Herbert returns to racing after tragedy
His sons were killed last month in a car crash, and he's back where he feels relaxed -- behind the wheel of a top-fuel dragster.
Doug Herbert didn't need to post a monster number Thursday. The oversized driver nicknamed "Dougzilla" needed only an uneventful run down the quarter mile at Pomona Raceway for his life to regain some sense of normalcy.
It has been anything but normal since Jan. 26, when Herbert was called away from testing his top-fuel dragster in Phoenix by...
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Tags: crash, Doug Herbert, NHRA, Pomona, race, racingHerbert will race with a heavy heart
POMONA - Doug Herbert will be racing with a heavy heart as the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series begins today with the Winternationals, but he knows he'll have company.
On Jan. 26 in Cornelius, N.C., a traffic accident claimed the lives of Herbert's two sons, Jon, 17, and James, 12. The Top Fuel driver immediately left the test session outside Phoenix to be with 9-year-old daughter Jessie and wife Sonny.
Herbert has one goal in mind: to win the championship for his boys.
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Tags: Doug Herbert, drag racing, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, race, racing, Top FuelPlease send your condolences to Doug Herbert
January 26, 2008 by Robert
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Our condolences to Doug Herbert and his family for the loss of their two young sons, Jon and James Herbert. Our prayers are with you as you endure this harsh tragedy, as there is nothing that can be said to make his loss more tolerable.
From Doug Herbert’s website:
Condolences can be sent to Raymer Funeral Home, 16901 Old Statesville Road, Huntersville, N.C. 28078, or via email, condolences@dougherbert.com
In lieu of flowers, Herbert asks that people make a donation to the Speedway Children's Charities in Jon and James Herbert's name.
A white board posted on Doug Herbert’s trailer at the National Time Trials in Phoenix on Saturday afternoon, signed by fans, racers, and race crews.
Please send your condolences to Doug Herbert and his family during this difficult time.
Top Fuel drag racer Doug Herbert’s sons killed in wreck
January 26, 2008 - 10:37PM
CORNELIUS — Two sons of Top Fuel drag racer Doug Herbert died Saturday as a result of a two-vehicle wreck near Herbert’s home in Cornelius.
Jon Herbert, who would’ve turned 18 next month, and James Herbert, 12, died when their Mazda3 collided with a second vehicle in the Lake Norman area wreck, said Lisa Powers, a spokeswoman for Doug Herbert Snap-on Racing.
Doug Herbert heard the news while in the Phoenix area testing in preparation for the start of the National Hot Rod Association season next month.
He was en route home Saturday to be with his family, Powers said.
“He is devastated,” Powers said.
Herbert’s Snap-on Tools Racing team was based in Cherryville for years before he moved the team and his performance auto parts business to Lincolnton several years ago.
His sons lived in Cornelius and attended Southlake Christian Academy in Huntersville.
The wreck occurred around 10:10 a.m. on Jetton Road, according to Cornelius Police investigators...
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