Well, ya'll know the saying "You can't believe everything you read online"?
Here is a quote from a Don Garlits site, about that '62 race, & his Swamp Rat IV car.
"...Swamp Rat 4: I built Swamp Rat 4 during the spring of 1962 at the request of Frank Wylie, my boss at Dodge Public Relations. He wanted me to compete in the 1962 NHRA US Nationals at Indy on gas, using the new Dodge 413 CID Max-Wedge engine that they were offering in the 1962 SS/AA cars. I snapped the car together, a very light weight piece of equipment and went to Indy, didn’t run well at first, but soon got a handle on the “Gas” and went to runner-up against Jack Chrisman, driving Mickey Thompson’s Hemi-Pontiac Dragster."
According to that, Don drove his own car, not Connie Kalitta's car.
My guess is that we can believe Don, instead of that other article.
I thought maybe Don just did not wanna run his car on gas, therefore drove for Connie. But, my guess now is that he NEVER drove for Connie. I obviously don't know for sure.
