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Author | : Don Garlits |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1613217552 |
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Since the moment that young men began modifying and personalizing their automobiles back in the 1940s and ’50s, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits was squarely in the thick of this intoxicating pursuit. Tales from the Drag Strip with “Big Daddy” Don Garlits is a first-person account of the many memorable experiences this drag racing icon has lived through in his half-century of nitromethane-fueled exploits. The many races, racers, race fans, and race tracks that have touched his colorful career are recounted as only Big Daddy can, painting a vivid picture of his life at speed and the triumphs and tragedies that came along the way. Insightful, ironic, humorous, and touching—but all true—Big Daddy’s remembrances are the next best thing to reliving the glory days of America’s quickest and fastest motorsports through the eyes of an American institution.
Author | : Don Garlits |
Publisher | : Sports Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781596703421 |
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This work offers a first-person account of the memorable experiences the drag racing icon Don Big Daddy Garlits has lived through in his half-century of nitromethane-fueled exploits.
Author | : Don Garlits |
Publisher | : Sports Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2004-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1582617740 |
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Drag racing icon Garlits gives a humorous and insightful first-person accountof the many memorable experiences he has lived through in his half-century ofnitromethane-fueled exploits.
Author | : Don Garlits |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1970-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780801955921 |
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Author | : Elana Scherr |
Publisher | : CarTech Inc |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2020-10-16 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1613255187 |
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Don "The Snake" Prudhomme reveals for the first time ever his incredible life and career on and off of the drag strip.
Imagine spending a year with Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, having coffee together and talking about his life, his racing, his friends, and his family. He’d tell you about how he rose from being a high school drop-out who was painting cars to a respected Top Fuel dragster driver and successful businessman. You’d hear how he toured the country with Tommy Ivo and "The Hawaiian" Roland Leong, racing all the legends from "Big Daddy" Don Garlits to "The Golden Greek" [Chris] Karamesines. He'd say how he met Tom McEwen and recall how they became the Snake and the Mongoose, leading to a career in Funny Cars that netted him four championships in a row. He'd talk about the thrill of first wins and owning his own teams but also the struggles of bad seasons, crashes and fires, broken parts, and broken contracts. Along the way, he’d speak about the people in his life, such as engine-builder Keith Black and NHRA president Wally Parks, and those who were killed in the wild and unpredictable sport of nitro racing. It wouldn’t be only racing, though. Prudhomme would share lessons he learned about business and life from such varied sources as a neighbor in Granada Hills to Ford GT40 driver Dan Gurney. He also would talk about the importance of family: how his wife, Lynn, and daughter, Donna, changed his world and how finding out about his African-American roots opened his eyes to a culture and inheritance he’d always wanted. This is the experience you’ll get in Don "The Snake" Prudhomme: My Life Beyond the 1320.
Author | : Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781610609388 |
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Author | : Shirley Muldowney |
Publisher | : Sports Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781582611075 |
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In the 1970s, when the idea of a woman competing successfully with men in any form of motorsports was radical notion, a young woman from Schenectady, New York, began her singular quest to change the chauvinistic mindset that prevailed in professional drag racing. Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association, but also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, the sport's quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman ever to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA, and none other than "Big Daddy" Don Garlits was one of the veteran drivers who signed off on it. Between 1977 and 1982, Muldowney won three NHRA Top Fuel championships--the first female ever to win a title in any professional motorsport--and added an AHRA Top Fuel championship to her resume, as well. She won the prestigious NHRA U.S. Nationals in 1982 and, before her retirement at the end of the 2003 season, had become one of the most recognized and celebrated race car drivers in history, male or female. She was recently inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan, and has been the subject of countless features in newspapers, magazines, and network television from coast to coast. Shirley Muldowney's Tales from the Track is an unabashed collection of stories, anecdotes, and opinions in her own unvarnished style of storytelling, laced with her straightforward, take-no-prisoners approach. She has spent her entire lifetime telling it like it is, standing up to the establishment, and refusing to do anything other than in her own way. Politically correct? Hardly. Readers are encouraged to strap themselves in when she shares her manytales. It's the whole truth and nothing but the truth according to the legendary Shirley Muldowney.
Author | : Don Garlits |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Drag racers |
ISBN | : 9780615302669 |
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"The story of Don Garlits' rise from a simple young man working at the family dairy in Sulphur Springs, Florida, to a world famous race car driver. In Don's own words, "I did it with my cars, I loved working on cars." my stepfather, Alexander James "AJ" Weir, realized this when I was at an early age and pointed me in the right direction. This story spans many, many years from 1933 to 2013"--Title Page page 5.
Author | : Robert C. Post |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780801866647 |
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Providing a firsthand history of the sport, this book takes a detailed look at all aspects of drag racing: the sport, the business, and tracks the innovations that permitted racers to disprove the "laws of physics". 147 halftones.
Author | : Shirley Muldowney |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 161321622X |
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Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association in the 1970s, but she also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, drag racing’s quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA. Between 1977 and 1982, Muldowney won three NHRA Top Fuel championships—the first female ever to win a title in any professional motorsport. She won the prestigious NHRA US Nationals in 1982 and was recently inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. By the time she retired at the end of the 2003 season, Muldowney had become one of the most recognized and celebrated race car drivers in history. Tales from a Top-Fuel Dragster is an unabashed collection of stories, anecdotes, and opinions in Muldowney’s own unvarnished style of storytelling, laced with her straightforward, take-no-prisoners approach. She has spent her entire lifetime telling it like it is, standing up to the establishment, and refusing to do anything other than in her own way. Politically correct? Hardly. Readers are encouraged to strap themselves in when she shares her many tales. It’s the whole truth and nothing but the truth according to the legendary Shirley Muldowney.