At 86 years old, legendary drag racer “Big Daddy” Don Garlits has found the fountain of youth: Batteries. No, we’re not talking about batteries for a heart pacemaker or the kind you put in your TV ...

On the 50th anniversary of mankind's first moon landing, last Saturday, another kind of new record hit the electric car community. Legendary drag-racer Don Garlits, who was setting racing records ...

Spotted this 1995 Dodge Ram Big Daddy Don Garlits limited edition parked just off Woodward Avenue during the Dream Cruise. No. 55 of 180. Spotted this 1995 Dodge Ram Big Daddy Don Garlits limited ...

Ocala.com exclusive story - Most race fans probably think Don Garlits' interest in cars started the first time he slipped into the seat of a hot rod. Not so. For Garlits, the fascination goes back to ...

Big Daddy is still the one to beat. Fifty years after he became the first drag racer to break 200 miles per hour in the quarter-mile, Don Garlits is aiming to hit that mark again -- only this time in ...

It's been about 60 years since a young Don Garlits and his buddies first stirred up dirt while racing on Florida's country roads. Now one of the most respected drag racing legends of our day, Garlits ...

250 mph and 5.63 seconds: Author Dave Wallace takes us back in time to 1979, when Don Garlits still on top of the drag-racing record books. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with ...

How do you introduce a garage like this? Everyone knows who "Big Daddy" Don Garlits is, and, as you may guess, he has a monster collection of vintage goodies to go with the 250 cars on display in the ...

The National Hot Rod Association's best drag racer of all time has never been one to rest on his laurels, and at age 83 he's still blazing trails. After more than six decades of roaring engines and ...

Even though he’s now 87 years old, the lure of strapping himself into an 11,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragster still courses through the veins of legendary “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. One of the greatest ...

Drag racer “Big Daddy” Don Garlits has set more than a few records throughout his decades-long racing career. The 87-year-old hopes that he can capture one more next week. Garlits will be looking to ...

Don Garlits, now 91, has earned lofty place among legends after contentious start decades ago. NHRA founder Wally Parks ultimately conceded that Garlits was “bait” and improved the sport’s bottom line ...