This Is Fantastic! You Gotta See It!
 

If you are a racer of any kind, this will send a chill through your body! Go to the link, enlarge the screen, turn the sound up and sit back and enjoy! Don Garlits is THE MAN! Still!!! Jim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGU7...d&noredirect=1


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far out ! the old days...

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That was cool got to love Garlits thanks Jim.

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Very Cool....I was there when BIG flipped it at Etown.....wish we could go back.....way more fun to watch back then than it is now !!!

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Very cool!

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Man that was nice, thanks Jim.

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Very very cool ! Good find Jim ! I would love to go to one of those reunions.

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Jim,

Fantastic is an understatement! Thanks for sharing this. The modern fuel cars don't do a thing for me but this brought tears to my eyes.

Gotta' get to one of these nostalgia events...

Mike

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Thanks for the trip back in time, Jim! There's something about Don Garlits in a front-motored dragster that's so much better than the show we get to see now. I was hoping the NHRA would do a Hot Rod Heritage Reunion close enough for me to attend!

Lew

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only guys close to being as cool as the old days are Wilkerson and Neff who both tune and drive. Big is definetly the man!!!

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LARGE FATHER is still the man

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If there's a more glorious sound, I haven't heard it.

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Big is the man, no doubt. Have seen him race as far back as the mid-sixties, guys like Glidden are cut from the same cloth but it was Big that commanded attention where ever he went. Recall when Gainesville had the roller starters for the fuel cars and when he got his car going everybody went wild, just like at this Cacklefest. Very cool.

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BOY, this is the way for an old man to the blood going on an early Saturday morning. Did not expect to see this on Stock/Superstock. Those were truly the days. The first time my son saw a front engine his comment was "why would you sit there?". Thanks for posting this. That old blown 392 sittin' there just puffing sure does bring back a lot of memories. Those sounds and sites I can almost feel that engine hit sittin' here in my recliner.

When we have the cackle fest at reunion in Henderson, NC each year we start out with Stock/SuperStock, work through the Gassers and top it off with front engine, blown top fuel. The crowd just moves down the street as the show continues.

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Thanks Jim that was fun......................:D

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"Big Daddy" has always been one of my favorites, I was about 40 feet away from him when his car came to a stop the last time he flipped over in Spokane when it was AHRA. I was just a little guy then and he waved to me and my bro as he got out of the wreck, Before he left the track he even signed my hat. Sure miss the old time 'PRO's', thanx for sharing the video, my 1 year old enjoyed it too :) ,she loves the 'car car'\