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“Big Daddy” Don Garlits is regarded as the father of drag racing. During his forty year career, he racked up 144 national event titles and seventeen world championships. Garlits designed and fabricated the cars he raced, and today, those cars can be seen at his museum in Ocala.
The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing contains a collection of Don’s famous dragsters, as well as other classic cars, racing memorabilia, and a gift shop. Don and his wife Pat live next door, so visitors may catch a glimpse of Big Daddy outside mowing the grass.
Address: Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, 13700 SW 16th Ave Ocala, FL 34473, Phone: 352-245-8661
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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