On August 1, 1964 this man nicknamed "Big Daddy" became the first in drag racing history to exceed 200 mph
So, 
fifty years after the milestone event, Big Daddy was back at Island... [DOC] [TLE] Gone Racin' - Don Garlits Biography | Hotrod Hotline [PAR] I won the first NHRA Drag race I've ever entered with the first race car I built.