i like the sprite in you

hey it works

During one of his burnout exhibitions and laps around the Goodwood course, Garlits broke a valve spring and dropped a valve into the cylinder. And thousands of miles from his stockpile of parts and tools in Florida, announced in interview (shown below) with Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Earl of March, owner of the Goodwood Estate and founder of the Festival, that he would unfortunately be unable to continue on. But the following day, “Big” tore the engine apart, and reportedly using a Sprite can and some Fixodent adhesive provided by a fan, was able to repair the wounded Chrysler well enough to make the grand finale lap of the course in front of the estimated 150,000 spectators on hand.
http://www.dragzine.com/news/don-garlits-and-swamp-rat-1-attend-englands-goodwood-festival/

What I want to know is who was walking around in the pits with a tube of Fixodent in his pocket???

At least one dude was.

That's why Bigs is Bigs

When you travel that far you do everything in your power to make a run. Besides, it was probably in his contract - no run, no $$$. You can see the intake valve is missing so he's blocking the port so the cylinder doesn't get a charge. Being a blown motor, that would be critical.

I can really appreciate the creativity of improvising.