NHRA Top Fuel legend Shirley Muldowney's racing helmets will be donating over three dozen helmets to the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing for permanent display.
“It’s every helmet I even wore for an entire season,” she said. I’ve had a few one-offs or special helmets I’ve made and worn once or twice that are not included, but the rest are the real deal.”
“They’ve been in my garage for years because I had no room to display them all, and even though I’ve had many offers from people to buy one or two over the years and requests from sponsors, I didn’t want to break up the set,” she explained. “I knew that once I was gone, they might get sold off that way, and that’s not what I want for them, and they’re going to the best place they could be.”