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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 25 > Herbert, 81, drag racing innovator

Herbert, 81, drag racing innovator

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
April 25, 2009

ORANGE, Calif. — Chester “Chet” Herbert, a member of the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame who helped develop an exhaust header that blew smoke away from a dragster’s rear tires to improve traction, has died. He was 81.

Herbert died Thursday of....

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