Graham Benge
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Saturday, 27 June 2015
Don Garlits - the Big Daddy of Drag Racing.
A lifelong hero of mine is the legendary US drag racer Don Garlits.
This year - and for the first time - he came over to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to perform some demo runs in one of his original slingshot dragsters and I spent an enjoyable 1/2 an hour chatting to him in the agreeable surroundings of the Drivers' Garden.
83 years old - he is still doing demo runs but took the decision three years ago to stop competing after his Top Fuel Rail broke the 300mph barrier with a tyre-smoking 303 mph pass over the quarter mile.
Hear him tell the story here:
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