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The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing is located at 13700 SW 16th Ave, Ocala, Florida, just off Interstate 75. Opened in 1984, [ 2 ] it chronicles the history of the sport of drag racing. Some 90 racing cars can be seen in the Drag Race building, while a further 50 vehicles are in the Antique Car building.
Futurliner Bus No. 11 sold for a record US$4,000,000 (plus premium) to Arizona-based real estate developer Ron Pratte on January 21, 2006 at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Arizona and was driven to its new home in Chandler. [23] Mr. Pratte sold the same bus on January 17, 2015 at Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona to
He was age 54 when he won the last. He won a total of 144 national events. On October 20, 1987, his dragster Swamp Rat XXX, the sport's only successful streamlined fueler, [citation needed] was enshrined in National Museum of American History, a branch of The Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC. In true Garlits style, during the press ...
Exhibits include Paleo Indians, the Calusa, the Seminoles, Spanish explorers and early settlers, cattlemen, military and agriculture, boating and fishing industries; period antiques and decorative arts; a pioneer "cracker" house, 1926 La France fire pumper, and 1929 private Pullman rail car Spady Cultural Heritage Museum: Delray Beach: Palm Beach
Located across from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the Sarasota Classic Car Museum sees more than 30,000 guests per year. The museum site is owned by New College of Florida, which has ...
NEWCOMERSTOWN − A local couple, Corey and Debbie Rehard, are a vital part of Kustom Kemps of Ohio. Kemp’s is the oldest running custom car and truck association in the country, according to ...
The first railroad to reach Silver Springs, the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad, went into operation by the end of 1879 and transported people and goods from the river landing at the headspring area to the nearby town of Ocala. [5] In 1880, former president Ulysses S. Grant visited the area. In the 1890s, commercial-sized glass-bottom ...
An automotive museum is a museum that explores the history of automotive-related transportation. Bold – museums owned by automotive manufacturers Italics – no longer open to public access, excluding private or invitation-only collections that were never intended for public access