Herbold Racing!

The chronicle of my adventures with a 1973 Plymouth Duster 340 drag car.

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Entries from April 2008

Fuel Cell

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

A friend of a friend had a fuel cell from Summit Racing that he wanted to sell. I bought it from him and now it is sitting in my garage waiting to be integrated into the Duster. I will probably e-bay the original gas tank to see if anyone wants that. The gas tank on [...]

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Tags: Parts

Watching J. Flemming Racing

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday night I went out to Speedworld to watch my buddy race his car.  He has his own web site that I help maintain.  It was an ADRA (Arizona Drag Racing Association) points event.  Below is a video of him racing - for more videos and information about Jerad and his car, go visit his [...]

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Tags: SpeedWorld

Helmet Arrived

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The G-Force racing gear I ordered from Summit Racing has arrived. I opened it up and tried on the helmet. It fit perfectly. It does make wearing glasses pretty uncomfortable so I might just end up wearing contact lenses when I am racing - It’s probably safer that way anyway! Here [...]

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Tags: General

Winch Arrived, Helmet Ordered

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Today the UPS truck dropped off a box for me. In it was the SuperWinch S4000 and accessories that I ordered from Summit Racing. I also went ahead and ordered some more stuff from Summit. I ordered a G-Force Pro Force 1 helmet in white, a G-Force helmet bag , and also a roll bar [...]

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Tags: Parts · Trailer

Winch on the Way

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Just this last Sunday I ordered a few parts from Summit Racing for the trailer.  I ordered a SuperWinch 4000, a cover for it, and a quick connect kit.  Summit threw in a free hat.  They should arrive in “3 to 4 days” according to their email.
I also checked Year One and Jegs but decided [...]

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Tags: Trailer

Duster Fiberglass Body Parts Links

April 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Looking at the site logs I see that I am getting a lot of hits from people searching for fiberglass body parts for their Dusters.  Here’s a collection of links to sites that I found that carry these parts.  I do not recommend for or against any of those shops - I have not gotten [...]

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Tags: Parts