Slightly O/t--the Don Garlits Story

I COME FROM A PRETTY CLOSE FAMILY. MY WIFE AND I WERE AT MY PARENTS HOUSE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

IT WAS THE USUAL NIGHT WITH MY PARENTS.

MY DAD AND I USUALLY HUDDLE OVER A MAGAZINE OR THE INTERNET AND TALK CARS. (WE PROBABLY CUSTOMIZE OR REBUILD 20 OF THEM IN OUR CONVERSATION EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER)

MY WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER AND GRANDMOTHER SIT IN THE KITCHEN AND TALK ABOUT.....HHMMMM .....WELL THEY TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WOMEN TALK ABOUT.

AFTER DINNER, WE ARE ALL PLAYING CARDS AND MY DAD ASKES
ME, OUT OF THE BLUE, IF I HAVE EVER READ THE DON GARLITS BOOK? THAT WES ALL I NEEDED TO DROP THE CARDS AND GO LOOKING FOR THIS BOOK.



WHILE WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIS COPY MY DAD SAYS "I'M SUPRISED YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK CAUSE YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR IN CHEIF OVERSEEING THE BOOK".

I WAS SHOCKED. MY GRANDFATHER PUT OUT A BOOK ON DON GARLITS???

I KNEW HE WAS A WRITER, PUBLISHER, VIETNAM WAR CORRESPONDENT, LOUISIANA STATE SENATOR AND MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT DON GARLITS!!!????!!!! WOW

ANYWAYS IT A PRETTY GOOD BOOK I STARTED READING IT LAST NIGHT. IT'S ONLY ABOUT 125 PAGES AND A REALLY EASY READ. IF YOU CAN FIND IT GO PICK IT UP.

HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE BOOK AND SOME OF THE PICTURES FOUND INSIDE. PRETTY COOL STUFF.

 

ALSO, I BARELY REMEMBER IT BUT WHEN MY DAD GOT THE BOOK WE WENT TO THE RACES THE NEXT WEEK AND I GOT TO MEET "BIG DADDY" AND HE AUTOGRAPHED THE BOOK FOR ME. I WAS 6 SO HE WAS JUST BIGGER THAN LIFE!!! HERE IS THE PIC.

 

HERE IS ONE LAST PICTRE OF THE BACK OF THE BOOK.

 

A good mention, of a fine gentleman and pioneer in the field!

 

Fantastic story..."Big" is an awesome guy.

 

Big is BIG .. I spent some time working with him on his last NHRA tour a few yrs ago !!.. Don't get him started on UFO's !!!

 

I've never seen the book. He is STILL bigger then life! Thanks.

 

I Had Never Seen It Either. It Came Out In 1984. So Far It's Apretty Good Read. It Goes From When He Was A Kid Al The Way Through '84. I Bet It Could Be Bought Cheap Through Amazon Or I Might Be Able To Call My Grandpa And See If He Still Has Some.

 

im still tryin to figure out were this is ot!!!! this is killer stuff man!!!! very kool!

 

i had a video version of this book im pretty sure diamond p put it out im gonna go fish it out and watch it thanks guys.

 

My work won't allow externally linked pics, so I can't see the book title or anything like that.
What's the specifics on the book so I can look for a copy?
r

 

title: Close Calls, by Don Garlits

Paperback: 175 pages
Publisher: Huntington House Publishers (July 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0910311196
ISBN-13: 978-0910311199

 

THANKS NOSURF, YOU BEAT ME TO IT.

IT'S A GOOD BUY. FIND IT READ IT.

 

Another bio of Don' life is the 1967 book "King of the Dragsters" by Don Garlits and Brock Yates. It was released again in 1970 with some added content.

It is also avery good read for Garlits fans.

Mick

 

What was Little Teddy Swingle thrown out the back window of, and was he OK?

 

Just got it from Amazon for less than $20.00.