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On March 8, 1970, at Lions Drag Strip, Garlits was driving Swamp Rat XIII, also called the Wynnscharger, a slingshot rail, when the vehicle suffered a catastrophic failure. The two-speed transmission Garlits was developing exploded and took a piece out of his right foot, while the car broke in half in front of the cockpit; he was out for the remainder of the season. In an interview by Florida Trend, Garlits said this of the incident: "In 1970, the transmission exploded in my dragster on the final run, and it cut my foot off and cut the car in two. That’s when I drew up plans for what I thought would be a championship rear-engine car. I would go out to the shop in Seffner on my wheelchair, saw stuff out on the band saw and make the parts." | On March 8, 1970, at Lions Drag Strip, Garlits was driving Swamp Rat XIII, also called the Wynnscharger, a slingshot rail, when the vehicle suffered a catastrophic failure. The two-speed transmission Garlits was developing exploded and took a piece out of his right foot, while the car broke in half in front of the cockpit; he was out for the remainder of the season. In an interview by Florida Trend, Garlits said this of the incident: "In 1970, the transmission exploded in my dragster on the final run, and it cut my foot off and cut the car in two. That’s when I drew up plans for what I thought would be a championship rear-engine car. I would go out to the shop in Seffner on my wheelchair, saw stuff out on the band saw and make the parts." | ||
| − | = Swamp Rat 37 === | + | === Swamp Rat 37 === |
In May 2014 at age 82, Garlits set a 184 mph speed record with Swamp Rat 37, a 2,000 hp battery-powered EV dragster. | In May 2014 at age 82, Garlits set a 184 mph speed record with Swamp Rat 37, a 2,000 hp battery-powered EV dragster. | ||
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Swamp Rats
Big Daddy Don Garlits built a number of dragsters over the years named Swamp Rat (with their number). This wiki needs collaborators to research and author information on each of the Swamp Rats.
Swamp Rat 1
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Swamp Rat 2
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Swamp Rat 3
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Swamp Rat 4
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Swamp Rat 5
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Swamp Rat XIII
On March 8, 1970, at Lions Drag Strip, Garlits was driving Swamp Rat XIII, also called the Wynnscharger, a slingshot rail, when the vehicle suffered a catastrophic failure. The two-speed transmission Garlits was developing exploded and took a piece out of his right foot, while the car broke in half in front of the cockpit; he was out for the remainder of the season. In an interview by Florida Trend, Garlits said this of the incident: "In 1970, the transmission exploded in my dragster on the final run, and it cut my foot off and cut the car in two. That’s when I drew up plans for what I thought would be a championship rear-engine car. I would go out to the shop in Seffner on my wheelchair, saw stuff out on the band saw and make the parts."
Swamp Rat 37
In May 2014 at age 82, Garlits set a 184 mph speed record with Swamp Rat 37, a 2,000 hp battery-powered EV dragster.
Swamp Rat 38
In July 2019 at age 87, he set a new quarter-mile record of 189.03 mph with Swamp Rat 38, a 1,500 lb dragster with a battery-powered 800 hp electric motor.
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