Drag Illustrated Issue 150, November 2019 | Page 71

OLD MEETS NEW
Nancy Matter in the Dale Pulde-tuned “Guardian”
nostalgia Funny Car squares off against Allan
Middendorf’s modern-day “American Outlaw” outlaw
nitro Funny Car at “Chaos in the Cornfield.”
PHOTOGRAPH BY JASON DUNN
N OT S LOW I N G D OW N
The legendary “Big Daddy” Don Garlits
puts on his helmet before making a run.
After all these years, one of the iconic
figures in the sport still can’t get enough.
PHOTOGRAPH BY TOM MCCARTHY
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