Joe Grippo, our intrepid Pennsylvanian lensman was recently at Maple Grove for their big Mopar event. They don’t do anything half-assed at ‘da Grove and this event was killer, as usual. It drew lots of awesome cars and event some huge stars, including the greatest drag racer of all time, Don Garlits.
We saw Don at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion a couple weeks back, where he was being his normal cool self and making a couple laps in his Drag Pack Challenger. Don’s a whiz with the car and even moreso with the lap top fiddling around with his tune up!
Anyway, Grippo caught this interesting shot of Big Daddy in the pits. We need YOU to put some words in his mouth!
Caption this photo! What is Big Daddy Don Garlits saying?
“So when I finally put a supercharger on Swamp Rat 1 it went like this”!
“GET OFF MAH LAWN!!!”
Hey kid, you’ll need to purchase something from the table to get my autograph.
11. “I’ve got your “Bug Catcher . . .”
10. “But then I saw ‘Cha-Cha’ slip out of her fire suit jacket . . . .”
9. “You want to run a Chevy on fuel?”
8. “Here’s what Wally Parks did when we formed the Professional Racers Association back in ’72 . . . .”
7. “Oww! I think I’ve detached another retina!”
6. “Ford pays John Force how much!”
5. “At Englishtown in ’86 . . . everything’s OK and then suddently I’m looking straight up at the sky . . . .” (Remember the “blowover”)
4. “These fire suit pants are gettin’ a little snug.”
3. “You’re stepping on what’s left of my right foot!” (Remember Swamp Rat XIII)
2. “‘Big Daddy’ Jeff Gordon?!?”
1. “LET IT EAT!” (With apologies to Skuza)
Bonus: “Evan Knoll scammed how much?”
HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani can kiss my ass!
“Then George said, ‘Don, I want you to meet the new Miss Hurst . . . Linda Vaughn.'”
“This is how I looked when Swamp Rat XIII blew in half and took part of my foot”
Never mind my caption, I want to know what he was really saying!
“They’re called Poppers!” Jalape??o’s marinated in nitro. Care to try one? Oh yeah, they’re a little on the HOT side!