Sometime in the early 2000s I was at the Gatornationals and just looking for a seat about 2/3rds of the way up in the grandstands. Got sat down before I realized that Don Garlits was sitting on the same row about 4 seats down. He could have been in the skybox or tower but here he was in the middle of the fans and just another guy at the races if you didn't know who he was. Truly, one of a kind.
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69 Bird w/1970 400 block(409 cubes), #64 heads, hyd. roller, Q-jet by Jeff E., original interior, ps, pdb, th350, and 3.73 gears. Pump gas, street driven muscle. 3800 lbs. race weight. Best, 11.39 @118, my son's car.
79 T/A w/463, Scat crank, Eagle rods, Icon pistons, Lunati solid roller, 262/270, KRE 325 heads, Northwind intake, QF950 carb, full interior, ps, pdb, th350, and 3.73 gears. Pump gas, 3650 lbs. race weight. 10.68 @ 126 so far... no tuning yet.
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