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Don garlits, the most storied competitor in drag racing history, was as giddy about the autographs he signed as any drag racing trophy hed won throughout his career. It is a few miles east of tampa not far off of i4 and i75. In 1969, don garlits high performance world opened in tampa, and a new building was added later to house the race car. Don garlit s pit crew wynnscharger, wynns trade mark 1968 wynn oil co.
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He had the house built in 1967 and lived there until he moved to ocala to open the drag racing museum. Big daddy don garlits museum of drag racing, ocala, florida. For the hardcore garlits groupie, there are autographed spark plugs i kid you not actually, its the little tags attached to each plug that bear big daddys signature and the don garlits. The other two books are not signed but great books for any racing fans.
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