Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
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Ocala, Florida
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  Location within Florida  Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing (the United States) | |
| Established | 1984 |
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| Location | 13700 SW 16th Ave Ocala, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29°01′19″N 82°09′10″W / 29.021841°N 82.15287°W |
| Type | Automobile museum[1] |
| Website | garlits |
The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing is an American automobile museum in Ocala, Florida. Opened in 1984 by Don Garlits,[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. Many of the Garlits "Swamp Rat" cars are here, but he also turns out to be a pack rat with an accumulation of cars and memorabilia from other top names in the sport. The iconic cars of Dean Moon, the Mooneyes gas dragster[3] and the Moonbeam sports car[4] are on display.
The museum is home to the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Inductees are selected annually by a committee of veteran drag racing and performance industry figures and recognized at a ceremony held in Gainesville, Florida, in conjunction with the NHRA Gatornationals.[5] Inductees include Art Arfons, Sydney Allard, Zora Arkus-Duntov, Ray Godman, Raymond Beadle, Shirley Muldowney, Kenny Bernstein, Don Schumacher, and Connie Glen Swingle.
