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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler
I believe that Garlits tried the first canopy on a top fuel car, ran one for a while then abandoned the idea. He was very much the Innovator. One of the most memorable was placing the ( rear engine dragster) engine sideways so the crankshaft rotation would be in the direction of acceleration, like a motorcycle. Power had reached a point where the engine's rotational torque was a real issue unloading the left tire.
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About 48 years ago, I was sitting with my grandmother on her front porch in Seffner, FL and a man drove by and waved out of his car window. Hi Mrs. ***** he said. I asked who was that? She said, "oh, that was Don Garlits. He has an auto shop around the corner." I said Big Daddy Don Garlits?? She only knew him as Don. Wound up he was later a pall bearer at my granddad's funeral.
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