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But I never seriously thought of getting hurt. No one TRANS MEDIC Don Garlits’ career virtually spans the history of drag racing. He began as a teen-age hot rodder in the early 1950's, racing through the streets of his home tires smoking, engine screaming. kid who enjoyed building fast cars and racing them. But after the accident, ev- TRANSMISSION REPAIRS hot rods, “Big Daddy,” as he is fondly called by fans, knowsit all. Suddenly at 170 mph, an explosion. Flames burst out of a ruptured manifold, searing Garlits’ face, arms, hands. Stunned, blinded by the flames, Garlits track, functional menstrual distress. How? man the fans come to watch, the driver other drivers have to beat. If there is anything to know about dragsters and did. But after that, it was a business, a tough, exciting business. But no game.” the fast, noisy, and occasionally hairraising world of drag racing, Don Garlits is the sport’s ultimate professional, a five-time national champion. He is the in St. Petersburg, traditional rival of Tampa. kids and took wild “But I did learnall about building fast cars.” In the mid- 1950's, hot rodding was booming on the West Coast, and Eastern drivers like Garlits were starting to challenge the California hot-shots. In a series of races, first in the South and then in California, Garlits proved he was one of the best builders and fastest drivers in the country (the vexed Westerners nicknamed him “The Swamp Rat”—a name Don gave to all his fuel dragsters). Once he started winning, dragstrip operators were eager to pay him “show money” to race at their tracks. He also found that other drivers wanted him to build them fast dragsters similar to the ones he built for himself. Don opened a hot-rod garage in Seffner and quickly paid for it with race winnings. 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He really quit after the first big accident in 1959, but by the next year, he was back again. The hotrod racing press began to joke about Gar- Sleep Away . lits’ “retirements.” it might be noted that Garlits’ first “retirement” took place before he had even begun to race seriously. When he Hemorrhoid itch If the itch and burn was 20, he met pretty Pat Bieger and decided that “hot rodding” was no business of hemorrhoids make life miserable, try this for a serious suitor—so he gave it up. He and Pat were married in February, 1953 little trick. Get some Cuticura Ointment and apply just before going to bed. Cuticura’s emollient medication soothes irritation, quiets itching, even aids healing. Wake up feeling (they now have two daughters, Gay Lyn, 9, and Donna, 8). But the hot-rod bug bit again. “There’s wonderful! Cuticura Medicated Ointment. Available at all drug @eumee counters, [omtment 10 A spaceman? No,it’s Don in his racing a lot more to drag racing than knowing howto build a fast machine or keeping gear: asbestos fire suit and gas mask. it going in a straight line at 200 mph,” Family Weekly, March 9, 1969 |