HERBERT WANTS ONE FOR THE BOYS MOTOR SPORTS: NHRA DRAGSTER RETURNS AFTER HIS SONS' DEATHS.(Sports)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: February 10, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Tim Haddock

Staff Writer

POMONA - None of the drivers know what to say to Doug Herbert.

None of them even try to imagine what he is going through.

While testing at Firebird Raceway near Phoenix for the start of the NHRA Drag Racing season, Herbert's two sons were killed in a car crash in North Carolina. Herbert dropped everything, left the track in the middle of the test session and headed home.

He had no choice -- any...

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