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He was the Mickey Mantle of Top Fuel !!! Another hero of mine since 1957 !

I wish this kind of racing was around the northwest! Love it

Amazing

That was great!

I saw Big Daddy run against TV Tommy Ivoe in Vanwert ohio back in the day . What a feeling! Class act.

Happy birthday Big Daddy

He should be number 1. He is the first name I think of.

Don Gartlis is a god I was present when he broke the 6 second by

DON GARLITS IS A CLASS ACT AND A LEGEND TO THE SPORT OF DRAG RACING . I REALLY ENJOY LISTENING TO HIM TELL HIS STORIES ABOUT HIS TIMES WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS . I'VE WATCHED HIM RUN IN OHIO INDINIA AND TENNESSEE AND HE'S # 1 IN MY BOOK . JOHN FORCE IS # 1 IN FUNNY CAR AND BOB GLIDDON IS # 1 IN PRO STOCK RONNIE SOX IS # 1 IN SUPER STOCK

BIG

Just saw Willy G in the stands

That's exactly what Lenard Wood said , he could look a part or a car and see in his mind how to make it and better. Great minds think alike. Big Daddy sure knows how to make lemonade when the crowd and competitors handed him lemons. I respect that.

Been there (all buildings)...it's incredible. Drove by one of the buildings in Cedars just yesterday and showed my wife an otherwise unremarkable building and said, "You wouldn't believe what's in that building..."

Went to the museum with my brother who was not well. Big Daddy spent an hour or more answered every question and told great stories. Great Man.

I met Don when he was on the lathe cutting tubing for the 1st streamliner. I sure wish I had gotten back since then.

You are the greatest impact on the business. Your legend will live on I believe forever. Thanks for the honor of knowing who you are. Long live big daddy.

First rear engine rail.

NHRA = No Hot Rodders Allowed. Interesting comment about the today's Pro classes having to have new designs meticulously approved before the cars can race.

What about the Surfers?

So good!

Me encantan estás carreras🏁💨💨🚦🤖

Somethin bout us ol Florida boys.. Yessiree

I'm 77 and Big Daddy was well known with all of us teen guys back then. Cars were all we talked about.

Big is the man.

Dart 2 is a very cool car.

Big Daddy, your the BabeRuth of the sport

Hi Don Thanks for the nod during restoration on a fifthy six Corvette from sorry fifthy Seven conversion you looked at it car show before the owner realigned the hood how he could have placed in the show 5 cent Nichol spaced! I learned from my father taught me and old timers the owner realized his mistake you told him I had it Right ! That ment alot to me!!!

Thanks This The Great Video & Channel ! I Have a Same Car Channel too , From Finland ! Have : American Car , Vintage Car , Hot Rod , Rat Rod , Muscle Car , Cruising ,.... #Retired4You

thank you so much

Swamp Rat…

God Bless Don Garlits, bless his heart, he's 91 now.

✌💖🙏💪🏁

If they don't allow you to run what you brung, it ain't worth watching. Innovation is what it's all about to me.

The GOAT!!!

I'm not quite sure but I think in 1965 or 1966 mr. Don Garlits was racing at half Moon Bay dragstrip. My next door neighbor in San Francisco was Don Smith and I believe his son Don Smith Jr was co-owner of half Moon Bay dragstrip. That was the weekend I met Big Daddy and he sat me in his dragster. Wow that's a memory I will never forget. I was 13 years old. That same year I met Mr. Don The Snake Prudhomme. I really miss my friend Don Smith Senior and half Moon Bay dragstrip What great memories. 🇺🇲🦊🇺🇲

Thanks again BIG

The Man is a Legend. And an American Icon and Treasure. He won't be here forever, appreciate him now!

He's a bad mama jamma . of all the racers in this world I think don is the has contributed more than just about anyone else . God bless you and don't challenge god to a race when you get there .

If you’ve never been to his museum you have no idea what you’re missing.

Thank you sir You are The King of Drags ❤

I never got to meet Big, cuz I live in rural Washington state. A long way from Pacific Raceway (SIR in the 70s). I was hoping to get his autograph at the '76 Fallnationals at SIR, but he wasnt there! But I got Snake, Mongoose, Grumpy, and some lesser known.

Big didnt just drive the cars, he built them and tuned them his entire career! The only Nitro guy that even TUNES his own car anymore is Wilkerson!

God bless ya, Daddy. My heroes as a little boy were Richard Petty, AJ Foyt, the Snake, and Big Daddy. Call me a front runner 😂. Now, 50 yrs later, my ACTIVE hero is John Force! But Im really happy that all 4 of my childhood heroes are still ALIVE! Petty is 86, Foyt is also about 86, Snake is 80 (or so Ive heard), and BIG must be about 93 by now!

I will always love your honesty when you tell your stories and you’ve carried your self through out your career. And I have had the pleasure of seeing you first hand with Shirley at Great Lakes drag away in Wisconsin several times.

A living legend, Golden Triangle Drag way, back in the day 1965

I saw Don race at Half Moon Bay in the 60's!

My bucket list to visit Big Daddys museum! Right off I-75 in FL.

Don is on Mt Rushmore if drag racing

The best thing that ever happened to Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth. and Desoto, Was Don Garlists, Don worked on the "Hemi" Engines like and Engineer, and then "Kicked Ass- And Took Names. My first car was a 1935 Dodge Coupe. What a learning experience, I had, I won the first Chrysler, Trouble shooting contest at my Highschool Oakland Technical High School, Oakland California. I later went on to win the "E-Gas class at the Pomona, Winter Nationals. Running a 1955 Chevy. I met Don Garlits, at the end of the tract at Fremont Drag strip. Don Garlits, made a run and after I completed my run , Don Gartits, was over on the side with his engine all apart and putting it back together. The Man Don Garlits, had "Magic Hands", after a short period he was back at the starting line ready to make another run.

Hey Big Daddy! You are personally responsible for my addiction to speed, in a race car. At the Winternationals in Phoenix, 1976, I kinda met you when your assistant dropped a wrench and I picked it up to hand it to him, but you took it instead and said thanks. I’m positive you won’t remember, as you’ve been so many fans over the years. Thank you sir!