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Post by swamprat on Aug 19, 2015 12:22:16 GMT -6
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Post by skywalker on Aug 25, 2015 10:47:16 GMT -6
Don Garlits was always one of my drag racing heroes. I got to meet Big Daddy at his drag racing museum in Ocala one time. He was talking to some other old racers about old race cars and parts and what it was like in the old days and there I was standing there in total disbelief that I was even a part of the conversation. You don't get to meet legends every day. In addition to being a racing legend Garlits is also very interested in UFOs. In fact, one of the very first threads I put on this forum was about Big Daddy and his opinions on UFOs. That was waaaay back in the very beginning.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 4:23:09 GMT -6
Don Garlits was the first to give female drag racer Shirley Muldowney a shot..he and Connie Kalitta.
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Post by skywalker on Sept 5, 2015 22:00:37 GMT -6
I found an interesting video about Don Garlits and some of the close calls he experienced. What's really interesting is some of the paranormal stuff he talks about, like calling out to God to be healed and it actually happened, and the time his wife gave him a leather jacket to wear while racing the car because she was worried he might be injured in a T-shirt, and that was the day the car caught on fire and probably would have killed him if not for that jacket. That sounds like a premonition to me. I'm still watching the video so maybe there is more good stuff in it. The story about being healed comes right around the 31 minute mark more or less. He also mentioned that he was a fan of Star Trek.
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