fletcher beats garlits!

Tom P · 09-03-2009, 08:12 PM

I don't know why Big's car didn't run 10.0's like the others but he sure can cut a light when he needs to. Too bad he isn't in the field. I'm sure Don Garlits has rarely qualified lower than 10th and sure not 149th!

In Garlits most active years there weren't very many national events but that hardly meant he raced just a couple times a year. Read his book "Big Daddy". I'm not sure anybody before or since had a race and travel schedule like that where the engine had to be rebuilt inside the trailer going down the road because the 40 hours of straight driving was barely enough time to get to the next race.
24 events wasn't a season, it was more like a month!

09-03-2009, 08:12 PM	#8
Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: fletcher beats garlits! I don't know why Big's car didn't run 10.0's like the others but he sure can cut a light when he needs to. Too bad he isn't in the field. I'm sure Don Garlits has rarely qualified lower than 10th and sure not 149th! In Garlits most active years there weren't very many national events but that hardly meant he raced just a couple times a year. Read his book "Big Daddy". I'm not sure anybody before or since had a race and travel schedule like that where the engine had to be rebuilt inside the trailer going down the road because the 40 hours of straight driving was barely enough time to get to the next race. 24 events wasn't a season, it was more like a month! Last edited by Tom P; 09-03-2009 at 08:15 PM.