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Swamp Rat Is a One-of-a-Kind Drag-Racing Treasure
https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a30456374/swamp-rat-is-a-one-of-a-kind-drag-racing-treasure/
Swamp Rat Is a One-of-a-Kind Drag-Racing Treasure 1 The 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI Stays True to Itself 2 New ZR2 Climbs to the Top of …
Swamp Rat Spotter's Guide, Part 1 | NHRA
https://www.nhra.com/news/2011/swamp-rat-spotter-s-guide-part-1
Swamp Rat I-A (1956-60): Although it wasn't his first dragster — he had made a crude, flathead-powered dragster from a '27-T roadster by moving the engine back and hanging a seat out over the rear...
Swamp Rat XXX, 1985 | National Museum of American …
https://americanhistory.si.edu/race-cars/swamp-rat-xxx-1985
Swamp Rat XXX is an example of “top fuel,” the fastest drag racing vehicles, which burn a fuel mixture of nitromethane and methanol. Driven by Don Garlits, this vehicle set a record of 272.56 miles an hour from a standing start at the Gatornationals event in Gainesville, Florida in 1986. The vehicle’s rear engine, enclosed, streamlined driver’s cockpit, and extremely small front wheels …
Swamp Rat 14 – Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
https://garlits.com/portfolio-items/swamp-rat-14/
Swamp Rat 14 set the all time quickest ET at Indy, a blistering 6.21 Seconds and ran over 240 most of the time. It was retired in the fall of 1971 – as we had learned a lot and were already building Swamp Rat 16. SR 14 was sold to Carl Casper for his show car circuit and later retrieved when the Museum was formed.
Swamp Rat 1B – Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
https://garlits.com/portfolio-items/swamp-rat-1b/
Project Description. Swamp Rat I-B: This car was the modification of SR I to fit the tall and lanky Art Malone who took over the driving chores for Don when he was seriously burned at Chester SC In 1959. On its first competitive outing at Sanford Maine in August 1959, the young rookie set the drag racing world on its ear by setting a new World’s Record of 183.66, breaking Don Garlits’ …
Swamp Rat - MoparWiki
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There are few if any other singular race cars on the planet, in any form of racing that were the catalyst for as much change as Don Gartlits’ Swamp Rat 14, his first rear-engine dragster. On March 8, 1970 at Lions Drag Strip, Don Garlits suffered a horrific transmission failure in his front-engine dragster.
Swamp Rat V-B - Speedway Motors Museum of American …
https://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/swamprat.html
Swamp Rat V-B Don Garlits on Swamp Rat V-B: “In 1963 at the NHRA Winternationals, we decided to put a wing on the Swamp Rat V-A and I’ll never forget the final round against Art Malone. We were side by side at the eighth-mile mark when the wing began to push the rear tires to the ground; the smoke dried up and I won by at least a full car ...
Swamp Rat VIII and Congo Foo 1960's Valkaria Dragway
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Congo Foo crew and Swamp Rat 1960's Drag Racing Florida. A cold Florida morning required the Garlits Swamp Rat VIII's engine oil to be heated with a fire under the oil pan. The Congo Foo crew was...
Swamp Rat 14 rides again; the history of one of Top …
https://www.nhra.com/news/2020/swamp-rat-14-rides-again-history-one-top-fuel-s-most-important-cars
Steve Torrence won the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in a Don Garlits tribute car modeled after Garlits' famed Swamp Rat 14, one of the most important cars in Top Fuel history. Here's the...
At Age 90, 'Big Daddy' Don Garlits Still Plugged Into …
https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a39477764/at-age-90-big-daddy-don-garlits-still-plugged-into-electric-dragster/
Instead, he built “Swamp Rat 38” EV dragster (ditching the original 37 that Mike Gerry designed and chassis-builder Brad Hadman crafted for him) and is planning a series of match races against Huff...
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