Always enjoy seeing long-time Total Impact Wear customer, friend, and ultimate drag racing legend BIG DADDY Don Garlits at the NHRA Championship Drag Racing Gatornationals in Gainsville FL. We always have an awesome time at ‘The Gators’ and attending the prestigious International Drag Racing Hall of Fame (HOF) awards banquet held prior to the race and hosted by the legend himself, BIG DADDY Don Garlits. Each year HOF celebrates and honors the best-of-the-best in professional drag racing. If attending ‘The Gators’, take a moment and drop by Don’s incredible Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing located in nearby Ocala, FL. Arguably the finest drag racing museum in the world with so much cool memorabilia to see.

Ultimate legends…drag racing’s BIG DADDY Don Garlits and major league baseball’s Hall of Fame ‘Mister October’ Reggie Jackson looking good in their Total Impact Wear ‘All American’ tees made exclusively for one of the finest automotive museums in the world, Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala FL. If you live in Florida or plan on visiting, your won’t be disappointed by checking out the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing.  The museum houses hundreds of dragsters, classic cars & historic racing memorabilia.

Total Impact Wear designer JK enjoying time with all-around good guy and 3X (2016, 2021 & 2022) NHRA Championship Drag Racing Nitro Funny Car World Champion Ron Capps. Ron’s one of the nicest & most approachable drivers in drag racing ranking second in all-time NHRA Championship Drag Racing Nitro Funny Car victories with 72 in addition to his first NHRA Championship Drag Racing victory at the 1995 NHRA NW Nationals driving a Top Fuel Dragster. Ron’s career bests of 3.837 ET & 339.28 MPH are absolutely superb.

Always a pleasure designing and producing apparel for Ron.

A true gentleman Connie Kalitta and known to many in professional drag racing as the ‘Bounty Hunter’ due to his skill and numerous drag racing accomplishments. Since the 1950’s, Connie has built Team Kalitta into one of the premier NHRA Championship Drag Racing teams of all-time.

In 1992 Connie was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and in 2002, Connie was inducted into the prestigious International Drag Racing Hall of Fame (HOF awards), which celebrates and honors the best-of-the-best in professional drag racing. In 2016 Connie was honored at the season-ending NHRA Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with the NHRA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This was the first time in NHRA Championship Drag Racing history that this award has been handed out.

Connie’s son Scott Kalitta and Team Kalitta crew chief Jim O’ were especially fun to work with and discuss new Total Impact Wear apparel due to their dry sense of humor that would crack us up. Scott liked his Total Impact Wear tees unique, majestic, and Over-The-Top awesome. We were more then happy to oblige and honored to sponsor Scott’s Nitro Funny Car from 2005-2008.

‘God Bless Scott’. He was one of the best in NHRA Championship Drag Racing and is very much missed.