LITTLE JEEP THE CONSIDERABLY LONG SAGA OF HOWARD HERBERT

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Jeep Herbert poses with the Bob Mott 3, which also brought Pete Corey to fame.

For those few races I got to see at Pico Raceway, in 1951 and 1952, one of the few names I could remember was that of Jeep Herbert. Howard Herbert, a diminutive and popular driver from Rotterdam, New York, was well into a successful career that would span almost two decades by the time he came into Vermont. Herbert, most likely, was driving the yellow and silver Mott #3 at that time.

Herbert Family Collection
The receipt for the first Herbert race car. Big Bucks !

Herbert Family Photo Bob Whitbeck,[right] moves in to help Jeep at some track.	Herbert Family Photo Jeep, in Mott's car, winning at Stateline.	HAMB Site Photo Jeep, in Victory Lane at Fonda in the Mott car.
Herbert FamilyPhoto Jeep, watching work on the Mott car.	Photo Source Unknown Jeep Herbert poses with the Bob Mott 3.	McDowell Photo from Ken Gypson Bob Mott , himself.
Herbert FamilyPhoto Jeep, working Danish on the inside at Stateline.	Courtesy of Herbert Fam. via Otto Graham Victory lane with a few of his "buddies".	Herbert Family Collection via Otto Graham At a post - season banquet: Steve Danish, Jeep, Bob Mott, and Pete Corey.
Courtesy of Herbert Fam. via Otto Graham Victory lap with an early version of the Mott 3 at Stateline..	Courtesy of Herbert Fam. via Otto Graham Jeep pushing the 103 in vain as Tom Wilson, P13 and Jim Luke in the B&W 100 get by.	Courtesy of Dan Ody With that early car, at speed, chasing Ray Brown at Stateline.
Herbert Family Photo Over the bank somewhere with an early Mott 3.	Herbert Family Photo Collecting a win with an early Mott 3.	Herbert Family Collection At speed, with an early version of the Mott 3. Great dust control !
	Herbert Family Photo Another Stateline win with Mott's 3. Could even be Pico.

Bob Mackey Photos Courtesy of John Rock and Bobby Castine
A montage of Jeep photos from Airborne Speedway. One features NASCAR Pit Steward Kay Hanson;
one shows the Kitler car; one shows the Henry Caputo Plymouth, and one shows Jeep winning.

Herbert Family Photo
Jeep apparently subbed for Pete Corey in the Bob Whitbeck car that inspired those black cars
of Dave Lape in the 1980's. One of the guys at right is Whitbeck, a genius car builder.

Herbert Family Photo Jeep, in the prime of his career.	Bob Mackey Photos Courtesy of John Rock and Bobby Castine Jeep wins at Airborne with the Caputo Plymouth.	Herbert Family Photo Suiting up at Stateline
Otto Graham Site Schenectady Collection With Caputo's 11	Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock/Bobby Castine I think this is Langhorne. I think Jeep is circling back to check on spectators who were injured.	Herbert Family Photo Fonda finish with Chet Hames.
Herbert Family Photo The Caputo car - Fonda kiddie rides.	John Grady Photo A win at Fonda.	Ladabouche Drawing The Drellos backup car to Shoemaker's 111. It never ran very well for Jeep.
From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD At Victoria with 111A.	Ladabouche Collection The first car I ever saw Jeep in at Fonda.	Courtesy of John Rock Bob Mackey Photos Victory lane with a few National Guardsmen, celebrating the 1957 Northern NY Sportsman Championship.
Courtesy of John Rock Bob Mackey Photo A horrified Jeep circles back at Langhorne to see the carnage done by the Pete Corey accident.	Ladabouche Collection Jeep climbs over the L8 of Utica's Bobby Adams.	All From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD The big pileup in the Don Henderberg Mem. race. Jeep, looking at the Henry Caputo 111 in the same pileup.

Courtesy of Rick Luke
The long and short of it. Jeep awards Jimmy Luke, with the Hal Kempeny 113.

Herbert Family Photo
Jeep had this early Bob Whitbeck creation in his collection. I think Corey drove it, mostly. It
might have ended up with A.C. Caprara. According to Lew Boyd, it never worked very well.

Courtesy of Herbert Fam.
via Otto Graham
Victory Lane with the Peter Hollebrand 53, usually driven by Chuck Mahoney.

Herbert Family Photo
The long-legged flagman, Chet Hames, towers over Jeep and Dee Herbert.

Ladabouche Collection
Jeep had a brief stint in Richard Welch's potent 77 Ford.

Herbert Family Photos Courtesy of Clay Herbert This may or may not have been his first car. Anyway, it's early.	Herbert Family Photo Little Howard Herbert.	Herbert Family Photo Rare old color film of a young Jeep and the 451.
Herbert Family Photo Hooking up the first car to go to an early track like maybe Burden Lake.	Herbert Family Photo Some of the early crew ? Herbert Family Collection We may not want to know what the boys had planned for this one.	Herbert Family Photo Suiting up at Stateline. Herbert Family Photo Life is Good !
Courtesy of John Grady Talking strategy with" friend, Pete Corey.	Herbert Family Collection Off, in the 451, at some early track like Route 66 or Burden Lake. Could also be Perth, the former roadster track.	Herbert Family Collection Jeep and crewman on the old 451.

