Just before 5:30 p.m. on March 8, 1970, Don Garlits edged his top-fuel dragster to the starting line at the old Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, the car’s 2,000-horsepower engine belching directly in front of the drag-racing legend from Florida everyone called “Big Daddy.”
When the green light flashed and Garlits stepped on the throttle pedal with his right foot, the dragster’s transmission, which sat between Garlits’ legs, exploded from the enormous power unleashed from the engine. The blast ripped the car in two, instantly severed … More
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