Don Garlits is a national treasure. 👍🏻

This is what it is.. Back In 1991-2 I was Living And Working As A Res.- Com. Electrician In Tampa Florida. We Worked From 2 Man Work/Service Trucks. My Fellow Electrician And I Were Given The Job Of Going To The BigDaddy Musiem To Add In A HandiCap Restroom. We Both Spoke With Mr. BigDaddy. As I Recall The One Thing I Am 100% Positive Is As He Stood Talking To Us On Crutches From Racing Injuries Is How Pissed The Government Was Making Him Add A Handicap Restroom To His Commercial Business. 😮😅😊 God Bless you Big Daddy I Haven't Recalled This Fond Memory. It's good to see'ya here in 2024 @ 92 yrs young. God Bless

Don has to be the sharpest 91 yo man I've seen. He appears to be in pretty fair shape physically too, and thats saying something considering all the different accidents he's been in !

I was driving thru Florida on vacation and saw a sign for the museum along the interstate and stop for the first time. Cool place. I have been back.

It;'s great to see Garlits so enthusiastic and alive in his 90's. He has some great stories, but here's one I bet he won't tell. Back in the 1970's, nearly 50 years ago, I and two of my sons were at the Fremont drag strip in California where Garlits was one of the competitors. My kids were pre teens at the time, and probably more than a nuisance to most pro drag racers. We were wandering through the pits and I lost track of my kids, but when we found each other I found out that they had been in Garlits pit and had been pestering him with questions, as young kids will do. I found out that instead of treating them like the nuisance they surely were, he spent time answering their questions and treating them like they were actually somebody. Then, when it was time to get ready for the next round, he offered them some parts from his Swamp Rat fuel dragster, without them even asking. He sent them home with two Keith Black connecting rods from his racer, with the explanation that it would keep him from being tempted to reuse them. I don't know if the kids remember it, but I do, and one of those rods still hangs in my garage, and the other one is hanging in the garage of one of my good friends. Don Garlits is a class act, a terrific ambassador for the sport of drag racing, a fierce competitor, a genius innovator and a humble person at the same time. I will never forget the kindness and generosity he showed to those kids, and I'd be willing to bet that that was not the only time he did something so thoughtful for some of his fans. Thumbs up to Don Garlits - a man not overly impressed with himself, even though he has every right to be.

i ran into this man at local burger king across the highway about 4 months ago,i was standing right behind him as he was ordering,i knew it was him,i let him eat his meal then i went over to say hello,didnt want to make a scene and said hello,we talked for a few minutes,one of the nicest people i ever met

Priceless history straight from the man himself, Big Daddy.

I will go to Ocala visit this place again I love it . Disney I will skip

My hero since I was a teenager. I’m sixty years young now.

😇 Thanks !

I live fairly close to this and have been there about 10 times. I travel 75 a lot and it's a good place to take visitors, especially car club people

When I was a teenager, we always had to go to Rockingham Dragway each year to watch Don Garlits and the other racers compete. Those were the days.

A walking miracle at his age.

Big & his lovely wife Pat were one Hellava love story, are you listening Hollywood? 😉

Big daddy story time. lol

Met Don many, many years ago at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, no finer experience in my life!

Don can sure describe his part in racing well. Would be great to hear him telling about some race car hauler stories like when he got his first Diesel semi race car hauler with Roadranger transmission.

I go to the museum every time we go to Disney World. There is a new building each time.