racing - incredible. thank you.
priceless images.

if i hit 'view album' in the 6th horizontal row of pics there's a shot of don p.
in front of pickup topper - in the window of the topper there is an old
NHRA pillow case hanging in window, you can read 'super nationals'.
i still have that exact pillow case and still in mint condition; also a
matching towel and washcloth with oval NHRA logo.

 

[Nunz]

That interview was great. Anyone know what year that was from? Also, check out the Wax Daddy video clip. That guy is hilarious.

 

[Watchman]

That interview was great. Anyone know what year that was from? Also, check out the Wax Daddy video clip. That guy is hilarious.

It was made in 1992

it is highlights from the video " Close Calls"

go on his website

Big Daddy Don Garlits

under gift shop then videos and you can order it

it has alot more than this clip

mike

 

[nick name]

I'm usually a bit ho-hum about photo albums but I have to agree with the others - these are SO excellent. They brought back some great memories of the way drag racing used to be. It was great to remember some of those cars I'd forgotten about long ago.

Thoughts that came into my head while browsing the collection, in no particular order:

Gravel pits, no ropes, walk right up.
STUPID hats!
One word: Sideburns
No, it wasn't just hormones. Jungle Pam WAS that breathtaking.
Rusty Glidden was really young when he started helping his dad.
Pro Comp rules!
Shirley Muldowney and Afrosheen.
You could plug your scoop with a jacket/t shirt/pillowcase. Nobody cared.
Pro Stockers were actually real cars. They drove to the starting line in a parade.
The Rod Shop Hemi Colt has to be one of the top 5 cool comp cars of all time.
That picture of Jenkins may be the best I've ever seen.


OK, enough of a geezer wheezing about the good old days. But, hopefully the other old guys out there can help me with a couple of questions.

Whose Pro Stock car is shown in the photos of a wrecked car in the shutdown area?

I can't read the emblem on the quarter panel of Garlits' truck. What did they call those? Prospectors?

Anyhow, thanks so much for the memories.

 

[d'kid]

I'm usually a bit ho-hum about photo albums but I have to agree with the others - these are SO excellent. They brought back some great memories of the way drag racing used to be. It was great to remember some of those cars I'd forgotten about long ago.

Thoughts that came into my head while browsing the collection, in no particular order:

Gravel pits, no ropes, walk right up.
STUPID hats!
One word: Sideburns
No, it wasn't just hormones. Jungle Pam WAS that breathtaking.
Rusty Glidden was really young when he started helping his dad.
Pro Comp rules!
Shirley Muldowney and Afrosheen.
You could plug your scoop with a jacket/t shirt/pillowcase. Nobody cared.
Pro Stockers were actually real cars. They drove to the starting line in a parade.
The Rod Shop Hemi Colt has to be one of the top 5 cool comp cars of all time.
That picture of Jenkins may be the best I've ever seen.


OK, enough of a geezer wheezing about the good old days. But, hopefully the other old guys out there can help me with a couple of questions.

Whose Pro Stock car is shown in the photos of a wrecked car in the shutdown area?

I can't read the emblem on the quarter panel of Garlits' truck. What did they call those? Prospectors?

Anyhow, thanks so much for the memories.

in ref to your short list lmao...
yepper I had a brim or two like Beck's... now all my hats come from Fox Fire...
sideburns check.... Pam check, Perm... I mean Fro... yeah... all others... boy howdy....

Something is very important about Pic # 91.. care to guess
oh, did I say Pam, somethings are burn into a young man's brain forever...

d'kid

 

[fifty50]

two from Indy '75

 

[nick name]

in ref to your short list lmao...
yepper I had a brim or two like Beck's... now all my hats come from Fox Fire...
sideburns check.... Pam check, Perm... I mean Fro... yeah... all others... boy howdy....

Something is very important about Pic # 91.. care to guess
oh, did I say Pam, somethings are burn into a young man's brain forever...

d'kid

Ya got me, pal. There looks to be a larger than normal group of officials behind the line...The right lane already has a green light while the left lane looks like it's still got the pedal on the mat...The left lane looks like a real racy car (Mustang or Maverick?) but the car on the right ain't so racy (Gremlin?)...Whatever is happening, it sure has everybody's attention.

Maybe d'kid somehow appears in that image?

Speaking of Pam, I ran into her at Reading back about 99 or so. She's still got that smile, the looks, the....





...uh, t-shirts?

All kidding aside, I really enjoyed talking to her. Nice lady.

Edit: Waitta minute! The picture clue is yellow shorts?

 

[scubasteve]

those were some cool pics , seeing the moosehead on ntr tower was priceless. my buddy just burned 3 disc with all his pics going back into the ealry 70's, i have them at home but i need time to load them up and right now dont have any ( im actually at work ,if u can call it that) he has tons of pit pics as well as action stuff. mainly 131,ntr,irp,gainesviile. someday i /he will get them on here. dam those were the days

 

[DLB]

I didn't take this...I wasn't even thought of in 1972.

It's from a guy I work with.

DLB

 

[d'kid]

This is the picture I was referring to: Picasa Web Albums - jamiephoto - Steve Scott

guess the question really is, why am I happy to see this match up?

d'kid

 

[scubasteve]

they didnt call jim superman for nothing , snake didnt quit and jim lived to race many more yrs

 

[NONE]

Here's Garlits and myself at the Southern Nationals in 2005. I was so star struck I could hardly say anything to him. I was surprised that he wasn't a taller man. There are lots of drivers that look smaller than I expect from seeing them on TV.

Wayne.

 

[mike]

here's one I took at the 84(?) Winternationals...I was lucky enough to have Big Daddy autograph a copy of the pic, but I think my room-mate at the time absconded with it