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Chet Herbert Racing Cams

Chet Herbert operated his company, Chet Herbert Cams and Speed Shop in Anaheim, California from 1949 until he passed away in 2009. His younger sister Doris, and his son Doug played prominent roles in the sport. Doris was the piblisher of Drag News, the first great Drag Racing Newspaper, while his son, Doug, acquitted himself as a Pro Driver winning four Championships and ten National level Events. Doug has continued his father's legacy at his shop in North Carolina.

 
 

Doug Herbert Racing

Doug Herbert in 1990 earned his pilot’s license and shortly thereafter launched his own business and started his professional racing career. Doug Herbert Performance Parts was born and a legendary drag racer in the making took his first blasts down the pro drag strip. “Working and driving a dragster are the two things I know how to do best,” Herbert said. “Drag racing has changed so drastically over the years and it constantly evolves. You have to pay attention and try to stay with the pack, but it takes a lot of time and money to do it. I keep after it because I love racing.” In 1991, Herbert moved his business to the Charlotte, N.C. area where he currently resides.

  
 

Ray Evernham Motorsports

Ray Evernham, president and CEO, founded Evernham Motorsports in 1999, the mission was to lead Dodge back into prominence in NASCAR's elite racing series and field two competitive teams. For five consecutive years, a Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge from Evernham Motorsports visited victory lane, a testament to the success of the organization in achieving its mission.

  
 

Stock Car Steel/Alum

Stock Car Steel & Aluminum, Inc. was founded by Greg Fornelli in 1996 to serve the extremely demanding world of NASCAR racing. Better than 90% of all NASCAR race teams are located within a 100 mile radius of our 35,000 ft² Distribution Center. We are the primary Metal and Plastics supplier to just about all of them. We service all business in our local market with our own fleet of trucks and are happy to deliver products free of charge.

  
 

CNC Performance Engineering

CNC Performance Engineering is a contract, precision machine shop specializing in prototype to short and intermediate production machining using metals such as Titanium, Magnesium, Aluminum and Steel. Since 1971, CNC Performance Engineering has been providing value added precision machining and tooling design services for industrial OEM manufacturers in a range of markets. CNCPE's facility is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and features 8,000 square feet with all late model, state of the art CNC machining capabilities.

  
 

Justice Brothers

Justice Brothers our company was originated and founded from the love of the automobile and high performance. The Justice Brothers started building race cars during their teenage years in Paola, Kansas. From there, they migrated to Southern California and were involved in the construction of some of the most legendary vehicles and race cars of that time. In fact, many of them sell for millions of dollars to collectors today. From California they moved to Florida before the formation of NASCAR. When NASCAR was formed, the Justice Brothers were the first sponsors and created the first uniforms at that time, soon worn by every competitor.

  
 

ProCharger

ProCharger the industry’s leading aftermarket supercharger manufacturer, for nearly thirty years, ProCharger has been designing, engineering, and building the most powerful, reliable, and advanced centrifugal superchargers on the market. Along with sister company, Inovair, focusing on aerospace, industrial, and commercial applications, ProCharger is headquartered in Kansas City. We take great pride in being a fully integrated company manufacturing our top of the line products here in the U.S.

  
 

Weldon Racing Pumps

Weldon Pump continues to support the aviation, defense, and high performance/race industries with a growing line of pumps and valves. In order to continue our dedication to our customers, Weldon Pump provides custom engineering services and FAA-Approved repair facilities for aircraft, defense and high performance applications around the world. With over seventy years of dedication to our customers, Weldon Pump remains steadfast in our commitment to provide innovative, accurate and durable products.  
 

Oliver Connecting Rods

Oliver Connecting Rods achieving the tightest tolerances possible has and always will be our highest priority. Our dialed-in, straightforward manufacturing protocols foster unquestionable repeatability. For example, throughout the entire multi-step process, Oliver’s connecting rods are constantly tested against the same three reference points, known as datums A, B, and C. These three points serve as the foundation upon which every single part at Oliver is manufactured.

 
 

   


 
 
 
 
 
       
               

Doug Herbert has decided to delay his land speed record attempt until 2023 Doug Herbert will not compete in his streamliner at Speed Week until then. He has decided to delay the run for several reasons; including not having adequate time for testing. “This isn’t something you want to rush along,” said Doug Herbert, who will pilot the streamliner. “When we started this project, I don’t think any of us involved realized how long it would take to get everything right and that’s what we’re trying to do. We don’t want to just head out there without knowing how the car will perform. We want to take our time and get it right, so when we do make it to Bonneville we’ll run well.” The car, which is near completion, needs work done on the body and engines. The LSR Project team hopes to finish work in a timely fashion and start testing the streamliner as soon as feasible.

The History of Bonneville

The Bonneville Salt Flats, which is a remnant of the ancient Lake Bonneville of glacial times, is named for Benjamin Bonneville, a US army officer who explored the area in northwestern Utah. With salt recorded at a depth of 6 feet in certain areas, the Bonneville Salt Flats are public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Because the area is extremely flat and rainfall flattens the densely-packed sand, the Bonneville Salt Flats are recognized as a perfect landscape for speed-testing.

It was in 1896 that the potential of the Salt Flats for speed-testing was first recognized and by 1914 the first attempt of an automobile speed record was performed. By the 1930s the Salt Flats had gained international attention as the number of racers coming to compete at the flats increased. By the late 1940s the area was recognized as the standard course for world land speed records. Since racers began competing at the Flats hundreds of records have been set and broken in a variety of automotive and motorcycle classes, including the 300, 400, 500, and 600 mile per hour land speed barriers.

Chet Herbert, Doug's dad, was one of the early pioneers of racing in Bonneville. Click on the pictures on the right of this page to enlarge them and view some of Chet's many Bonneville cars.

The annual Speed Week, which is held in mid-August, along with the World Finals, draws competitors from around the world. The SCTA (Southern California Timing Association), which is an all-volunteer organization comprised of twelve individual clubs, manages Speed Week, which features thousands of racers attempting to set new records in their respective classes.

To learn more about the SCTA or Speed Week, visit www.scta-bni.org