Herbert Family Photo Jeep parks Kitler's car at Stateline. Gibby Wolfe was a partner of Kitler [and no doubt, bought beef from Sam]	Herbert Family Photo Jeep, in Victory Lane at Stateline around 1952. The Kitler 37 started the line of famous 37 NY cars.	Courtesy of CJ Richards In the Kitler 37 at Altamont, NY
Otto Graham Site - The Schenectady Collection A Kitler win at Fonda.	HAMB Site Photo On-going work in the Kitler garage.	HAMB Site Photo More Kitler work. Quite rare photo.
Herbert Family Photo The Kitler car wins at Stateline.	Herbert Family Photo The Kitler car wins again at Stateline.	Mackey Photo Courtesy Chris Companion More Kitler Western Meats 37
Herbert Family Photo A rough spot in Fonda.	Catamount History Program Photo With the Kitler car in northern Vermont or NY.	Herbert Family Photo Over the wall at Fonda. That's Corey in the recently - rebuilt Mott car the, original of which NASCAR had outlawed.
From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD At Langhorne [in the middle]. That's Dick Nephew in the yellow 6.	Source Unknown A narrow loss to George Baumgardner, who was almost unbeatable at Stateline that year in the Vogel 95.	Courtesy of John Grady Another win somewhere.
From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD Allegedly, Jeep bought the car from Kitler and had it as #87 for a brief time.

Herbert Family Photo Jeep, in the prime of his career.	Herbert Family Photo The J.R. Earl car in rare color.	Herbert Family Photo The J.R. Earl car on display at the Albany airport.
John Grady Photo Supposedly, another J.R. Earl car in Victory Lane	Herbert Family Photo The J.R. Earl crew in Victory Lane at Fonda.	Herbert Family Photo Jeep with the massive Paul Marshall at Fonda.
	From the HAMB Site At Monroe County, Rochester, NY in 1959.

Courtesy of Jo Towns via Otto Graham Jeep, with one of the best car owners he ever got to drive for, Frank Trinkhaus. That's Steve Danish's tow car in the background with the lettering.\|	Bill Fifield Photo A familiar shot: Jeep with checkers in a Frank's Speed shop car.	Ladabouche Collection An earlier version of the same car , at Fonda. Note Gigi Conover's ever - present Jeep pickup behind him. [Appropriate]
Ladabouche Collection An early collection of Fonda luminaries: George Gallup, Jeep, Joe Ciganenko, Paul Marshall, Trinkhaus, and an unknown man.	Courtesy of Oto Graham Another win.	Courtesy of John Grady Driving the evil - handling Trinkhaus late model coupe against Kenny Shoemaker.
Ladabouche Collection Jeep bravely fought this beast for Trinkhaus, for weeks,, until they determined the horsepower advantage did not outweigh the extra vehicle weight.	Herbert Family Collection Once in a while, it clicked - but not often.	Herbert Family Collection Another Trinkhaus feature win.
Herbert Family Collection Victory Lane: Someone named Seeley, Jeep, Ciganenko, Trinkhaus, and Willy Seamon.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Jeep has one of Frank's cars in the graveyard after a run-in with Paul Marshall in the Daniels 7-11.	Herbert Family Collection In Victory Lane, at the outlawA Victoria track [before it joined NASCAR] note, the 62 has been crossed out and Jeep would running with one of his infamous pseudonyms like Bob Alou or Flex Hose. Herbert Family Collection I wonder if ole Flex and the others thought were actually fooling NASCAR.
Herbert Family Collection Jeep with the horrid '50 Chevy trying to outduel Shoemaker in that dominant Drellos car.	Courtesy of Herbert Fam. via Otto Graham A meeting of some of the biggest names in" the sport, circa 1963: A very young Lou Lazzaro, Corey, sometime - Fonda driver Howie Westervelt and Jeep [in a bowtie for some reason].	Source Unknown Victoria start with the 1950 coupe, on, on the inside - 2nd row. Doc Blanchard paces the field with Bob Miller's Studebaker.
From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD Victory lane, about to remove the bandana.	From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD At Stateline, about to throw the checkered flag over the fence to the crowd.	Courtesy of Herbert Fam. via Otto Graham Victory lane with a few of the Trinkhaus bunch..

COurtesy of Jo Towns via Otto Graham Jeep, with one of the best cars he ever got to drive.	John Grady Photo Another shot of the Connecticut car.	Courtesy of Cho Lee The same car with Chet Hunt at the controls, at Stafford.
Ladabouche Photo I caught Chet Hunt, masquerading as "Jim Mitchell", running a race at Fairmont Speedway in 1965.