Racers Roundtable: Don Garlits & Shirley Muldowney

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"It was warfare out there": Racers Roundtable with Shirley Muldowney and Don Garlits | RACER

When you think about rivalries in motorsport, Shirley Muldowney vs Don Garlits is right up there with Alain Prost vs Ayrton Senna. But neither Prost nor Senna ever got to the point of having have to race while their two main crew members were handcuffed in the back of a...

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[Cliff]

Garlits once said that he had a pistol in his trailer, "just cuz"....

 

[J. S.]

Garlits once said that he had a pistol in his trailer, "just cuz"....

I recall reading that this was because he had to deal with unscrupulous track operators who would sometimes try and renege on paying appearance money. Match racers had the same problems during the Match Race heyday of the 1970's. A firearm could help things along if needed.