Herbold Racing!

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

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Entries from June 2009

Mopar Enthusiast Magazine

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m in it – page 19 of the August / September issue. Wooo-hoo! Check it out:

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Herbold Racing Practice Tree Version 2!

June 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments

I just finished coding up a brand new practice tree program. I’m calling this version 2. It is a complete rewrite with many improvements over the old version.  Try it out!
Here is the link to download it: Herbold Racing Practice Tree 2.0
Important Update:
There four things that you need to download from Microsoft and [...]

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Calvert Racing Goodies

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

I get home from a long day at work and am greeted with this sight:

I ordered these on Monday, and two days later, here they are!  I can’t wait to put them on the car.

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Southwestern International Raceway Trip

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Andy and I took a trip down to SIR (Southwestern International Raceway) at Tucson so he could race my car. We got there and unloaded the car and checked things out. We initially entered into the Pro class without realizing that there was a Sportsman class (there is no Sportsman class in the [...]

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My First Trophy!

June 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I won runner up today.  It was amazing.  I just kept going rounds and before I knew it I was in the finals.  I red lit in the finals with a -0.012 so that wasn’t a bad finish.  Andy helped me the whole way through, setting up my tires, checking everything, and giving me a [...]

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Andy Arrives!

June 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I just picked Andy up from the airport.  We went to my uncle’s place to pick up the trailer and brought it to my house.  Then Andy and I went for a swim with my kids, and ate a poolside lunch.  In a few hours we will be heading out to Speedworld and Andy will [...]

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